Cnicus.

Cnicus. Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Cnicus arvensis, Hoffm.) Canada Thistle.—This European composite plant, to which have been attributed diaphoretic, emetic, and tonic properties, according to Herman J. Pierce (A. J. P., lxviii, 1896), contains a volatile alkaloid, and also Cnicin, C₄₂H₅₆O₁₅, which is said to possess emetic and emmenagogue properties.

The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, was edited by Joseph P. Remington, Horatio C. Wood and others.