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Milk thistle appeared on the shelves of our pharmacies relatively recently, but it medicinal properties no longer raise any doubts.

This medicinal herb as if it was specially created for the treatment of the liver and gastrointestinal tract.

Let's talk in more detail and thoroughly about how to take milk thistle for the liver and what beneficial properties it has.

From this article you will learn:

Milk thistle for the liver - properties and uses

Milk thistle (lat. Sílybum mariánum) is a species of herbaceous plants from the genus Milk thistle of the Asteraceae family. Gardeners in Russia often call this type of milk thistle acute-variegated. wiki

What does milk thistle look like - a brief botanical information

Milk thistle is a herbaceous plant from the Asteraceae family. The genus includes annual and biennial herbs, up to 1.5 m high, with large alternate leaves with white spots or stripes.

Milk thistle flowers are bisexual, tubular, purple or other shades of this color, bloom in July - September.

The fruit is a compressed tufted achene.

There are two types of milk thistle - Silver Milk Thistle (Silybum eburneum) and Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum).

The latter is also popularly called Milk Thistle, St. Mary’s Thistle, Mary’s Tartar, Virgin Mary’s Herb, and Spicy-Veg-Spot.

The first species is rare, but the second is found throughout the world. It is the second type that has an exceptionally pronounced therapeutic effect on the liver.

Chemical composition of milk thistle

The chemical composition of seeds and other parts of milk thistle includes about 400 valuable components, here are the main ones:

• macroelements (in mg per 1 g of raw material): magnesium - 4.2; calcium - 16.6; potassium - 9.2; iron - 0.08;
• microelements (in mcg per 1 g of raw material): selenium - 22.9, boron - 22.4, manganese - 0.1, zinc - 0.71, copper - 1.16, iodine - 0.09, chromium - 0.15 ;
• vitamins - vitamins A, E, K, F, D, group B;
• oils - fatty oils (up to 32%), essential oils (up to 0.1%);
• biogenic amines - tyramine, histamine;
• platelet stimulator factor T;
• flavonoids;
• lipid complex - tocopherols, phospholipids, acylglycerols;

Main active ingredients

The main active components of the plant are flavolignans: silybin, silicristin, silydianin - they form silymarin compounds.

It is the presence of silymarins, of which there are up to 12 varieties in milk thistle, that is responsible for its amazing healing effect on the liver - hepatoprotective, detoxifying, regenerating.

Milk thistle herb and its beneficial properties for the liver

Let's look at the main beneficial and medicinal properties of milk thistle herb and all the ways it can be used to treat liver diseases.

Milk thistle is used for:

• chronic hepatitis disease
• biliary dyskinesia
• uraturia
• cholecystitis
• nephrolithiasis
• in recovery after treatment with nephrotoxic drugs
• other toxic lesions (alcohol, plant poisons, heavy metal compounds, etc.).

How is milk thistle beneficial for the liver?

The healing effect of milk thistle on the liver is due to the plant’s function as a hepatoprotector.

Silymarin is responsible for this property of milk thistle, which has membrane stabilizing, antifibrotic (against the formation of connective tissue and extracellular matrix), antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and regenerating effects.

The mechanism of action of silymarin

1. Silymarin inhibits lipid peroxidation, thus preventing the destruction of hepatocyte membranes; neutralizes free radicals in liver cells;
2. Activates RNA polymerase, which leads to increased tissue regeneration; stimulates the synthesis of phospholipids and proteins in damaged cells and stabilizes membranes, preserving cell components.
3. Silymarin does not allow a number of hepatotoxic substances, for example, the venom of the toadstool, to penetrate the cell. By synthesizing prostaglandins, silymarin has an anti-inflammatory effect on the liver.

How to use milk thistle for the liver correctly?

Silymarin is an extremely unstable compound and is destroyed under the influence of oxygen, light from any source, and temperatures above + 60 ºС.

Therefore, treating baking with tea, milk thistle decoction, and oil is simply impossible - Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacognosy of Samara State Medical University Valery Borisovich Braslavsky, Candidate of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

How to prepare an effective medicine from milk thistle at home

You can independently prepare seed powder and alcohol tincture with a guarantee of preserving the active substance.

Seed powder and sprouted seeds

Grind the seed (you can use a coffee grinder) and immediately consume it 1 s at a time. l. per day (before meals).

To prevent diseases and improve liver health, it is good to take 1 s. l. sprouted seeds - also before meals.

Alcohol tincture of milk thistle seeds (one option)

Grind the seeds in a coffee grinder, quickly place in a dark glass vessel, add alcohol or vodka good quality in a ratio of 1:5, seal tightly and place in a cool, dark place, where to infuse for 2 - 7 days.

If necessary, the tincture can be taken after a few hours.

Alcohol tincture is a potent drug, so take it with caution, after consulting a doctor, 1–2 or 15–20 drops at a time.

Milk thistle preparations for the liver

Let's consider the main preparations based on milk thistle and the important features of their use for treating the liver.

Milk thistle tablets

Milk thistle in tablets is most effective in the form of preparations “Karsil Forte” and “Karsil”; “Sibektan”, “Salimar”, “Legalen”. It must be taken strictly according to the instructions that come with the drug.

Milk Thistle Powder for the Liver

Milk thistle powder for the liver can be purchased as part of the drug “Gepabene”, where it, together with fume extract, is enclosed in hard gelatin capsules, which preserves active silymarin; in capsules “Fosphonziale” (plant extract); in Legalon capsules.

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Milk thistle meal and why it may not be effective?

