菊苣别名苦苣、卡斯尼、皱叶苦苣,是维吾尔族习用药材,为菊科植物毛菊苣或菊苣的干燥地上部分或根,夏秋两季采收地上部分或秋末挖根,除去泥沙和杂质。菊苣为多年生草本,高50~100cm。茎有棱,多分枝。基生叶莲座状,倒披针状长椭圆形,边缘具疏不整齐的锯齿;茎生叶少数,较小,长圆状披针形,有粗毛。头状花序单生或数个集生于枝端;总苞2列;花 Chicory alias bitchles, Castile, Curly leaves, is a Uygur herbal medicine for the Compositae woolly chicory or chicory dry aerial parts or roots, summer and autumn harvest ground parts or the end of autumn dig roots, remove sediment And impurities. Chicory perennial herb, high 50 ~ 100cm. Stems angular, much branched. Basal leaves rosulate, oblong-oblanceolate, margin irregularly serrate; stem leaves a few, smaller, oblong-lanceolate, with coarse hairs. Head solitary or a few set in the branches; involucre 2; flowers