MILK THISTLE
Name: Milk thistle
Scientific name: Carduus marianus
Summary: Used for a long time in
Europe against depressions and hepatic confusions. Help to restabilize the
body after a poisoning.
Description: Thorny plant, purple
flower, veines leaves of white.
Environment and culture: Carduus marianus grows in all Europe at the sun.
Used parts : seeds, leaves
Constituents: silymarine, bitter
principles, tyramine, histamine
History: One used it formerly to
stimulate the body, when comes the spring.
Effects: tonic, stimulating gastric, diuretic, tonicardiaque, detoxification.
Manners: Relieves depression, protects liver, stimulates cells renewall. Relieves hepatitis and jaundice and after any sorts of disorders(affections) of the liver. Stimulate biliaries' secretion. Stimulate lactation. Detoxification is powerful (maybe taken during a hangover or having taken some toxic matter within 48 hours), restabilizes the body after a poisoning. Ease harmful effects of the chemotherapy on the liver.
Preparation: Infusion leaves: 2 to 5 grams a day; seeds: 1 in 2 grams a day, decoction, alcoholic tincture.
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