Decorative and at the same time medicinal plant, milk thistle (another name is milk thistle) belongs to the aster family. It has spread all over the planet from the Mediterranean shores. With its elegant leaves, this tall plant adorns gardens throughout the warm season, and from mid-summer until late autumn it pleases the eye with purple or raspberry-lilac tubular flowers.
Many peoples of our planet revere milk thistle as a plant with strong medicinal properties. It is believed that in ancient Rome its beneficial properties were used in the treatment of liver ailments. Milk thistle is used in India not only in folk, but also in homeopathic medicine. Milk thistle extract is also used by European peoples. It is recommended for cirrhosis and hepatitis.
Milk thistle has been receiving reviews since ancient times as a remedy that can cure various, including the most severe, pathologies. It is used to get rid of cholecystitis, allergies, dropsy, edema, obesity. Milk thistle treats thyroid diseasesand spleen, eliminate s alt deposits and dilated veins.
The plant helps to alleviate the patient's condition with rheumatism and inflammation of the bile ducts. The strongest healing agent is milk thistle for the liver. Reviews of patients with cirrhosis or jaundice indicate its high efficiency. It also helps with liver damage from alcohol, toxins, drugs and radiation. The pharmaceutical industry produces drugs such as Karsil Forte, Karsil and many others, which include milk thistle seeds in their composition.
Milk thistle received wonderful reviews from dermatologists. It is recommended as an effective remedy for getting rid of psoriasis, acne and vitiligo. It also helps with baldness.
The healing power of plant seeds lies in their rich composition. It includes more than two hundred elements useful for humans. It contains manganese and potassium, iron and zinc, chromium and copper, selenium and boron. Milk thistle seeds contain almost the entire range of vitamins necessary for the human body. Oil is extracted from the fruits of a medicinal plant. It also has a rich set of useful components.
Milk thistle is sold in capsules in a network of pharmacies. Reviews about this tool indicate the convenience of using the drug. Healing plant oil, enclosed in capsules, is just as effective as bottled. Take this remedy to strengthen the body's defenses, with stomach ulcers, to remove toxins and for liver damage.
Great reviews milk thistle gets for its healing effects. The plant is able to produce a choleretic, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, choleretic, lactogenic and detoxifying effect.
The valuable substance silymarin, present in milk thistle, restores cell membranes, thereby enhancing their protective characteristics.
Milk thistle has excellent reviews for external use of oil from its seeds. It produces a pronounced wound healing effect.
Folk healers recommend using a decoction of milk thistle roots for toothache. It helps with diarrhea, convulsions, urinary retention and radiculitis. For constipation, juice from the leaves of a medicinal plant is recommended. It is effective in inflammatory processes in the colon and on the gastric mucosa.
Flour derived from milk thistle seeds is used as a blood sugar lowering agent, curing varicose veins and purifying slugged blood.
