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Meanings of milk thistle in inglês

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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.

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Examples for "lady's thistle"
Examples for "lady's thistle"
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Several names have been used for the plant, including holy thistle, St Mary thistle and Our Lady's thistle.
The Irish Times
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No, by my troth, I have no moral meaning; I meant plain holy thistle.
Much Ado about Nothing
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Several names have been used for the plant, including holy thistle, St Mary thistle and Our Lady's thistle.
The Irish Times
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I take the entire plant for a tonic and blessed thistle leaves and flowers for the same purpose.
The Harvester
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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
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Blessed thistle is cultivated in Germany, and it is imported to a limited extent.
Three Acres and Liberty
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Silymarin, an extract from Silybum marianum has been reported to be beneficial in the treatment of chemically-induced oxidative stress in mouse.
Pubmed
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Herbal preparations from Silybum marianum have been used since the fourth century BC in liver disease treatment and against numerous other pathologies.
Pubmed
Usage of milk thistle in inglês
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For his liver, silymarin, the milk thistle, will suit us well.
Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
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Silymarin, a standardized extract from milk thistle fruits has been found to exhibit anti-cancer effects against various cancers.
Pubmed
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The first is that he is about as useless as tincture of milk thistle against a New Year hangover.
The Guardian
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Milk thistle (helps the liver clear excess hormones)
Prescription alternatives: hundreds of safe, natural, prescripti...
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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
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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
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Milk thistle extracts are now under intense study in the experimental therapeutics of cancer for chemoprevention, treatment, and amelioration of chemotherapy side effects.
Pubmed