Crepidiastrum sonchifolium
StarCrepidiastrum sonchifolium
Synonyms: Paraixeris sonchifolia, Ixeris denticulata subsp. sonchifolia, Lactuca denticulata var. sonchifolia, Ixeridium sonchifolium, Ixeris sonchifolia, Youngia sonchifolia
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In China Crepidiastrum sonchifolium (Ixeris sonchifolia) is described in classical herbals as cold and bitter, used to clear heat and toxins, dispel pus and carbuncles, promote blood circulation and dispel stasis, cool the blood and stop bleeding, protect the liver and gallbladder, and promote diuresis; it has been used for stomachache, hepatitis, infections, inflammation, headaches, rheumatism and toothache. In Korea the bitter young leaves are eaten as a wild vegetable and made into kimchi (Chinese materia medica; Korean ethnobotany).
Botanical Description
Crepidiastrum sonchifolium (synonym Ixeris sonchifolia), the sowthistle-leaf crepidiastrum, is an annual or biennial herb of the family Asteraceae native to eastern Asia, including China, Korea and Mongolia, where it grows on grassy slopes, roadsides, field margins and other open, disturbed ground, and is also cultivated in Korea as a leaf vegetable. It forms a basal rosette of bluish-green leaves that are oblong to spoon-shaped with clasping, ear-like (auriculate) bases and toothed or lobed margins, exuding a bitter milky latex when cut. The erect flowering stem bears smaller clasping leaves and branches into a loose cluster of flower heads. Each small head is composed entirely of yellow ligulate florets and is subtended by narrow involucral bracts. After flowering the florets develop into slender, beaked achenes carrying a pappus of fine white hairs for wind dispersal. The whole plant has the characteristic bitter, cooling quality used in both food and medicine.
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