Small artichoke belongs to the hemostatic medicine, it is the dry aboveground part of the Asteraceae plant prickly lettuce, in all regions of the country are distributed.
As a medicinal herb, artichoke naturally has its role and efficacy. First of all, it is cool in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, and belongs to the heart and liver meridians. We all know that the heart is the master of blood and the liver can hide the blood, artichoke is cool in nature, go to the blood, can clear the heat of the blood and play the role of cooling the blood and stopping the bleeding, plus it also has the role of dispersing blood stasis, so it will not leave stasis at the same time in stopping the bleeding, suitable for many kinds of hemorrhage caused by the blood heat and trauma bleeding, etc. And because of its cool nature, it has the effect of solving the problem of bleeding. And because of its cool nature, it has the effect of detoxification and elimination of carbuncle, applicable to all the sores, carbuncles and swollen poisons, external and internal use can be.
Modern research has found that artichoke mainly contains flavonoids such as montaflorin and rutin; phenolic acids such as protocatechuic acid, chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid; and sterols such as dandelion stanol, dandelion stanol acetate, β-sitosterol, and leguminous stanol. It has hemostatic, antibacterial and antitumor activities. In vitro studies have found that it has different degrees of inhibition of diphtheria bacillus, pneumococcus, hemolytic streptococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis, Escherichia coli, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, dysentery bacillus fowleri and so on, and it has the effect of inhibiting the growth of human leukemia cells, hepatocellular carcinoma cells, gastric carcinoma cells, cervical carcinoma cells and so on.
Therefore, the prickly mustard in water has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins, stopping bleeding and dispersing blood stasis, for epistaxis, vomiting blood, blood in the urine, blood, blood, blood, leakage, traumatic bleeding and many other hemorrhages, bleeding has a bleeding effect, for the sores, canker sores, especially due to the addiction to spicy and stimulating food, heat and so on sores, pimples, and so on have a certain role, it not only clears the heat and removes the toxins, but also for sores, pimples and so on, the acne marks, spots, and so on have a certain effect. It can not only remove heat and toxins, but also for the acne left by the sores, acne, etc. It has a certain effect of activating blood circulation and dissipating stasis.
The dosage of artichoke is generally 5-12 grams, due to its cool nature, it is not advisable to take it excessively for those who have a cold constitution.
The above is only a personal opinion, not as a basis for medication, please use the medication under the guidance of a physician, any questions or views are welcome to leave a comment at the bottom of the article.