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Holy thistle

Holy thistle is believed to have bitter stomachic, antidiarrheal, antihemorrhagic, febrifuge, expectorant, antibiotic, bacteriostatic, vulnerary, and antiseptic properties. Traditionally, it has been used for anorexia, flatulent dyspepsia, bronchial catarrh, topically for gangrenous and indolent ulcers, and specifically for atonic dyspepsia and enteropathy with flatulent colic. [Pg.96]

Holy thistle Cnicus benedictus (Asteraceae) Cnicin... [Pg.342]

Action Although more popular among the old herbalists than among those of to-day. Holy Thistle is still valued for its tonic, stimulant and diaphoretic properties. [Pg.52]

The medicinal use of Holy Thistle goes back far beyond the days of Tilke, or even Johnson. William Turner, Domestic Physician to the Lord Protector Somerset in the reign of King Edward VI, in his Herbal published 1568, agrees with Tilke that the herb is "very good for the headache and the megram."... [Pg.52]

Silybum marianum (holy thistle, lady s thistle, milk thistle, St. Mary s thistle) has been used to treat hver problems, such as hepatitis, and prostatic cancer. It contains a variety of lignans, including sUandrin, silybin, silychristin, sUydianin, silymarin, and sUymonin. [Pg.364]

Blessed Thistle Centaurea benedictus Holy ghost herb, holy thistle... [Pg.379]

Bacher s Toxiic Pills. Alkaline extract of black hellebore, 2 drachms extract of myrrh, 2 drachms powder of holy thistle, 1 drachm mix, and divide into 4-graia pills. [Pg.309]

The preparations are featured with combining probiotics and prebiotics (mannans and glucans on cell walls of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae), and phytobiotics of the medicinal plants - Echinacea purpurea and holy thistle. Echinacea has immunomodulatory properties. Echinacea preparations exhibit antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties. When intaking the Echinacea preparations at metabolic disorders, at the impact of different chemical compounds of toxic nature, contained in the feed (heavy metals, pesticides, insecticides, fungicides), a stimulation of the immune system has been observed. [Pg.316]

Holy thistle is used for prevention of various liver affections. Preparations of holy thistle increase protective properties of liver to infection and poisoning, stimn-late the formation and excretion of bile. The positive effect of the plant also affects the liver, and the whole digestive tract. [Pg.316]

Another member of the family Asteraceae is St. Benedict s thistle, also known as the blessed or holy thistle Cnicus benedktus), which contains bitter cnicin (8-258) derived from germacrane. [Pg.647]

Common/vernacular names Carbenia bene-dicta, carduus benedictus, cnicus, Holy thistle. [Pg.100]

See other pages where Holy thistle is mentioned: [Pg.96]    [Pg.51]    [Pg.316]    [Pg.240]    [Pg.144]    [Pg.96]    [Pg.51]    [Pg.316]    [Pg.240]    [Pg.144]   
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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.144 ]



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