Usage of "Our Lady's mild thistle"

Tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America.

Synonyms

Examples for "milk thistle"

For his liver, silymarin, the milk thistle, will suit us well. 
 Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel 

Silymarin, a standardized extract from milk thistle fruits has been found to exhibit anti-cancer effects against various cancers. 
 Pubmed 

The first is that he is about as useless as tincture of milk thistle against a New Year hangover. 
 The Guardian 

The midwife made charm after charm for the ewes and the goats, the apothecary made infusions of partridgeberry and milk thistle. 
 The city in the lake 

Please relax, should you be reading this while mainlining milk thistle ahead of one of the most Herculean drinking nights of the year. 
 The Guardian 

Several names have been used for the plant, including holy thistle, St Mary thistle and Our Lady's thistle. 
 The Irish Times 

No, by my troth, I have no moral meaning; I meant plain holy thistle. 
 Much Ado about Nothing 

Several names have been used for the plant, including holy thistle, St Mary thistle and Our Lady's thistle. 
 The Irish Times 

I take the entire plant for a tonic and blessed thistle leaves and flowers for the same purpose. 
 The Harvester 

To relieve this disagreeable feeling he was in the habit of taking a copious draught of an infusion of " blessed thistle" and ipecacuanha. 
 Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 

Blessed thistle is cultivated in Germany, and it is imported to a limited extent. 
 Three Acres and Liberty 

Silymarin, an extract from Silybum marianum has been reported to be beneficial in the treatment of chemically-induced oxidative stress in mouse. 
 Pubmed 

Herbal preparations from Silybum marianum have been used since the fourth century BC in liver disease treatment and against numerous other pathologies. 
 Pubmed 

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Meanings of Our Lady's mild thistle in English