Field Thistle Cirsii Herba (aerial part of Cirsium setosum)
Blood-cooling hemostaticsCool
Source-based · educational reference
Traditional recorded function
Cool the Blood and stop bleeding, dissipate stasis, resolve toxin, and reduce swelling.
1. For bleeding patterns due to frenetic movement of blood-heat. 2. For heat-toxin sores and abscesses.
Nature & taste
BitterSweetCool
Meridians entered
HeartLiver
Botanical source
Accepted nameCirsium setosum (Willd.) Besser ex M.Bieb.
FamilyAsteraceae
Herbal properties
CoolReducingDescendingAstringent