French pharmacy
THISTLE PLANT CUT IPHYM Herbalism Silybum marianum
Recommended in cases of liver failure, gallstones, asthma, hay fever, allergic headache, hives, varicose veins, hemorrhoids.
Latin name: Silybum marianum L.
Family: composed
Common Names: Wild Artichokes, thistle, thistle marble thistle Notre Dame, hawthorn, milk Notre Dame Sibyl Mary
silybum silybon comes from the Greek, the name of a thistle whose leaves were consumed; marianum, in memory of Mary who dropped milk on leaves wanting to preserve jesus soldiers of Herod.
Parts used: Whole plant
Originally thorny herbaceous biennial plant that grows in waste places. It is found in southern Europe, North Africa, America and Asia
Milk thistle has many properties cholagogue, choleretic, anti-allergic, venous tonic, and styptic.
Milk thistle is indicated in cases of liver failure, Gilbert's syndrome, gallstones, asthma, hay fever, allergic headache, hives, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, variocele.
Stimulating the appetite of people anxious and stressed, milk thistle relieves disorders of the liver and spleen, relieves pain, facilitates intestinal transit decongestion of the vesicle. While balancing the solar plexus, it activates the function of the stomach. It fights various bleeding, hematuria, disorders of menopause with fibroid bleeding hemorrhoids, gallstones. The seed increases blood pressure, it's welcome after an operation or in hypotensive.
Preparation: Infusion
1 tablespoon to 1/4 liter of boiling water.
Take 3 cups a day before meals.
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The European Commission approved in 1989 the use of the extract standardized to 70% silymarin to treat liver poisoning and as adjuvant hepatitis and cirrhosis. In 2002, WHO recognized substantially the same uses.
Europeans generally consider that silymarin contains milk thistle is one of the most powerful hepatoprotective substances. Even in conventional medicine, it is used for the prevention and treatment of various disorders related to the liver: hepatitis, cirrhosis, gallstones, jaundice (jaundice) and hepatotoxic damage. In the opinion of clinicians who use it in their practice, silymarin can regenerate damaged tissue of the liver in addition to protecting the organ against the effects of natural toxins (mushrooms, snake bites, insect bites, alcohol, etc.) or synthetic (solvents, detergents, medicines, etc.). Silybin appears to be effective in the case of poisoning by Amanita phalloides.
Several preliminary tests, milk thistle have immunomodulatory effects. Further studies of this type suggest that silymarin may help prevent or fight various types of cancer
Much more used by popular medicine, milk thistle will have to wait until the beginning of the 16th century before therapists finally take it into consideration . However, from the eighteenth century, the virtues of milk thistle, as diverse as they are, were thrown away by practitioners. Whatever. The twentieth century will restore the image of this repudiated plant. A little history The name milk thistle comes from a legend that…
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