The efficacy and function of fin thistle

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a Chinese medicinal herb, fin thistle, to you and describe the effects of fin thistle in detail. I hope it will be of some help to your study and research.

【English name】 Whiteleaf Olgaea

[Other names] White mountain thistle, white back, mountain white thistle, white back fire stalk, fire grass knot, fire stalk

[Source] Medicinal material source: the roots and above-ground parts of the fireweed plant of the Asteraceae family.

[Original form] Pyrocalyx is a perennial herb, 30-70cm tall. Unbranched from the base, branched and covered with white wool. Leaves are alternate; the leaves are oblong-lanceolate, 6-17cm long, 2-4cm wide, with a thorny tip, the base extending along the stem to form a stem wing 1.5-2cm wide, with sparse teeth and unequal lengths of thorns on the margin, green above, glabrous, with obvious veins, and densely covered with grayish-white spider-like hairs below. Most or few capitula grow at branch ends, erect; involucre is bell-shaped, about 2-3cm in diameter; involucre lobes are multi-layered, lanceolate, with spiny ciliates on the edges, the outer layer is green, hard and curved outwards, the inner layer is purple-red, spreading or erect, with fine hairs at the tip; the corolla is red or white, with remote dots on the outside of the corolla, and the eaves is 5-lobed. Achenes are oblong, 1cm long, pale, slightly flattened, with raised longitudinal lines and brown spots, attached and slightly oblique at the base; pappus are numerous, rough, light brown, multi-layered, gradually longer towards the inner layer, and united at the base. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in sandy land and hillsides at an altitude of 750-1730m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; eliminates phlegm and resolves stagnation; cools blood and stops bleeding. It is used to treat sores, carbuncle, swelling, scrofula, hemoptysis, epistaxis, hematemesis, blood in stool, and metrorrhagia.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g. Apply externally in appropriate amount and mash the magnesium product for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Inner Mongolia Chinese Herbal Medicine": Clears away heat and detoxifies, reduces swelling and stops bleeding. It is used for carbuncles, swelling, scrofula, bleeding, and functional uterine bleeding.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above article introduces the functions of fin thistle. I hope it will be helpful to you in your life. But it is important to note that you should not randomly combine it with other foods. You should consult a professional before making a decision.