[[File:Cnicus benedictus.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Cnicus benedictus]]
See also : [[Essiac]]<br>
Other Names: Blessed Thistle, Carbenia Benedicta, Cardo Bendito, Cardo Santo, Carduus, Carduus Benedictus, Chardon Béni, Chardon Bénit, Chardon Marbré, Cnici Benedicti Herba, Cnicus, Cnicus benedictus, Holy Thistle, Safran Sauvage, Spotted Thistle, St. Benedict Thistle.<br>Blessed thistle is a plant. People use the flowering tops, leaves, and upper stems to make medicine. Blessed thistle was commonly used during the Middle Ages to treat the bubonic plague and as a tonic for monks.
See also :
* [[Essiac]]
* [[Bitters]]
==Special Precautions of Blessed Thistle==
* Don’t confuse blessed thistle with [[Milk Thistle]] (Silybum marianum).