Japanese
thistle (Daji)
Pharmaceutical Name : Herba seu Radix Cirsii
japonici
Botanical Name : Cirsium japonicum DC.
Common Name : Japanese thistle
Source of Earliest Record : Mingyi Bielu
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations : The aerial parts of the plant
are gathered in summer or autumn when the
thistle is flowering. The root can be dug
in late autumn. Both are dried in the sun
and cut into pieces.
Properties & Taste : Sweet, bitter and
cool
Meridians : Heart and liver
Functions :
1. To cool blood and stop bleeding;
2. To reduce swelling and resolve stagnation
Indications & Combinations:
1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood
by heat manifested as cough with blood, epistaxis,
uterine bleeding, and hematuria. Japanese
thistle (Daji) is used with Small thistle
(Xiaoji) and Biota tops (Cebaiye).
2. Boils, carbuncles and swelling. Japanese
thistle (Daji) is used both externally and
internally.
Dosage: 10-15 g (60 g for fresh herb) |
