Usage of "milk thistle"

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

Any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil.

sow thistle

Sinónimos

Examples for "lady's thistle"

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 

Uso de milk thistle en inglés

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 

Silymarin, an extract of milk thistle seeds, and silymarin-derived compounds have been considered hepatoprotective since the plant was first described in ancient times. 
 Pubmed 

They are the ones who are going to try to stay wheat and dairy-free for January, popping milk thistle tablets all the while. 
 The Irish Times 

Herein, we provide a guide to the proper nomenclature and composition of milk thistle extracts and discuss the known pharmacokinetic studies of these botanical medicines. 
 Pubmed 

Take a supplement based on milk thistle, a herb that offers the liver a significant degree of protection against toxins, and helps it to regenerate. 
 The Irish Times 

Milk thistle (helps the liver clear excess hormones) 
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I also started her on a liquid Milk Thistle extract twice a day in her food to help her liver function. 
 My best friends have hairy legs 

Dioscorides told of the Milk Thistle, "the seeds being drunk are a remedy for infants that have their sinews drawn together." 
 Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure 

Milk thistle extracts are now under intense study in the experimental therapeutics of cancer for chemoprevention, treatment, and amelioration of chemotherapy side effects. 
 Pubmed 

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Significados de milk thistle en inglés