Blessed Thistle

Digestion: Blessed thistle contains cnicin, a chemical compound that stimulates digestive activity by increasing saliva and gastric juice production. This may help with indigestion, heartburn, and low stomach acidity.

Breast milk production: Blessed thistle is commonly used as a galactagogue, which is a food, herb, or medication that increases breast milk production. However, there haven't been enough high-quality clinical trials to understand how well it works.

Expectorant: Blessed thistle is believed to be an expectorant, which means it thins out mucus and makes it easier to remove from the body by coughing.

Infections: Blessed thistle contains tannins, which might help with infections.

Wounds: Blessed thistle might help with wounds.

Diarrhea: Blessed thistle might help with diarrhea.

Cough: Blessed thistle might help with cough.

Boils: Blessed thistle might help with boils.

Urine flow: Blessed thistle might help promote urine flow.