Chicken thorn root generally refers to the root of artichoke, while the medicinal part of artichoke clinically is the above-ground part of artichoke, which has the effect of cooling the blood and stopping bleeding and so on.
Cock’s foot and chicken thorn are the common names of artichoke, while cock’s thorn root is mainly the root of artichoke, which is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, categorized as a blood-cooling drug, and refers to the dried above-ground part of artichoke, a plant in the family of Asteraceae.
Artichoke can be used clinically to cool blood and stop bleeding, targeting bleeding conditions caused by blood heat, such as vomiting blood, epistaxis, blood in urine, hemorrhagic drenching (the appearance of blood in urine accompanied by pain), blood in the stool, and metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling). Bleeding from trauma can also be treated with this medicine.
Artichoke also has the effect of dispersing blood stasis, removing toxins and eliminating carbuncles, and can also be used to treat diseases such as carbuncles, swellings and sores. The drug is cold in nature and should be used with caution in people with weak spleen and stomach.
If you have symptoms, you should take the medicine under the guidance of a professional doctor, do not take the medicine blindly by yourself to avoid delaying the condition or producing adverse reactions.