Milk thistle meal is a powder, flour from its seeds. Never buy ready-made milk thistle meal!

To ensure that the meal does not lose its healing properties, it must be prepared immediately before use, avoiding prolonged exposure to light and contact with air.

Otherwise, silymarin, the active ingredient, is destroyed.

Contraindications to the use of milk thistle herb

Taking medications based on or from alcohol-based giblet extract is not allowed if:

• cirrhosis (alcoholic) liver disease
• pancreatitis
• acute cholecystitis
• liver failure
• allergic reactions
• as well as asthma, epilepsy, acute and chronic mental disorders.

Milk thistle preparations should be taken with caution and only after consultation with a doctor by people with cardiovascular diseases, during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

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Today we will find out the beneficial and medicinal properties of milk thistle for healing the whole body, especially the liver, recipes based on it, their use in official and folk medicine, contraindications for use, find out its benefits and possible harm, read the photo of the plant, watch the video.

By the way, below you can see a photo of what this plant looks like:
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I have a favorite thorn - milk thistle, and that’s what my story is about today. Let's find out the medicinal properties of milk thistle, in what form it can be taken, how to use it correctly and for what problems of the body it is an indispensable healer.

The milk thistle plant also has such names as gostropestria and Mary's thistle, Mary's thistle (Mariendistel), silver tartar.

Spotted milk thistle (holy thistle or milk thistle) has long been revered by many peoples of the world as a super beneficial remedy. Legends claim that it was the Virgin Mary who presented people with a gift of healing milk that could cure various diseases (white spots on the leaves of milk thistle). When the stem or leaves are broken, a white liquid appears, which was previously used by those who did not have milk to feed the baby.

Historical documents say that 2000 years ago, the Greeks used a decoction of the seeds of this plant to treat various diseases. Modern recipes of traditional medicine convey this same information to us. Milk thistle seed flour and meal are especially popular. Meal is milk thistle seeds, the pomace that remains after obtaining milk thistle oil.

It’s hard to believe that such an inconspicuous plant can have such a great restorative effect, but I was convinced of this myself.

I’ll tell you how I became acquainted with the effective action of this medicinal plant. In a past life, before blogging, I took phytocomplexes, which I still take to this day. And there is a phytocomplex that I often mention in my articles - Lifesafe (in English, liver in a safe - that is, liver protection).

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It was developed by scientists of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine under the leadership of Professor Lapshin and includes:

• ground milk thistle fruits
• immortelle sandy
• lemon balm
• yarrow
• corn silk

Each of the listed medicinal plants performs its own function, but the main one belongs to milk thistle - namely the seeds of this herb help restore cells of the diseased liver, acting as a phyto-hepato-protector.
Thanks to milk thistle, I repaired a lot of things in my body, which at that time began to lose ground - my health began to worry me (10 years ago).

What I got rid of thanks to milk thistle:

1. my liver began to work normally - I stopped getting sick often, and if I did catch something, it went away quickly and without complications, since the liver is our internal healer
2. The extensive light brown spots on my face in the area of ​​the cheekbones, chin and forehead, which appeared as soon as the sun became more active in the spring, disappeared - I was pockmarked and hid it in foundation
3. the surface of the skin itself has significantly improved - it has become smooth and even, without a single pigment spot or pimple
4. Emotional outbursts and mood swings have significantly decreased, I have become much calmer and I don’t get excited about any nonsense
5. Intestinal function improved and bloating disappeared, rumbling and seething in the stomach and intestines disappeared
6. The bitterness in my mouth in the morning is gone forever and my tongue is now never whitish and coated, I also got rid of bad breath

The result that I received is sufficient for me to recommend this plant to everyone - in case you have similar troubles that ruin your life.

Application of milk thistle. In what form can it be used?

Milk thistle is an edible medicinal plant. You can purchase various milk thistle derivatives in pharmacies and retail chains:

• oil pressed from seeds
• milk thistle seed tincture
• syrup
• seeds and flowers, ground into powder
• meal - the remains of seeds after squeezing the oil
• fresh leaves and flowers - an additive to salads and raw materials for tea

At home, milk thistle is used to make teas, infusions, and decoctions.

Milk thistle in capsules Produced by various manufacturers of herbal medicines (food additives). I myself use milk thistle in encapsulated form.

The oil is used for burns and to treat eczema. It softens dry skin well and is used as a remedy for wrinkles in cosmetology.

Meal and leaves, stems of the plant are an excellent sorbent for poisoning of any kind: chemical, food, alcohol. The restorative and regenerating function, choleretic - has no equal.

Chemical composition

To find out what medicinal properties milk thistle contains, you need to look at its composition and find out what, according to herbal medicine reference books, is hidden in the depths of this green treasure.

Relatively recently it was “deciphered” chemical composition substances due to which the plant acquires its natural color. As it turned out, these substances, called flavonoids, have not only a “coloring” effect, but also a therapeutic one. This is achieved due to the antioxidant properties of flavonoids.

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Not only the leaves, but also the tissues of milk thistle also contain flavonoids, including the so-called silymarins, which include silydianin, silybin and silicristin. It is these compounds that give the plant its main medicinal properties.

The plant has a rich vitamin composition, contains rare substances necessary for humans, and many microelements. Most often, the seeds of the plant or their meal are used for medicinal purposes - as a food additive, and it is also used in dietary nutrition.

Silymarin restores hepatocytes - the main building material of the liver. After removing part of the liver, it is capable of regenerating its own tissue and the first assistant in this is silymarin, which contains milk thistle.

