Milk Thistle - Annoying Weed or Beneficial Plant

#The Milk Thistle Herb

The milk thistle herb has the scientific name "Silybum Marianum" and has been well known to humanity for 2000 years.

It has been used for treating and preventing various diseases, and its extremely beneficial effects on liver function in humans has been known since ancient times.

#History of the Herb

The history of milk thistle can be traced back to Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece. Even then, the plant was famous as a "liver herb" and was used to treat various liver conditions such as:

• hepatitis

• cirrhosis

• and jaundice

• as well as protecting the liver from toxins (including snake bites, insect stings, mushroom or alcohol poisoning)

Later, the herb spread from the Mediterranean and Europe, reaching as far as China and India. Many historical sources testify that milk thistle has held and still holds an important place in Chinese traditional medicine, herbal medicine, and Ayurveda, which recommend it not only as:

• "liver tonic"

• but also for stimulating breast milk production

• for depression

• and especially for death cap mushroom poisoning - the cause of most mushroom consumption fatalities

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