MILK THISTLE OR SILYBUM MARIANUM IS THE MOST WELL-RESEARCHED PLANT FOR LIVER HEALTH. AN ACTIVE COMPONENT OF MILK THISTLE COMES FROM SEED EXTRACT, WHERE SILYMARIN BRINGS PROPOSED BENEFIT. MILK THISTLE PROVIDES LIVER DETOXIFICATION AND SUPPORT IN A CONVENIENT STANDARDIZED EXTRACT CAPSULE. MILK THISTLE USE FOR TREATING LIVER AILMENTS DATES BACK TO THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND THIS HERB HAS ALSO BEEN USED IN CHINESE MEDICINE FOR VERY LONG TIME. MILK THISTLE IS USED AS: (TRADITIONALLY USED IN HERBAL MEDICINE AS A) HEPATOPROTECTANT/ LIVER PROTECTANT. (USED IN HERBAL MEDICINE TO) HELP SUPPORT LIVER FUNCTION. USED IN HERBAL MEDICINE TO HELP RELIEVE DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES/DYSPEPSIA. CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST OR WORSEN. CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER PRIOR TO USE IF YOU ARE PREGNANT. HYPERSENSITIVITY, SUCH AS ALLERGY, HAS BEEN KNOWN TO OCCUR; IN WHICH CASE, DISCONTINUE USE. BARNES J, ANDERSON LA, PHILIPSON JD. 2007. HERBAL MEDICINES, 3RD EDITION. LONDON (UK): THE PHARMACEUTICAL PRESS. BLUMENTHAL M. 2003. ABC CLINICAL GUIDE TO HERBS. NEW YORK (NY): THIEME. BLUMENTHAL M, GOLDBERG A, BRINKMANN J, EDITORS. 2000. HERBAL MEDICINE: EXPANDED COMMISSION E MONOGRAPHS. BOSTON (MA): INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS. BP 2008: BRITISH PHARMACOPOEIA COMMISSION. 2007. BRITISH PHARMACOPOEIA 2008, VOLUME 2. LONDON (UK): THE STATIONARY OFFICE. BRADLEY PR, EDITOR. 2006. BRITISH HERBAL COMPENDIUM: A HANDBOOK OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ON WIDELY USED PLANT DRUGS, VOLUME 2. BOURNEMOUTH (UK): BRITISH HERBAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATION. MILLS S. 1993. THE ESSENTIAL BOOK OF HERBAL MEDICINE. TORONTO (ON): ARKANA. MILLS S, BONE K. 2005. THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO HERBAL SAFETY. ST. LOUIS (MO): ELSEVIER CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE. VELUSSI M, CERNIGOI AM, DE MONTE A, DAPAS F, CAFFAU C, ZILLI M. 1997. LONG-TERM (12 MONTHS) TREATMENT WITH AN ANTI-OXIDANT DRUG (SILYMARIN) IS EFFECTIVE IN HYPERINSULINEMIA, EXOGENOUS INSULIN NEED AND MALONDIALDEHYDE LEVELS IN CIRRHOTIC DIABETIC PATIENTS. JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY 26(4):871-879. WILLIAMSON EM. 2003. POTTER'S HERBAL CYCLOPEDIA: THE AUTHORITATIVE REFERENCE WORK ON PLANTS WITH A KNOWN MEDICAL USE. SAFFRON WALDEN (UK): THE C.W. DANIEL COMPANY LIMITED. This page is not intended to be a comprehensive review of the medicinal ingredient.