Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cirsium japonicum DC. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Cirsium japonicum f. arakii (Kitam.) Kitam.

Cirsium japonicum var. diabolicum (Kitam.) Kadota

Cirsium japonicum var. japonicum

Cirsium japonicum var. maritimum Konta & Katsuy.

Cirsium japonicum var. vestitum Kitam.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
big thistle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
carbonized japanese thistle herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
cirse du japon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cirsii herba	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cirsii japonici herba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
cirsii japonici herba carbonisata	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
cirsii japonici herba carbonisatus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
cirsii japonici herba seu radix	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
da ji	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
da ji cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
da ji gen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
daji	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
dajitan	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
herba cirsii japonici	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
herba cirsii japonici carbonisatus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
jananische kratzdistel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
japanese thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese thistle herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
japanese thistle root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
ji	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
no-azami	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tiger thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
大蓟	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
大薊	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	processed dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
aerial part, root	dried aerial part or root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root, Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
aerial part or root	dried aerial part or root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root, aboveground parts, aboveground parts or root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
whole plant		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cnicus japonicus (DC.) Maxim. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 19: 503 (1874).
Carduus eriophorus Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 305 (1784), nom. illeg., later homonym
Carduus japonicus (DC.) Franch. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 6: 571 (1883).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cirsiu japonicum Fisch. ex DC.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cirsium japokicum DC.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cirsium japonicum	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Cirsium japonicum (Thunb.) Fisch. ex DC.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Cirsium japonicum DC.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cirsium japonicum De Candole	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Cirsium japonicum Fisch. Ex Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cirsium japonicum Fisch. ex DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cnicus japonicus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cnicus japonicus Maximowicz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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