The medicinal part of artichoke is its dried aboveground part, the efficacy of artichoke root and the main treatment is not clear. Artichoke is the dried above-ground part of artichoke, family Asteraceae. It is sweet, bitter and cool in nature, and belongs to the heart and liver meridians. It has the efficacy of cooling blood and stopping bleeding (cooling and moistening the blood to prevent bleeding), dispersing blood stasis and removing toxins to eliminate carbuncles. It can be clinically used in the treatment of epistaxis, vomiting blood, blood in urine, blood in stool, metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling), bleeding from trauma, carbuncles and sores. The adverse reactions and contraindications of the drug are not clear, but it should not be used by patients with deficiency of spleen and stomach (spleen and stomach weakness and cold) diarrhea. If necessary, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for consultation and treatment under the guidance of a professional physician for evidence-based treatment.