Milk Thistle

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is a powerful herb known for its liver cleansing, immunity boosting and blood sugar control benefits. Owing to its endless benefits, it forms a part of complementary medicine since over 2000 years especially in the European countries. Due to its strong ability to cure and prevent a large number of liver problems and other diseases with minimal side effects, it is often termed as the ‘liver herb’. The herb is named after the milky substance extracted from its leaves upon being crushed. Milk thistle is also called as ‘दुग्ध रोम’ in Hindi

Milk Thistle Benefits & Uses

A. Treatment of Liver problems: Milk Thistle seeds are used since ages for helping maintain the liver health and protect it from the harmful effects of toxins including alcohol, harmful drugs, pollutants and other diseases. The most common liver problems for which it is recommended most often include

1. Alcoholic Liver cirrhosis

2. Fatty liver or non-alcoholic fatty liver

3. Hepatic Fibrosis or Fibrosis of liver

4. Liver Cirrhosis

5. Jaundice

6. Conditions where it is necessary to use medicines or drugs that are toxic to the liver

7. Regular Alcohol abuse

8. Liver toxicity caused due to use of steroids

9. Acute Viral Hepatitis. It also helps the body fight against infections during low immunity levels

10. Chronic Active Hepatitis

How Milk Thistle Helps in Liver Problems and Cause Liver Detox?

Silymarin is a bioflavinoid complex present in milk thistle which prevents various toxic substances from entering the liver cells hindering their absorption, delaying the damage and destruction of its cells. As a result, the injury to liver is minimized and recovery process of these cells is fastened. Milk thistle is also known to be a storehouse of the powerful protein ‘Glutathione’ which contains three extremely essential amino acids in our body. Glutathione present in silymarin renders its immune boosting, hepatoprotective and cancer preventing prowess.