Plant Information
Common Name: THISTLE - MILK
Scientific Name: Silybum marianum
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Description:- Biennial
- White marbled leaves up to 60cm long.
- 1,5m high.
- Full sun.
- Hardy.
- Self-seeds readily
Culinary Uses:- Harvest young leaves, buds and roots when tender and use fresh
- Boil flower heads like artichoke
- Cook leaves like spinach
- Peel roots and stalks and stir fry
Parts Used:- Roots, seeds, leaves, flowers
Medicinal Uses. It is said that:- Liver protector – help against gall bladder disease, cirrhoses, infections, hepatitis, jaundice, poison and drug and alcohol abuse
- Counters ingestion of toxic substances like paraffin
- Silymarin – stimulates liver repair
- Scavenges free radicals – prevent toxins from entering liver cells
- Milk thistle therapy resulted in decline of fatal mushroom poisoning
- Minimize side effects of cancer therapy
- Bitter digestive and diuretic tonic herb
- Stimulates bile flow, increases milk flow production, relaxes spasms
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