Small
thistle (Xiaoji)
Pharmaceutical Name : Herba Cirsii segeti
Botanical Name : Cirsium segetum Bge.
Common Name : Small thistle
Source of Earliest Record : Mingyi Bielu
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations : The aerial parts of the plant
and its rhizome are harvested in summer when
the thistle is flowering. Then they are cleaned,
dried in the sun and cut into pieces.
Properties & Taste : Sweet and cool
Meridians : Heart and liver
Functions:
1. To cool blood and stop bleeding;
2. To promote urination
Indications & Combinations:
1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood
by heat. Small thistle (Xiaoji) is used with
Imperata rhizome (Baimaogen), Cattail pollen
(Puhuang) and Biota tops (Cebaiye).
2. Bloody urine, painful urination. Small
thistle (Xiaoji) is used with Lotus node (Oujie),
Talc (Huashi) and Clematis stem (Mutong) in
the formula Xiaoji Yinzi.
Dosage: 10-15 g (30-60 g for fresh herb) |
