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Blessed Thistle
(Cnicus benedictus)
holy thistle, St. Benedict’s thistle

Description: An herbaceous plant, 2 feet high. It is reddish, slender, much branched and unable to keep upright with the weight of its leaves and flower heads. The long, narrow leaves have prominent pale veins with irregular teeth ending in spines that clasp the dull green stem. Flowers are pale yellow. Subtending the flower heads are green scales tipped with a long, brown bristle. The whole plant, including leaves, stalks and flower heads are covered with a thin down. Cultivated in the U.S., occurring in waste places when escaped.

Medicinal: It is a diaphoretic, emetic, emmenagogue, galactogogue, stimulant, and tonic. The whole herb is used. When taken in large doses it acts as a strong emetic, which produces vomiting and should be used cautiously. A cold infusion of the plant (2 teaspoons to
1 cup water), in small doses, is helpful in weak conditions of the stomach and for producing an appetite. A warm infusion is very helpful in fevers of all kinds. A poultice or tea of the plant is used externally for chilblains, wounds and sores.

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