It strengthens the walls of the liver, making them less permeable to various harmful factors and the liver gradually regenerates. It is known that milk thistle seeds significantly accelerate this process. That is, after liver damage, the use of milk thistle preparations leads to a rapid recovery.

Milk thistle has an antioxidant effect: silymarin protects liver cell membranes from the aggressive effects of free radicals. prevents cells from degenerating into cancerous ones.

Iron, zinc, B vitamins and a large number of microelements have made milk thistle famous in folk and official medicine.

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The plant has a number of useful substances in its composition:

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Milk thistle contains a large set of micro- and macroelements:

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The leaves and stems of the young plant are similar in composition to vegetables - they contain a large amount of plant fiber, which helps cleanse the intestines and remove toxins.

Milk thistle seed oil is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and can adequately replace that from fish.

Its most valuable components are considered to be: silymarin (flavonoids), silybin and silidonin (flavanolignans), mineral compounds and the presence of unsaturated fatty acids.

Silymarins and other flavonoids are not the only components of milk thistle tissue that are beneficial to humans. Here are just some of the most widely represented substances in this plant that can significantly enhance the therapeutic effect:

• Tyramine and histamine are substances that stimulate natural biological processes.
• Metals and other inorganic elements such as iodine, selenium, chromium, manganese, boron and the most significant components, copper and zinc. All of these substances are present in extremely small doses, from 0.09 micrograms per gram to 1.16 micrograms. At the same time, the content of components such as calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium and magnesium is measured in milligrams per gram - from 0.08 mg to 16.6 mg.
• A whole bouquet of vitamins - firstly, group B, secondly, A, K, D, F and E.
• The so-called factor T is an enzyme that promotes the resorption of blood clots.
• Phospholipids, tocopherols and acylglycerols, we can talk about a whole complex of lipids.
• Essential and fatty oils (the latter in high concentrations, in some cases about 32%).

And this is only a small part of the composition of milk thistle tissues; there are many more useful elements.

Beneficial medicinal properties of milk thistle and contraindications

Let's consider milk thistle from the point of view of its medicinal and beneficial properties for our body, why it should be introduced into your diet as a food supplement or in the form of salads from the leaves and stems of the plant.

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Milk thistle: healing properties for our health

To find out what medicinal properties milk thistle contains, we looked at its composition described above. According to herbal medicine reference books, the depths of this green treasure contain more than four hundred useful elements.

A plant with a wide spectrum of action to improve human health. It has the following healing properties:

• Antiviral
• Antiallergic
• Antioxidant
• Immunomodulatory
• Hepatoprotective and cytoprotective
• Anti-inflammatory
• Antitoxic
• Antitumor (antifibrotic)
• Laxative
• Choleretic
• Diuretic
• Wound healing
• Cholesterol-lowering
• Antispasmodic

Based on this list, we can conclude that Maryina thorn is excellent for inclusion in complex therapy for many types of diseases. Most often it is included in herbal mixtures against such ailments:

1. diseases of the cardiovascular system (atherosclerosis, hypertension, myocarditis, varicose veins veins)
2. Gastrointestinal diseases (hepatitis, fatty hepatosis, cholecystitis, cholangitis, colitis, chronic constipation)
3. pathologies of the spleen and pancreas (splenitis, pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus)
4. skin diseases (psoriasis, eczema, acne, allergic dermatitis)
5. diseases of the lungs and bronchi (pneumonia, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, emphysema)
6. ailments of the musculoskeletal system (rheumatic arthritis and arthrosis, radiculitis, plexitis)
7. disorders in the genitourinary system (prostatitis, urethritis, cystitis, nephritis)

Also decoctions and infusions from various parts Milk thistle is used to reduce weight and normalize general metabolism, to prevent or eliminate anemia, and to maintain healthy vision. But the main highlight of this plant lies in its unique and inimitable healing power from liver diseases, let's look at this in more detail.
First, I offer a short video about the benefits of milk thistle:

Medicinal properties of spotted thistle for the liver. How does silymarin work?

The hepatoprotective or liver cell regenerating property of milk thistle is based on the unique substance it contains called silymarin.

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Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it is the only natural, complete drug produced by nature for high-quality and comprehensive restoration of liver tissue and functions.

It is possible that silymarin is also found in plants related to milk thistle, for example, in common tartar, but this fact has not yet been confirmed. Thus, it turns out that Maryina thorn is currently the only comprehensively studied source of silymarin.

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Liver tissue is approximately 60-80% composed of cells called hepatocytes. These cells take on the blow from toxic substances entering the body, as well as aggressive free radicals. With these effects, the cell membrane is primarily affected. Thus, to save the liver you need to do the following:

1. Block the entry into cells and tissues of the most dangerous poisons that harm the hepatocytes themselves.
2. Stop further destruction of already damaged membranes and start the mechanisms of natural cell restoration.
3. Neutralize free radicals and minimize exposure to substances that destroy hepatocyte membranes.
4. Relieve painful inflammation of damaged tissues.

Silymarins contained in milk thistle successfully solve all four problems. Even such a strong toxin, which the toadstool contains, is successfully blocked by silymarins. At the same time, RNA polymerase is produced, which, in turn, significantly intensifies the process natural cell regeneration.

Silymarins sharply weaken oxidation processes, which reliably protects cell membranes.

The wide range of healing effects of silymarin makes the use of milk thistle an indispensable remedy for the treatment or prevention of many liver diseases.

