Milk Thistle is also known by the names Our Lady's Thistle, Marian
Thistle, and Wild Artichoke. This plant is called Milk Thistle because the
leaves of the plant have white veins that look as if milk was spilled upon them
- according to legend, the milk of the Virgin Mary. Dioscorides wrote that Milk
Thistle seeds could be used to treat snake bites. This plant is native to the
Mediterranean and grows wild throughout Europe, North America and Australia.
Milk Thistle has been used in Europe as a remedy for liver problems for
thousands of years. The seeds were consumed by European wet nurses to insure a
healthy milk supply. The heads of this Thistle formerly were eaten, boiled,
treated like those of the Artichoke.
Milk Thistle is a unique herb
which contains a natural compound called silymarin. Silymarin nourishes the
liver like no other nutrient currently known. The liver acts as the body's
filter constantly cleansing to protect you from toxins. Over time, these toxins
can accumulate in the liver. Milk Thistle's potent antioxidant properties and
rejuvenating actions help keep the liver strong & healthy.
1. Milk Thistle Extract is widely used in drug, health products, food and cosmetics.
2. Milk Thistle Extract has the functions of protecting liver cell membrane and improving the liver function.
3.Milk Thistle Extract has the function of detoxification, reducing the blood fat, benefiting the gallbladder,
protecting the brain and removing the free radical of body.
4. Milk Thistle Extract has the function of radiation hardening, arteriosclerosis preventing,skinaging delaying
1.Applied in food field, it is added into kinds of beverage,
liquor and foods as functional food additive.
2.Applied in health product
field, it is widely added into various kinds of health products to prevent
chronic diseases or relief symptom of climacteric syndrome.
3.Applied in
cosmetics field, it is widely added into the cosmetics with the function of
delaying aging and compacting skin, thus make skin much smooth and delicate.
4.Applied in
pharmaceutical field, it is widely added into the medicine which can be used in
treating chronic diseases such as cardio-cerebrovascular disease, kidney
disease, diabetes mellitus.
