Milk Thistle
carduus marianus
silybum marianum



Dried fruit (also called achenes)
are used to produce modern herbal extracts.

Milk Thistle has been used in connection
with the following conditions; Alcohol-related liver disease;
Hepatitis, Hepatitis B, Liver cirrhosis and Gallstones.

ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS
The dried fruit of milk thistle contain a flavonoid complex
known as silymarin.
This constituent is responsible for the medical benefits of the plant.
Silymarin is made up of three parts: silibinin, silidianin, and silicristin.
Silibinin is the most active and is largely responsible
for the benefits attributed to silymarin.

Milk thistle extract may protect the cells of the liver by blocking
the entrance of harmful toxins and helping remove these toxins
from the liver cells.

As with other bioflavonoids, silymarin is a powerful antioxidant.

Silymarin has been shown to regenerate injured liver cells.
Recent studies have shown that silymarin has the ability
to block fibrosis, a process that contributes to the eventual
development of cirrhosis in people with inflammatory
liver conditions secondary to diseases
such as alcohol abuse or hepatitis.


ACTIONS
AKA
CONDITIONS




Source(s)
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