Here is a list of these diseases:

• acute and chronic bacterial hepatitis
• fatty liver disease
• viral hepatitis C
• liver cirrhosis of toxic or viral origin
• acute poisoning with poisonous mushrooms, heavy metal compounds, halogenated hydrocarbons, chemotherapy drugs
• acute or chronic disorder of general or hepatic fat metabolism
• acute and chronic cholecystitis, cholangitis and a tendency to stone formation in the gallbladder and bile ducts

But in the barrel of healing honey, that is, silymarin, there was also an unfortunate fly in the ointment; this component is extremely difficult to dissolve. However, this unpleasant fact was also circumvented by enclosing the medicinal potential of milk thistle in tablets and capsules.

Saturated and unsaturated fats. Useful and healing properties

Milk thistle fruits contain approximately 32% oil, consisting of a unique complex of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.

If they enter the digestive system In humans, they provoke a choleretic effect, namely, a choleretic effect (uniform bile synthesis improves) and, in part, a cholekinetic effect (bile outflow improves). This primary effect of milk thistle fats helps disinfect food, improve its absorption and reduce the manifestations of intestinal dysbiosis.

When fatty acids enter the blood, they have anti-inflammatory, anticancer, hepatoprotective activity. They are also used as a source of energy. Since an integral part of milk thistle oil is vitamins A and E, the spectrum of action of milk thistle is significantly expanded. But only if you take milk thistle fruits correctly - at one time approximately 10 grams of fruit. Then the described effect from the use of milk thistle fruits is invariably achieved.

If you use a smaller amount of crushed fruits of the plant, then these effects may not occur. With gallbladder dyskinesia and chronic pancreatitis, the desired effect may also not be achieved from the fruits of the plant, since it is necessary to use certain features in the nutritional system for these diseases.

Carbohydrates of milk thistle seeds. Useful and healing properties

Despite the fact that the fruits of the plant contain quite a lot of carbohydrates, according to this indicator the fruits are not contraindicated even for diabetes, on the contrary, they are indicated. How can this be? Just the main polysaccharide is starch and its content is approximately 15%.

It is able to slowly turn into glucose in the digestive system and, once it enters the blood, does not create problems for either the liver (even with fatty hepatosis) or the pancreas (even with manifestations of type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus).

The remaining polysaccharides found in thistle fruits (mucus, pectins, fiber) are not able to be broken down into simple carbohydrates and absorbed into the blood, causing stress on the pancreas or liver. Moving through the intestines, mucus, pectins, fiber enhance intestinal motility, and together with fats that provide a choleretic effect, help eliminate frequent constipation.

What happens is not a crude cleansing of the intestines, as some laxatives do, but cleansing of the intestines in the full sense - due to the swelling of mucus. Mucus can swell indefinitely in an aquatic environment. If there is a sufficient amount of water in the diet, then the mucus swells in the intestines and collects not just water, but water with toxic substances dissolved in it. Pectins and fiber perform a similar effect.

On insoluble carbohydrates, saprophytic (useful) intestinal microflora develops more actively, which produces additional portions of vitamins. By competitively suppressing pathogenic microflora, it helps improve intestinal microflora.

And if we remember that the choleretic function of vegetable oils helps our liver make room in the gallbladder for new portions of bile (and this is the dirt that the liver found in the blood), then there is a global cleansing of the blood and cleansing of our body as a whole. As you can see, the effect of the correct use of polysaccharides - in the presence of a sufficient amount of water - is quite serious and important for health.

Proteins in fruits - beneficial and medicinal properties

An important component of thistle for health is proteins. They contain about 6% and according to this indicator the plant lags behind cereals and cereals by about two times. True, due to the high fat content, the fruits have high calorie content- about 370 kilocalories.

The presence of protein in milk thistle makes it beneficial for people who have switched to a vegetarian diet. Adding crushed milk thistle seed flour will help partially compensate for the protein deficiency in their body.

We have dealt with the beneficial properties of Maryina thorn, now let’s look at the contraindications and side effects, because they also occur, and they need to be known and remembered.

Main contraindications to the use of milk thistle

Although most users of milk thistle-based medicines claim that there are no contraindications to the use of the plant, they still exist.

Here are some contraindications to taking spotted thistle:

• individual intolerance to herbal components
• the presence of serious mental illnesses (epilepsy, depressive-manic state, prolonged neuroses)
• exacerbation of cholelithiasis, when the risk of stone movement is high, or the stones are large
• heart disease, where the leading role is played by the level of calcium and phosphorus (more often this concerns the functioning of the heart valves)
• intestinal diseases accompanied by diarrhea, and in general a tendency to loose and frequent stools

According to some reviews, when taking oil or meal, pain in the liver area, bloating, and mild nausea may occur. But in most cases, all these phenomena disappear within a couple of days after starting treatment.

Pregnant women and nursing mothers should take preparations from Maryina thorn with great caution, as this spotted herb can cause expulsion of the fetus or cause severe diarrhea in the baby.

Contraindications to the use of milk thistle for the liver relate mainly to the use of alcohol tincture. It is worth adding to this list only an indication that milk thistle for the liver is unsuitable for nursing mothers, pregnant women and “heart patients”.

It is undesirable to consume any parts of milk thistle for children under 12 years of age; this contraindication is due to the instability of the young body and the danger that the beneficial effects of the plant will result in troubles in the form of diarrhea, heartburn and upset digestion.

In pharmacies you can purchase tablets and capsules made from milk thistle, which are more familiar to many patients. Medicines “Legalon”, “Gepabene”, or “Fosphonciale” are presented in capsules protected by a layer of gelatin, inside of which there is powder.

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The tablets look no different from any other medicine. This could be “Sibektan”, “Legalen”, the more familiar “Karsil” and “Karsil Forte”, as well as “Salimar”. All tablets are sold with precise instructions for their use.

