Uses

ID 283
Crop ID Blessed Thistle
Part Whole
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The whole plant is astringent, bitter, cholagogue, diaphoretic, diuretic, strongly emetic in large doses, emmenagogue, galactogogue, stimulant, stomachic and tonic. Although less widely used nowadays, it is still seen to have a wide range of applications though it is mainly employed as an ingredient in herbal tonics.
Metadata ID 7,412