| Plant names |
| English |
Blessed milk-thistle, Blessed thistle, Holy thistle, Lady's Thistle, Marian thistle, Mary thistle, Milk Thistle, Our Lady's thistle, Silybum marianum, St. Mary’s Thistle, St. Mary's milk thistle, St. Mary's thistle, Variegated thistle |
| Latin |
Silybum marianum Gaertn, Carduus marianus L. |
| Plant parts | Herb / Grass, Root, Seed |
| Diseases & Uses |
| Diseases |
Abdominal distension, Abdominal trouble, Abscess, Anticirrhotic, antidote to amanita poisoning, Antihepatotoxic, AntiOxidant, antiseptic, astringent, benificial effect on the liver, biliary disorders, Bitter, blood cleanser, Carsickness, cholagogic, Choleretic, complaints of urinary system, constipation, cough, Depression, diuretic, Dyspepsia, emetic, fever, good for the liver, good for the stomach, hemorrhoids, Hepatic, hepatitis, Icterus, infections, Intestinal affections, laxative, leg sore, Liver diseases, Liver protectant, Lung ailments, migraine, Pickmeup, stimulates the bile ducts, stitch, sweatinducing, Tonic, varicose veins |
| Women's diseases |
Amenorrhea, Diseases of uterus |
| Homoeopathically uses |
homoeopathically use, liver disease |
| Foods |
coffee substitute |
| Other uses |
Soil conditioner |
| Ingredients |
| | 4-5-7-Trihydroxy-3-5-Dimethoxy-Flavanone, aluminum, amine, Apigenin, Arachic-Acid, ascorbic acid, ash, Behenic-Acid, Beta-carotene, Betaine, Beta-Sitosterol, bitter essence, Calcium, Campherol, Chromium, Chrysoeriol, Cnicin, cobalt, Cysteine, Dyes, essential oil, Ethylene, Fat, fat oil, fixed oil, flavone, flavonoid, Fructose, fumaric acid, Gamma-aminobutyric acid, glucose, Glutamic acid, Glycine, histamine, Iron, Leucine, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, Luteolin, magnesium, manganese, mucilage, Myristic-Acid, Naringenin, nitrate, Oil, Oleic-Acid, Palmitic acid, Phosphorus, Potassium, Proline, proteins, Quercetin, resin, Riboflavin, Selenium, Silicon, silybin, Silychristin, Silydianin, silymarin, sodium, Stearic acid, Tanning agents, Taxifolin, Thiamine, Tin, tyramine, Vitamin B3, water, Zinc |
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