In addition, meal is also sold - essentially, already prepared powder from milk thistle seeds.

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Experts believe that in this form the plant will not bring any benefit, since silymarin is easily destroyed by exposure to light, oxidation in air, and also when heated. So preparing decoctions and brewing “healing tea” is absolutely pointless(this is the opinion of pharmacists).

The listed medications (medicines) can be easily found in any pharmacy; the price of tablets with the medicinal properties of Maryina thorn varies from 250 to 900 rubles per box, designed for a monthly course. The drugs are combined under the general name herbal hepatoprotectors.

All drugs in the group of herbal hepatoprotectors work in a rather interesting way. When they enter the stomach, they are absorbed into the blood and then travel through the bloodstream to the liver.

There they are taken up by hepatocytes in approximately half of their total volume, and the remaining part of the drug goes into bile. From the gallbladder, the remainder of the medicine is released into the duodenum, enters the small intestine, where it is again absorbed into the blood and goes to the liver, where it is absorbed.

It turns out that one herbal tablet brings 2 times more benefits than a synthetically created one. By the way, herbal tablets are popular only in Russia and the CIS countries, and in Western Europe and the USA they are practically not used due to insufficient research into the composition of the raw materials.

Of course, the doctor should prescribe the dose and duration of taking pharmaceutical drugs, based on the individual condition of the patient and the indicators of the tests taken from him.

Inflammatory processes are stopped due to the fact that the body, under the influence of the fatty acids contained in milk thistle, produces prostaglandins.

Making your own medications at home

Milk thistle for the liver is used in various types, and the simplest options allow for independent preparation of the medicine. Actually, there are basically two such options:

• tincture
• powder.

In both cases, crushed milk thistle seeds are used. The only difference is that to make a tincture, the powder is poured with vodka (ideally alcohol) and infused for a week. There should be five times more vodka than powder.

The convenience of a tincture compared to a powder is that the tincture can be stored and consumed gradually, but the prepared powder must be taken immediately and prepared in single doses each time.

The effect of the tincture is more pronounced, so it is best to take it only with the consent of a doctor. The tincture is contraindicated for those who should not drink alcohol. So for alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, this method is unacceptable. The use of the tincture is also excluded in the presence of acute cholecystitis, pancreatitis and liver failure.

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The dosage for milk thistle tincture is– from one to 20 drops (it’s better to ask your doctor for a more accurate dosage), and for powder– one tablespoon per day. Take the powder before meals.

Overdose may cause pain in the right side. It can be caused by blockage of the bile duct with stones. Also, an overdose can cause the movement of previously static gallstones. Therefore, remember the dose recommended above for taking milk thistle tincture or powder.
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Milk thistle for the liver: how to take

The liver will not malfunction if you consume foods that increase the secretion of bile. Milk thistle will help out - an excellent choleretic agent. It will cleanse and restore liver cells.

This is a powerful weed that is cultivated in many countries around the world. It is used not only in folk medicine - the plant provides the necessary raw materials for the medical industry. It is part of choleretic agents and food additives known throughout the world.

It is known that the liver is an important, multifunctional organ. It's like a small laboratory where enzymes that are important for the functioning of the whole organism are constantly being created.

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• find and remove toxic substances from the body, cleanse the blood
• break down fats, ensuring the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins
• control and maintain the body's energy balance
• the liver is a kind of repository for all substances necessary to nourish different cells of the body

At the first signal of a deficiency of any element, the liver immediately replenishes it - but only if it is not weakened and can respond quickly.

Any malfunction of the liver can be identified by the following unpleasant symptoms:

• flatulence, constipation or diarrhea
• constant weakness, drowsiness
• irritability, emotional jumps for no apparent reason
• cardiopalmus
• decrease in hemoglobin level in the blood
• blurred vision

Digestion is a complex activity. Poorly digested food causes metabolic disorders. Without the participation of the liver, digestion is impossible. A healthy organ produces about a liter of bile per day.

What is bile for?

For the daily production of a bitter yellow liquid - bile, minerals, proteins, and water are consumed. Bile is stored in the gallbladder.
During digestion, food moves from the stomach to the duodenum to continue the process. At this moment, the required amount of bile is released from the bladder - provided that at least small portion of fat.

This liquid helps process food and absorb all the beneficial substances from it. Bile removes toxic compounds formed in the body or received from the external environment.
Bile stimulates the intestines and destroys putrefactive processes in it. If the outflow of bile is disrupted, digestion deteriorates and the functioning of the entire body is disrupted:

1. food is poorly processed and absorbed, metabolic processes are disrupted
2. increased formation of gases occurs
3. constipation occurs
4. Lack of bile impairs the functioning of the pancreas, which can cause pancreatic disease.
5. papillomas and spots appear on the skin
6. accumulated toxins and excess salts are not excreted in urine and feces. This leads to joint disease
7. pain in the temporal part of the head becomes more frequent

Stagnation of bile in the gallbladder is caused by stress, fears, irritability, a sedentary lifestyle, infections, and fatty foods.
Due to the fact that the bile has become thick, there is no outflow, sand appears in the bladder, and stones begin to form. Pain appears in the right side.

Liver cleansing and restoration

Milk thistle preparations improve liver function. The secretion of bile increases, the ducts are cleaned, and sand comes out of the gallbladder.

The chemical composition of milk thistle includes a rare compound that easily decomposes toxins, preventing them from entering the liver - silymarin. This substance helps the liver form new cells instead of those destroyed by disease or alcohol.

