Nature's Way Standardized Milk Thistle Extract, 60 caps within category: Silymarin
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Silymarin is an active flavonoid found in the milk thistle.It is one of only a few traditionally used herbs that has been widely accepted by
conventional science to have significant medicinal value as one of the most potent liver
detoxification herbs known.
Silymarin is effective for protecting the liver and is the tenth best selling herb in the Western world. It is the main remedy used in Western herbal medicine to
protect the liver and its many metabolic activities, and help renew its cells.
To see an effect you generally need 12 to 15 grams of dried herb (200 to 400 mg silymarin) per day
or silymarin-phosphatidylcholine complex 100 to 200 mg two times per day - but dose varies by person. (Check the contents of the brand you use to ensure you are receiving what you believe you need, as different brands vary).
More about: Silymarin
What People Are Saying And Quick Facts** About Silymarin:
- a unique herb which contains a natural compound called silymarin.
- not a true thistle (if you consider thistles to be only those plants in the genus Cirsium).
- one of the most studied and documented herbs in use today.
- a powerful liver tonic and is used by herbalists to treat such liver disorders as cirrhosis and hepatitis.
- most often sold as a concentrated, standardized extract from the fruit of S. Marianum.
- frequently prescribed for breastfeeding mothers to promote increased breast milk secretion.
- often standardized to contain 70-80% silymarin.
- kept in German hospitals for emergency treatment of Death Cap poisonings.
- believed to be safe for pregnant or nursing women and researchers have enrolled pregnant women in studies.
- also an antioxidant that is more potent than vitamins C and E.
- active compounds are located in the seed, and consists of three components silybin, silydianin, and silychristin.
- a gentle and mild laxative due to its ability to increase bile secretion and flow in the intestinal tract.
- frequently prescribed to those on interferon.
- the common name for Silybum marianum, a member of the daisy family native to the Mediterranean.
- an herbal which has been used for many years in the treatment of liver disease and subsequent liver damage.
- considered medicine's most important antidote to poisoning by the mushroom toxins a-amintin and phalloidin.
- a flowering plant, related to the common daisy, that produces the potent extract silymarin.
- toxic to livestock, and it forms dense stands in pastures and rangelands.
- widely regarded in the natural therapy field as being protective of the Liver when drugs are being taken.
- unique in that you can not make a medicinal cup of tea out of milk thistle seed and water alone.
- not very water soluble, so teas made with this herb may not be particularly therapeutic for the liver.
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