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Carduus Benedictus, Blessed Thistle

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New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563

Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599
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Koehler's Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887
Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810

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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

Uses:

1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison, Promotes Sweat:
-Cold, Flu, acute Cough, Allergies

2. Clears Wind-Heat, Calms the Liver, stops Wind:
-Headache, Migraine, Dizziness

3. Clears Damp-Heat:
-obstructions of the Liver; Jaundice, Cholecystitis

4. Clears Phlegm-Heat, Stops Cough and Wheezing:
-Cough, Wheezing

5. Promotes Digestion:
-promotes appetite and strengthens Digestion (as a bitter)

6. Tonic:
-strengthens the principle Organs (Brain, Heart, Liver, Stomach, Lungs and Kidney)

7. Promotes Milk
-promotes and enriches Breast Milk

8. Kills Worms

9. Externally:
-poultice to sores and swellings
-externally to stop Gangrene (as a poultice)
-stubborn, indolent and gangrenous Ulcers

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Main Combinations:
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2. Fever:
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3. Antidote against Wind-Cold infection: Blessed Thistle with  ... available in PRO version
4. Asthma:
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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)


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

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