Milk thistle oil and tincture cleanse the liver and blood, removing toxins and excess sugar from it. The intestines are also cleansed and constipation disappears. Joint pain goes away. The functioning of the pancreas and kidneys improves.

To protect the body from intoxication with poisons in hazardous industries, it is recommended to use milk thistle preparations for preventive purposes. The use of these drugs gives good results in the treatment of hepatitis.

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Crushed milk thistle flowers and seeds can be used in a dish, not requiring heat treatment. Add to salads, sandwiches.
Or, a few minutes before meals, eat a teaspoon of the product with water. This will enhance the choleretic effect. After using the drugs for a month, take a break.

Independent use of choleretic drugs is recommended if the gallbladder is clean and free of stones. If stones are present, it is necessary to consult a doctor and monitor the behavior of the stones during the appointment.

How to take milk thistle seeds for liver disease

The greatest healing power of the entire milk thistle plant is its seeds; their beneficial effects on the liver and other organs have been used for many centuries before the birth of Christ. It is from the seeds that tablets and extracts are made that lie on pharmacy shelves. It was this part of milk thistle that was carefully and repeatedly subjected to various experiments and studies.

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During the processing process, three main products are obtained from the seeds, which are used in cooking, folk and official medicine - these are:

1. oil

Seed oil Virgin Mary herb can be added to baked goods, seasoned with salads and drunk to treat or prevent diseases of the liver and pancreas. For preventive purposes, take 1 teaspoon of oil on an empty stomach 15-30 minutes before breakfast, doing this daily until the entire bottle is gone, repeating such courses every six months. For therapeutic purposes, between the courses described, take a break of 1 month and drink the oil again until the next bottle runs out. So they alternate between doses and breaks until the disease disappears or subsides.

Flour is obtained from unpressed mature seeds of the plant.. They are most often used for baking bread and adding to dishes and some confectionery products intended for people with diabetes and gastrointestinal diseases.

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Flour, like butter, is useful to take 1 teaspoon 15-30 minutes before meals, the allowed amount is up to three times a day. The course, depending on the health of the liver and other organs, can range from 10 to 30 days; it is advisable to consult with your doctor about the duration of admission.

And a special place in this trinity occupies meal - flour-like powder from squeezed milk thistle seeds. It is believed that it contains a concentration of the healing properties of Maryina thorn. On my own behalf, I will say that this statement is by no means an exaggeration; I was convinced of this from personal experience and from the example of one of my friends, who suffers from sudden jumps in blood sugar and prediabetes.

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At one time I took the meal in courses, completely cleansed my liver and for many years I have not gone to the clinic, I am not sick colds, I’m not getting fat and I look great for my age. And my friend, having experienced clinical death a year ago, found out during one of the tests that her blood sugar was 2 times higher than normal. I recommended that she take milk thistle meal, and after a week, she boasted to me that her sugar had dropped from 13.7 to 8.5 units.

I believe that Maryina thorn oil, flour or meal should be included in their diet by every person, especially city dwellers, both sick and healthy. Agree, preventing a disease is much easier than treating it, especially since the price of oil, flour and milk thistle meal is only 80-120 rubles per box or bottle for a month’s course, and their medicinal properties are truly priceless.

How to treat milk thistle herb: decoction, juice, tincture

Milk thistle herb, like its seeds, is widely used to treat diseases of the liver and other digestive organs. Decoctions and infusions are prepared from it, both for drinking and for external use in the form of lotions, compresses and baths for skin diseases.

Also, juice is prepared from milk thistle leaves, which has healing effects that are not inferior to the above-ground part of the plant. And now - a few recipes.

Herbal decoction for oral administration

Take 1 tablespoon of chopped milk thistle herb and pour a glass of boiling water over it. Then heat in a water bath for 15 minutes, then remove the broth from the heat and let stand for another 45 minutes, wrapping the container in a towel. When the broth is infused, strain it and take a third of a glass 3 times a day half an hour before meals, the course lasts 30 days.

This decoction helps not only to heal the liver, but also to improve metabolism, normalize stools and cleanse the skin of acne. You can also pour it into ice cube trays and, having frozen it into cubes, wipe your face with them after morning and evening washing to eliminate acne and oily shine.

To obtain juice, the leaves are passed through a meat grinder, and then placed in gauze, folded in 3-4 layers and the liquid is carefully twisted into an enamel container. Another, easier way is to run the leaves through a regular household juicer. Maryina thorn juice is used for many diseases of the liver, skin, constipation, hypovitaminosis, digestive and metabolic disorders.

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The juice can be preserved by making a tincture from it. To do this, take 100 ml of 70% alcohol or good vodka for 1 liter of freshly squeezed juice, mix thoroughly and let stand for 3-7 days. The resulting tincture is taken 1 teaspoon per 50 ml of water on an empty stomach - 30 minutes before breakfast, the course is 30 days. The tincture is used to treat skin for wounds, ulcers, pustules and other inflammatory processes.

Spotted thistle and flowers have considerable healing power. To treat ailments of the liver, gall bladder, intestines and skin, decoctions and infusions are prepared from them. To obtain an infusion, 1 tbsp. pour a glass of boiling water over a spoonful of flower baskets, wrap it up and leave it overnight.

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Prepare a decoction: take raw materials and water in the same proportions as for the infusion, and boil over low heat or in a water bath for 10-15 minutes. The finished medicine is filtered and taken a third to a quarter of a glass 3-4 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

By the way, hardworking little bees collect amazingly tasty honey, the medicinal properties of which are used in medicine, cooking, and cosmetology. It should be eaten 1-2 tablespoons per day, preferably in the first half of the day, 30 minutes before breakfast and lunch.

