Field
Thistle (xiao ji)
Herba
Cephalanoploris
Properties:
The herb is sweet and bitter in flavour, cool in nature,
acts on the heart and liver channels. Acting on blood in
the heart and liver is for clearing heat from blood to
stop bleeding. Field thistle is similar to and weaker than
Japanese thistle in effects. With the effect of inducing
diuresis, field thistle is good at treating hematuria.
Being bitter and cool for clearing toxins and alleviating
swelling, the herb can be used to treat skin and external
diseases.
Effects:
Clearing heat from blood to stop bleeding, and toxins to
alleviating swelling.
Indications:
1. The
herb
is often used in combination with scutellaria root,
Japanese thistle, cogongrass rhizome, capejasmine and
other herbs for clearing heat from blood to stop bleeding,
to treat haematemesis, apostaxis, metrorrhagia and
metrostaxis, and other kinds of bleeding due to
blood-heat; and with fiveleaf akebia, talc, lophatherum
capejasmine and other medicines for inducing diuresis to
treat stranguria and clearing heat from blood to stop
bleeding, such as Xiaoji Yinzi, to treat stranguria with
blood and hematuria.
2. To treat skin
and external diseases due to toxic heat, the fresh herb
can be orally taken, or externally applied or used in
combination with other herbs for clearing heat and toxins.
Dosage and
Administration: 10-15g;
30-60g for fresh herb.
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For the
convenience of customers, we offer the
Field
Thistle (xiao ji) as
the quick-dissolving granule made through modern
technology.
Directions:
Every
sachet is equivalent to raw herb 15 grams.
The dosage is for
adults, one sachet each time, twice a day. Please
put the granule into a cup, then put 50-100ml
boiling water into the cup and stir it with spoon.
You will get some tea, drink it when it is luke-warm.
For children, the dosage should be reduced according
to the weight.
Air ship 50 sachets of Field
Thistle (xiao ji)
in the form of quick-dissolving granule for your
personal use now at $50.00.
If you would like to
order this raw herb, please go to
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