Artichoke is used to treat epistaxis (vomiting blood, nosebleeds), hemoptysis, and metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling), etc. There is no specific treatment for it. Artichoke is sweet, bitter and cool in nature; it belongs to the heart and liver meridians. It has the efficacy of cooling and stopping bleeding (cooling and moisturizing the blood to prevent bleeding), dispersing blood stasis, removing toxins and eliminating carbuncles. It is used in treating epistaxis, hemoptysis, leakage and other blood-heat hemorrhagic conditions, intestinal carbuncles (carbuncles occurring in the intestines and bowels, manifested by fever, pain in the right side of the abdomen, and palpable lump), lung carbuncles and other carbuncles and sores in which there is an abundance of fire-heat and toxin. Artichoke is contraindicated in those who have bleeding in the spleen and stomach, and those who have deficiency cold in the spleen and stomach (spleen and stomach are weak and cold). The adverse reactions of Artichoke are not clear at present. If patients have any discomfort, please go to regular medical institutions; if you need to use Artichoke, it must be used under the guidance of a professional doctor.