This honey can also be added to tea or milk, just make sure that the temperature of the liquids does not exceed 40 degrees. In too hot drinks, honey quickly breaks down and loses its healing capabilities and can even decompose into harmful and dangerous carcinogens.

If you are worried about blackheads, acne and oily skin, then you can make an excellent mask from thistle honey. Without further ado, apply a thin layer of the product to your face, hold the mask for 10-15 minutes, and then wash with warm running water without soap. Do this procedure 2 times a week, and within a month you will forget about the mentioned skin troubles.

Attention, milk thistle honey, like any other honey, is an allergenic product. If you have an individual intolerance to bee products, then you will have to refuse treatment with thistle honey, but look at the photo to see what it looks like.

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Milk thistle root - how to use

Keeps up with healing properties from the remaining parts of Maryina thorns and the root of the plant. Infusions, decoctions and tinctures are also prepared from it for the treatment of the liver and gastrointestinal diseases already mentioned more than once. Here's how to properly prepare medicine from the specified part of the plant:

1. Take 1 tbsp. l. chopped roots, place them in a fireproof enamel container and pour one glass of boiling water.
2. Then heat the infusion in a water bath for 30 minutes, and then, after wrapping it up, infuse the medicine for about another hour.
3. When this time is up, strain the infusion through four-layer gauze and bring its volume to the original volume.

Take 1 tbsp infusion of the root. l. 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals, course from 15 to 30 days. By the way, when preparing medicines, you can mix any parts of milk thistle, for example, seeds and roots, or grass and flowers, so the effect will be even brighter. Now let's see when to harvest which parts of the plant.

Milk thistle for other internal organs

Milk thistle is used primarily for therapy and restoration of liver cells. The liver, as is known, suffers greatly from poisoning itself. different types, as well as for hepatitis. It is these diseases that are “profile” for milk thistle. However, silymarins help restore cells in other internal organs:

• kidneys, which allows the use of milk thistle for nephrolithiasis;
• pancreas, which indicates the possibility of treating cholecystitis;
• ureters and biliary tract, which indicates the use of milk thistle against diseases such as uraturia and dyskinesia (for the biliary tract).

Since some drugs have unpleasant side effects such as effects on kidney and liver tissue, milk thistle should be used in these cases as a rehabilitative agent in parallel with drug treatment.

When to collect seeds. Instructions for collecting different parts of the plant

I want to warn you right away if you don’t know well appearance plants, if you live in a polluted area and do not have the opportunity to go to an ecologically clean area, then it is better to buy raw materials in pharmacies. Fortunately, the prices for dried grass, meal and milk thistle oil are budget-friendly, and even grandmothers with a small pension can afford such drugs.

But if you know the plant well and still decide to start collecting it yourself, here are some instructions for collecting different parts of milk thistle.

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By adhering to it, the medicinal properties of the plant will reach you in the most complete form:

1. The above-ground part, that is, the grass, is harvested when the plant is in bloom;
2. The flowers are collected when they are fully opened;
3. The leaves are torn just before the beginning of flowering, when the buds are already swollen to the maximum, but have not yet opened;
4. The seeds are removed after they are fully ripened, around the end of August - beginning of September;
5. Roots are dug in the fall after October 15, or in the spring after April 15.

Now you know at what period of the plant’s growing season it is better to collect different parts of milk thistle in order to preserve their greatest usefulness.

It remains to be seen how practicing doctors and ordinary people respond to Maryina Thorn.

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Milk thistle seeds are, perhaps, the product that is most often purchased and used from the entire assortment (meal, oil, powder). This is a universal remedy for treating a large number of diseases, especially the liver.

Relative cheapness, versatility (you can easily prepare meal, decoction, tincture, etc. from them) and simply a lot of positive reviews from those who have already tried such treatment, put them among the most popular herbal medicines.

This article will be in 2 parts. In the first, I will talk about the medicinal properties, benefits of milk thistle seeds, possible contraindications, and in the second, it will, in fact, detailed instructions on the use of this amazing remedy in folk medicine.

People learned to use the seeds of this plant for the benefit of their health a long time ago, but their medicinal properties have been studied in more detail in our time.

Preparations prepared from milk thistle have a lot of positive healing properties, for example, they are:

• antioxidants
• membrane stabilizers
• hepatoprotectors
• immunomodulators

They promote the removal of bile, have an excellent effect on the liver, increasing its protective functions and even restoring its cells, and improve the secretory and motor functions of the gastrointestinal tract.

Any of the preparations based on milk thistle seeds, be it a decoction, tincture or just powder, has a very positive effect on metabolism, helps the body fight a wide variety of diseases, they are essentially anti-allergenic, contain a lot of useful substances, vitamins and Omega 3 polyunsaturated acids .

Here is another small list showing the benefits the seeds of this inconspicuous-looking plant, which many simply consider a useless weed, provide to the body:

1. With prolonged use, the body is cleansed of most wastes, toxins and nitrates.
2. The body receives a powerful supply of nutrients, microelements, and vitamins
3. If bile secretion is impaired, it returns to normal
4. Taking milk thistle seed promotes weight loss as it normalizes metabolism
5. Seeds reduce blood sugar levels
6. The functioning of the entire digestive system is normalized

In addition to direct treatment, milk thistle seeds are recommended to be taken in the following cases:

• As a restorative agent after chemotherapy or radiation therapy
• In the process of treating alcoholism and even drug addiction
• Simultaneously with taking medications that affect the liver. This technique helps the liver better tolerate shock doses of chemical drugs and eliminate possible side effects that often occur with their use.
• As a restorative agent after treatment of liver diseases

Interesting fact! Based on flavolignans, which are found in abundance in milk thistle seeds, drugs have long been created for the treatment and prevention of hepatitis, cirrhosis, and toxic liver damage. These drugs are known all over the world: in Russia it is “Silibor”, in Bulgaria - the drug “Karsil”, in Serbia - “Silibinin”, in Germany - “Legalon”.

