The medicinal plant of milk thistle belongs to the family of asters, develops within two years. The flower has large leaves, shiny, glossy, slightly wavy. On the stems and inflorescences are spines of yellow color.
The plant blooms in the summer, gaining healing power. Despite the fact that the grass is classified as a weed, it is actively used as a medicinal raw material, namely the fruits of the plant (seeds).
The history of the discovery of the plant of milk thistle
Instructions for use indicate the effectiveness of the medication. Indeed, the medicinal properties of plants have been known since ancient times. Even in the Ancient Roman Empire, milk thistle was used for the treatment of poisoning, liver disease, as a diuretic. Until the beginning of the last century, the plant was used mainly as a folk remedy. In the middle of the century, after studies, silymarin was isolated - an active biological substance that is used to treat many ailments. After that, the technology for producing the additive was patented, and milk thistle was registered as a medicine.
The chemical composition of the plant of milk thistle
Instructions for use allow us to conclude that the medicinal properties of the drug largely depend on its composition. So, milk thistle fruits contain B and K vitamins, selenium, zinc, copper, quercetin, tyramine, flavolignans (silicristin, silybin, silidianin), taxifolin, saponins, dyes, flavonoids, mucus, tannins, proteins, resins, fatty oils and other macro and micronutrients. Due to its rich composition, the plant is used for the production of many food additives and medicines.
Thistle plant application
Instructions for use show that a medicine from milk thistle is prescribed for the treatment of chronic intoxication, toxicosis in pregnant women, food poisoning. With its help, they affect gallstones, treat cough, acquired immunodeficiency, visual impairment, diabetes, jaundice, obesity, cardiac and vascular pathologies, and spleen diseases. Reviews indicate that milk thistle is very beneficial for the liver. How to take the drug can be found in the instructions. The medicine perfectly cleanses the liver, blood and other organs from radiation and toxins. The tool is used after undergoing chemotherapy and radiation exposure.
The medication is prescribed for varicose veins, difficult healing ulcers,
open fractures. Studies by scientists confirm that the use of the drug is effective in cirrhosis, hepatitis, fatty liver dystrophy.
Contraindications plant milk thistle
Instructions for use explain that, despite all the advantages of the plant, there are prohibitions on the use of drugs from it. You can not take the drug for individual intolerance, reflex disease, renal colic and liver, pancreatitis, calculous cholecystitis, diarrhea, appendicitis.
The drug "Milk Thistle" in tablets: price
The cost of the medication can vary slightly at different points of sale, it is about 100 rubles.