Cardui was advertised for difficult menstruation, leucorrhea, backache, headache, dizziness, and general female disorder. First produced in the late 19th century, Cardui was a 38-proof Patent Medicine distributed by the Chattanooga Medicine Company of Chattanooga Tennessee. Like most of these old cures, Cardui owed much of it's medicinal properties, to the high alcohol content, 19% by volume, which is more than wine! It also promised to cure ailments such as: Tumors, Cancers, Women’s Social Diseases, Etc. It specifically claimed to relieve painful menstruation, from which the imbiber did likely find at least temporary relief!