Milk Thistle Seeds, raw and organic in an 8 oz bag. The milk thistle is a member of the thistle tribe of the daisy family. Milk thistle seeds are nutritive, somewhat bitter, sweet and tonic to the liver, spleen and kidneys and they can be taken long term.
Historically, milk thistles use as a liver protecting agent dates back to the writings of Pliny the Elder, (A.D. 23-79) the first Roman physician/naturalist who wrote that the juice of the plant, mixed with honey is excellent for “carrying off bile.”
Since antiquity, milk thistle has been prized for its powerfully regenerative effects upon liver cells. Virtually all parts of the plant have been used as both food and medicine at one time or another with no reports of toxicity. Dioscorides extols their use as a remedy for snake bites. They are also used as a preventive-antidote to poisoning by death-cap mushroom. In popular German herbalism, milk thistle is known for curing jaundice and other liver disorders.
The most important active constituents in milk thistle are the flavonoid-like compounds known as flavanolignans, collectively referred to as silymarin. Silbinin, silychristin and silydanin are the three most abundant of these molecules. They bind to the liver cell membranes, protecting them from being injured by environmental toxins, free radical damage and foreign chemicals. They also help to enhance the liver’s ability to produce enzymes necessary for the liver’s proper functioning, while also stimulating regeneration of liver tissue. In addition to protecting and regenerating the liver, removing stagnant liver energy, stimulating bile flow and relieving congestion of the liver, spleen and kidneys, milk thistle also soothes and moistens the mucous membranes and skin, making it excellent for psoriasis
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