Milk thistle acts in a similar fashion to detoxify other synthetic chemicals that find their way into our bodies, from acetaminophen and alcohol to heavy metals and radiation.

Milk thistle was approved in 1986 as a treatment for liver disease and it is widely used to treat alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver poisening and viral hepatitis. It has also been shown to protect the liver against medications such as acetaminophen, a non-aspirin pain reliever.

The active ingredient, or liver-protecting compound in milk thistle is known as silymarin. This substance, which actually consists of a group of compounds called flavonolignands, helps repair liver cells damaged by alcohol and other toxic substances by stimulating protein synthesis.

By changing the outside layer of liver cells, it also prevents certain toxins from getting inside. Silymarin also seems to encourage liver cell growth. It can reduce inflammation (important for people with liver inflammation or hepatitis), and has potent antioxidant effects. Antioxidants are thought to protect body cells from damage caused by a chemical process called oxidation. Our Milk Thistle is not standardized to an exact amount (as it is made from pure dried natural herbs. Milk Thistle naturally contains about 70 - 80% Silymarin (and many other constituents thought to work in harmony).

This herb benefits adrenal disorders and inflammatory bowel syndrome, and is used to treat psoriasis (increases bile flow).

Milk thistle has some estrogen-like effects that may stimulate the flow of breast milk in women who are breast-feeding infants. It may also be used to start late menstrual periods. Milk thistle's estrogen-like effect may also have some usefulness for men with prostate cancer.

By supplementing with Milk Thistle you are giving it a much needed helping hand. Native to the Mediterranean, southern Russia, Asia and northern Africa, this spiny but edible plant has been used for centuries for various liver-related ills and for improving digestion. In the 17th Century, an English herbalist called Nicholas Culpeper discovered that Milk Thistle was an effective herb for removing liver obstructions. However it wasn’t until the 1960’s that scientists finally identified the active ingredients responsible for Milk Thistle’s healing properties and named them ‘silymarin’.

Silymarin protects the liver from toxin or disease-related damage by stimulating the regenerative ability of the liver to replenish and strengthen liver cells. It can even improve digestion by stimulating the gall bladder. As a powerful antioxidant, silymarin may also prevent highly reactive oxygen molecules called free radicals from damaging cells throughout the body, especially in the liver where it may reduce damage to liver cells caused by overuse of certain prescription drugs.

The most recent research tells us that Milk Thistle can protect the liver from damage caused by alcohol, chemicals, drugs, diseases, and toxic plants. Milk Thistle contains a chemical substance, silymarin, which can protect liver cells because it has anti inflammatory effects and bioflavonoid complex. Silymarin seems to encourage liver cell growth. By changing the outside layer of liver cells, it also prevents certain toxins from getting into liver cells. Clinical tests have proven that there is strong scientific basis that Milk Thistle can protect the liver from damage by toxins and pollutants.

Milk Thistle herb extract 110mg, Powder whole herb equivalent 3000mg, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Dicalcium Phosphate, Magnesium Stearate.