Japanese Thistle Herb or Root is the dried aerial part or root of Cirsium japonicum DC. (Fam. Compositae).

Action: To arrest bleeding by reducing heat in the blood, to remove blood stasis, and to promote the subsidence of swelling.

Indications: Epistaxis, spitting of blood, hematuria, hematochezia, abnormal uterine bleeding, traumatic bleeding; carbuncles and sores.