Both artichoke and artichoke belong to the above-ground part of artichoke in the genus Thistle, family Asteraceae, with different morphological characteristics, and similar but different efficacy and indications. 1. Morphological characteristics are different: Artichoke is a perennial rooted herb, the overall root shape is long fusiform, while the rhizome of artichoke is long. 2. Differences in efficacy: Both artichoke and artichoke have the efficacy of cooling the blood and stopping bleeding (cooling and moisturizing the blood and preventing bleeding), dispersing bruises and detoxifying the toxins to eliminate carbuncles, but the former’s detoxification and elimination of swellings is a bit more powerful, while artichoke’s efficacy is focused on stopping bleeding. 3. Different indications: Artichoke is used for treating hematemesis, hemoptysis, and metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling) caused by blood heat, and can also be used to treat carbuncles (carbuncles occurring in the bowels of the intestines and viscera with fever, pain in the right side of the abdomen, and palpable lumps), and carbuncles of lungs, and other carbuncles with heat and toxins. Xiao Ji focuses more on the hemostatic effect, and also has some diuretic effect, so in addition to vomiting blood, leakage, traumatic bleeding, it can also be used for the treatment of blood in urine, hemorrhagic lymph (the appearance of blood in urine and accompanied by a painful sensation), and blood in the stool. Patients should use artichoke and artichoke under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not blindly self-medicate to avoid ineffective treatment and delayed condition.