The efficacy and function of gray thistle

Gray thistle is a very common medicinal material in life. It can be used to make medicinal food and medicine. Gray thistle has a wide range of uses, so you can choose it with confidence. Let’s take a look at it together.

【Other name】 Thistle

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the root of Glycyrrhiza uralensis, a plant of the Asteraceae family.

[Original form] Gray thistle is a perennial herb, about 1m tall. The tuber is spindle-shaped or radish-shaped, with a diameter of up to 1.5 cm. The stem is erect, striated, densely covered with spider-like soft hairs, semi-amplexicaulous at the upper part, deeply pinnately divided, with lobes linear or lanceolate-linear, with 5-10mm long spines at the tip, covered with spiny appressed hairs above and spider-like pubescence below. 1-3 capitulums clustered at branch ends, sessile, spherical, about 3cm long, 3-4cm wide; involucre slightly covered with spider-like hairs; outer and middle involucral bracts lanceolate, with thorns at the tips, inner involucral bracts linear, nearly membranous, slightly expanded at the tips; corolla white, yellowish-white, rarely purple, about 19mm long, tube about 8mm long. Achenes are oblong, about 4mm long; pappus are dirty white, feathery, slightly shorter than corolla, and club-shaped at tip. Flowering and fruiting period is from May to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in valleys or hillside grasses at an altitude of 2800-3000m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat; cools blood; regulates menstruation. Mainly used for irregular menstruation, epistaxis, hematuria, and burns caused by water or fire

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

From the above we can see that the traditional Chinese medicine gray thistle has very high medicinal value, so we can consider using gray thistle in our lives.