Da Ji, 100g

"Sweet and cool, Cirsii japonici Herba seu Radix (da ji) enters the Liver, Heart, and Spleen channels. Because the Liver stores the blood and the Heart controls blood flow, its coolness reduces chaotically moving blood and thus stops bleeding." - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica*

English Name: Japanese Thistle, Cirsium, Herba Sive Radix Cirsii Japonici
Unit Size: 100 Grams
Potency: 5:1
Taste: Sweet
Properties: Cool
Channels Entered: Liver, Spleen, Heart
Actions: Cools the blood, stops bleeding, reduces swelling - Bensky
Pattern: Chaotic movement of hot blood, damp-heat jaundice, Liver heat hypertension - Bensky.
Chinese Symptomology: Chaotic movement of hot blood with such symptoms as nosebleed, vomiting blood, blood in the urine or stool, or uterine bleeding. It is especially effective in alleviating vomiting or coughing of blood. Jaundice, especially that due to damp-heat. Hypertension, especially when accompanied by signs of Liver heat - Bensky
Materia Medica: Regulate the Blood
Contraindications: This herb is for hot patterns and should not be used for cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach. - Bensky Because of its blood-invigorating function, Da Ji should be used with caution during pregnancy, or for patients who do not have signs or symptoms of blood stagnation - Chen