- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Compositae
- English Names
- Holy Thistle
- Blessed Thistle
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Balkan
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Cardui benedicti
- Semen Cardui beuedicti
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- Constituent(s)
- herb: cnicini
- volatile oil
- resin
- gum
- tannin
- sugar
- phytosterin
- mucilage
- bitter principle
- minerals; seed: fatty oil
- bitter principle
- Action
- herb: sudorific
- emmenagogue
- stimulant
- tonic
- febrifuge
- depurative
- stomachic
- diuretic
- vermifuge
- haemostatic
- appetising
- antiscrofulous
- in large doses emetic; seed: haemostatic. Stomachic
- in large doses emetic; - The bitter principle is used as a substitute for hops in brewing
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