Blessed Thistle Products

Making a delicious cup of tea with loose leaf herbs is simple and easy. Brewing loose leaves is a traditional art with many different styles and varying items of tea brewing equipment on the market. There are one cup teaballs that can be filled with loose leaves, flowers, and barks and submerged straight into a boiling cup of hot water and then left to infuse. The rule of thumb with brewing loose leaves is to allow them to fully release their beneficial aromatic phyto-chemical content.

This process is lovingly called brewing and takes 5-10 minutes so a tea cosy is recommended if you are using a pot. When making a pot of tea it is advised that you use one teaspoon of loose leaf tea per person and one for the pot. Any true tea maker who truly appreciates the art would recommend heating the pot first, and of course when the tea is fully infused it is absolutely necessary that the drinker sits down and takes a minute to enjoy! For full instructions go to our How to make Herbal Tea Page.

Grab a teapot, a cafetiere or your tea making equipment of choice. Blessed Thistle Cut can be made into an herbal tea by infusing the herb in boiling water. Use 1 cup of boiling water per person. Let the tea brew for 5 - 15 minutes, relax and enjoy.

Serving:

1 teaspoon dried herb per 1 cup of boiling water, 3 times a day.

• Produced to GMP standards.
• Quality Assured by Indigo Herbs.
• Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
• Re-sealable air tight, foil pouch.
• 100% pure botanical ingredients, absolutely nothing added.

Manufacture Process

Indigo Herbs Blessed Thistle Cut Tea comes from plants that are grown for the specific use as tea. All plants are grown under supervision and soil checked regularly for heavy metals and toxins. When this perennial is at peak maturity the leaves are separated from the root and air dried in the shade so none of the chemical constituents are destroyed by the sun. The leaf cut is then tested again for any pollutants before being shipped. This process complies with GMP standards and has the Indigo Herbs seal of approval.

100% Pure Cnicus benedicyus dried leaf

People who are allergic to the daisy plant family may experience allergic symptoms.

Taking herbs in a Tincture or Fluid extract preparation is simple and easy. The tincture can be measured out in a small ml measuring cup, medicine cup or spoon, and the tincture can be taken directly.

However some people do find the bitter tincture taste to be too strong, so it may be a good idea to dilute the drops in water or fruit juice. For children, the elderly, those with a sensitive constitution or those avoiding alcohol, the alcohol can be evaporated from the tincture. This can be done by putting the drops in boiling water and leaving for 10 minutes to evaporate. For full instructions go to our How to take Herbal Tincture page.

Blessed Thistle Tincture can be added to water or fruit juice.

Serving:

Blessed Thistle Tincture:
Traditionally Taken: 1-2 ml tincture up to 3 times a day.
or as directed by a Herbal practitioner. 

20 drops from the glass dropper equals approximately 1ml.

• Produced to GMP standards.
• Quality Assured by Indigo Herbs.
• Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
• 100% pure botanical ingredients, absolutely nothing added.
• Packaged in a pharmacopeial grade brown glass bottle with dropper.

 Manufacture Process

When the Blessed Thistle reaches peak maturity the leaves are separated from the root and dried in shade before undergoing a process of cold percolation in order to extract the active constituents into tincture form. The cold percolation method employs a gradient circulation of the solution which keeps the plant ingredients in perpetual contact with the ethanol. This technique is faster and more efficient than maceration and ensures there is less waste of precious plant materials. This premium quality product is manufactured to GMP standards and Quality Assured by Indigo Herbs. It is 100% pure botanical ingredients, completely free of synthetic ingredients with absolutely nothing added.  

Cnicus benedicyus, Alcohol, Water

People who are allergic to the daisy plant family may experience averse symptoms.

As a dietary supplement, for maintenance take one softgel two times per day, morning and evening, on an empty stomach. For aggressive dosage, take two softgels two times per day.

Consult your healthcare provider before use if you are taking any prescription medications or if you have a medical condition, especially ulcers or kidney stones.

Essiac Proprietary Herbal Complex [blessed thistle (Cnicus benedictus) (whole plant), burdock (Arctium lappa) (root), sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella) (aerial parts), red clover (Trifolium pratense) (flower), slippery elm (Ulmus rubra) (bark), watercress (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum) (aerial parts), kelp (Laminaria digitata) (whole plant), Turkey rhubarb (Rheum officinale) (root)]

Other ingredients: Rice bran oil, gelatin, glycerin, maltodextrin, beeswax, deionized water, sunflower lecithin, caramel color, natural vanilla flavor.

May contain trace amounts of fish and shellfish.