The efficacy and function of sunflower thistle

Traditional Chinese medicine often has unexpected effects in the treatment of certain diseases, so you can choose it with confidence. However, when choosing traditional Chinese medicine, you need to understand the medicine so that when treating the disease, you will know what kind of medicine is the best choice. Let us introduce the traditional Chinese medicine sunflower thistle.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Helianthus annuus of the Asteraceae family.

[Original form] Sunflower thistle is a perennial herb. The rhizome is thick. Stemless or almost stemless. Leaves are basal and rosette-shaped; petioles are short; leaf blades are narrowly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 15-30cm long, 3-6cm wide, acute or obtuse at the apex, gradually narrowed at the base, green above, light green below, covered with sparse white long soft hairs on both sides, pinnately lobed or deeply lobed, with oblong lobes at the base, and small spines at the top and edges. The capitula is sessile or nearly sessile, and several of them are clustered in rosettes of leaves; the bracts are lanceolate, 2-3 cm long, with sharp thorns at the tip, and small thorns on the edges from the middle or from the base. The tip of the innermost bracts is soft; the flowers are all tubular, with purple-red corolla, about 2.3 cm long, the lower narrow tube is about 1.4 cm long, and the upper wide tube is about 0.9 cm long. Achenes are oblong, 4-5mm long, light grayish yellow; the pappus are dirty white, feathery, and nearly as long as the corolla. Flowering and fruiting period is July to September.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: grows on hillsides and grasslands.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; bitter; cool

【Functions and indications】 Cools blood and stops bleeding; disperses blood stasis and reduces swelling. Mainly used for vomiting blood, nosebleed, hematuria, metrorrhagia, carbuncle, swelling and sore

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is some introduction to the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine sunflower thistle. Sunflower thistle is very helpful for human diseases, but it is worth noting that we should use symptomatic medication according to our personal physical condition and avoid indiscriminate consumption.