Table of Contents

CARDUUS BENEDICTUS

Standard name Carduus benedictus
Other names
Standard abbr. Card-b.
Other abbr.
Scientific name Centaurea benedicta (L.) L.
Other scientific names Benedicta officinalis Bernh.; Centaurea pseudobenedicta (Asch.) E.H.L.Krause; Carduus benedictus auct. ex Steud.; Oenicus kotschyi Sch.Bip.; Cirsium horridum (Adams) Petr.; Carduus benedictus (L.) Garsault; Calcitrapa benedicta (L.) Sweet; Carbeni benedicta (L.) Adans.; Cardosanctus officinalis Bubani; Calcitrapa lanuginosa Lam.; Centaurea centriflora Friv. ex Gugler; Oenicus benedictus L.; Oenicus bulgaricus Panov; Carbeni benedicta (L.) Arcang.
Common names St. Benedict's thistle; blessed thistle; holy thistle; spotted thistle
Substance description Tincture of whole plant when in flower.
Distinctness DISTINCT
Classification Plantae – Magnoliophyta – Magnoliopsida – Asterales – Asteraceae – Centaurea

Provings

Materia medica

Notes

All standard homeopathic remedy names are listed in the Official Remedy Name List. Extended Remedy Name List includes all known naming variations (homeopathic names only). The Complete Remedy Name List includes all homeopathic names and all common names. This page is a part of ongoing Project Remedies.