Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle
New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563
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Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599
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Koehler's Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887
Botanical name:
Carduus benedictus
Parts used:
Herb; Seed
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter, pungent
attenuates, opens, discusses, and is cordial
Classification:
2F. PURIFYING
3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS. 3C. ALEXIPHARMIC. 3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS. 3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE. 3M. ARTHRITIC
4c. CARDIAC. 4d. PECTORAL. 4e. STOMACHIC
Carduus benedictus
Parts used:
Herb; Seed
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter, pungent
attenuates, opens, discusses, and is cordial
Classification:
2F. PURIFYING
3A. SUDORIFICS & DIAPHORETICS. 3C. ALEXIPHARMIC. 3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS. 3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE. 3M. ARTHRITIC
4c. CARDIAC. 4d. PECTORAL. 4e. STOMACHIC
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Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison, Promotes Sweat:
-Antidote; Preserves from and treats Epidemic and Infectious diseases
-Cold, Flu, acute Cough, Asthma, Allergies
-Fever, Eruptive Fever, old Fevers and Quartan Fevers; Plague, Syphilis
2. Clears Wind-Heat, Calms the Liver, stops Wind:
-Headache, Migraine, Epilepsy, Dizziness
-‘a singular remedy against Deafness’.
3. Clears Damp-Heat:
-Jaundice, Cholecystitis
-hot and painful urine
4. Clears Phlegm-Heat, Stops Cough and Wheezing:
-Cough, Wheezing, Asthma
-opens the Lungs and frees the Breath
5. Promotes Digestion:
-promotes appetite and strengthens Digestion (as a bitter)
6. Warms the Yang:
-strengthens the principle Organs (Brain, Heart, Liver, Stomach, Lungs and Kidney)
-often used to strengthen the Brain and Memory.
7. Promotes Milk
-promotes and enriches Breast Milk
8. Kills Worms
-wine of Blessed Thistle is effective
9. Externally:
-poultice to sores and swellings
-externally to stop Gangrene (as a poultice)
-stubborn, indolent and gangrenous Ulcers
-foul and putrid Ulcers, especially of the Breast, sprinkle the powder on (Herbarium Horstianum, 1630)
Dose:
Powder: 1–3 grams
Powder: 1–3 grams
Main Combinations:
1. A good way to use is to decoct Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
2. Fever:
i. Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
ii. Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
3. Antidote against Wind-Cold infection: Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
4. Asthma:
i. Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
ii. Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
5. Cholagogue: Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
6. Inflammations, Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
7. Diarrhea, Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
Major Formula
Bitter Decoction
Decoction to Promote Appetite
Syrup of Balm (Fernelius)
Tincture Against Asthma
Tincture for Suppressed Menstruation
Powder Against Toxicity and Venom (Wecker)
ADVERTISEMENT:
1. A good way to use is to decoct Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
2. Fever:
i. Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
ii. Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
3. Antidote against Wind-Cold infection: Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
4. Asthma:
i. Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
ii. Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
5. Cholagogue: Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
6. Inflammations, Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
7. Diarrhea, Blessed Thistle with ... available in PRO version
Major Formula
Bitter Decoction
Decoction to Promote Appetite
Syrup of Balm (Fernelius)
Tincture Against Asthma
Tincture for Suppressed Menstruation
Powder Against Toxicity and Venom (Wecker)
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Cautions:
Some have said it shouldn't be used in Pregnancy
Main Preparations used:
Powder, Distilled Water, clarified Juice, Spirit, Distilled Oil, Conserve, Syrup, and an Extract
Some have said it shouldn't be used in Pregnancy
Main Preparations used:
Powder, Distilled Water, clarified Juice, Spirit, Distilled Oil, Conserve, Syrup, and an Extract