Chemical composition

The benefits of milk thistle seeds are obvious. More than 200 different useful substances were discovered in their composition. There is no point in listing them all; the main ones can be found in this table.

Milk thistle is a medicinal plant that helps with diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal tract. Products from this plant appeared in pharmacies quite recently, but it has been used in folk medicine for a long time. Milk thistle seeds for treating the liver, how to take and properly prepare remedies from it, can be found in this article.

Medicinal properties of the plant

Milk thistle contains useful substances and vitamins:

silymarin; silychristin; vitamins A, E, K, D, B; polyunsaturated fatty acids; essential oil; minerals; resins; biogenic amines; enzymes.

It protects liver cells and hepatocyte membranes from destruction. Helps them accumulate phospholipids and protein molecules.

Milk thistle is used during diseases of chronic forms of hepatitis, uraturia, cholecystitis, nephrolithiasis and biliary dyskinesia.

It is used after treatment with nephrotoxic drugs, poisoning with alcohol, plant poisons and heavy metals, as well as to restore the body. The treatment removes toxins, free radicals and metals. It stimulates and improves the production of glutathione, and also helps to renew and rejuvenate cells in the liver.

Reception areas

Milk thistle is used for any liver disease. Starting from dyskinesia and cholecystitis to hepatitis and cirrhosis:

The plant contains anti-inflammatory, antihistamine and immunomodulating substances, so it helps not only treat, but also restore the body. It is used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: duodenitis, gastritis, constipation and others. Helps reduce cholesterol levels and improve the functioning of the cardiovascular system. Copes with diseases of the genitourinary system: pyelonephritis, cystitis, urethritis and others.

This plant helps with many diseases, but it helps the liver best. Its components not only heal, but accelerate the regeneration of organ cells.

Many people have thought about how to take milk thistle seeds to treat the liver and prevent diseases. In pharmacies you can purchase ready-made preparations from this plant. Following the instructions and recommendations of the doctor, they can be taken both for treatment and for prevention.

Folk remedies

You can make your own medicine from milk thistle at home.

To do this, it is advisable to use the following tips.

To make oil from the seeds, you need to squeeze them out. This will allow you to preserve useful elements in maximum quantities. The seeds must be crushed and filled with vegetable oil in a ratio of 1:2. Place in a dark place for 20-22 days, and then strain. Seed meal. After pressing, the seeds are dried and ground into flour. Store in a jar with a tightly screwed lid. To prepare a decoction of the roots, you need to collect them in mid or late August. Finely chop and dry in the sun under a canopy. Place in a dark place for storage. If necessary, prepare a decoction. Milk thistle flowers can be used to make tea. For preparation you will need petals dried in the sun. Before use, they are filled with water and drunk like regular tea. You can make juice from the leaves by collecting the largest leaves of the plant and grinding them. After this, squeeze out the juice. Sprouted seeds and powder. Grind the seeds in a coffee grinder and take 1 tbsp. l. in a day. You can also take sprouted seeds. They should be consumed before meals on an empty stomach. Alcohol tincture with seeds. Grind the milk thistle seeds and immediately place them in a dark container. Fill with alcohol (or vodka) in a ratio of 1:5. Seal the bottle and place it in a dark, cool place. Leave for 3-6 days. Should be taken with caution and on the advice of a doctor. Decoction of roots and seeds: 1 tbsp. l. crushed ingredients, pour 150-200 ml of water and cook over low heat for 15-20 minutes, without bringing to a boil. Then add another 200 ml of water to the broth. Take 1 tbsp. l. decoction a day before meals. Infusion from seeds. The seeds must be finely chopped. Add 2 tsp. into a thermos and fill with water at about 40-50 degrees. Close it tightly and leave for 12-14 hours. Drink 100 ml before eating. Take courses for 14-18 days with a break of 10 days. Typically two courses per year are required. During antibiotic treatment, you can consume milk thistle seed powder. Start drinking 1 tsp in the last days of treatment. during meals for 5-8 days.

Prevention

During preventive doses of milk thistle, active cleansing of the liver occurs. The cooking recipes are not complicated. There are several ways to take milk thistle seeds to cleanse the liver:

Decoction of seeds. To prepare, take 2 tsp. seeds and add 500 ml of water. Cook over low heat until half the liquid has evaporated. Strain and take 1 tbsp. l. 60-75 minutes after eating food. The course lasts a month. Root decoction. It should be crushed and filled with 200-300 ml of hot water. Put on fire and boil for 25-35 minutes. Strain and take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day. Seed powder. Helps cleanse the body and restore the liver. Grind the seeds to a powder. Place in a dark container and close tightly. Should be taken 25 minutes before eating food, 1 tsp.

When working in hazardous industries, you can take courses of milk thistle medicines. They will help remove toxins and harmful substances from the body. To cleanse the body you will need dry seeds. They are consumed 1 tsp. 3 times a day, washed down with a sufficient amount of non-carbonated water or tea.

If your body is poisoned with alcohol, you should take milk thistle seed oil. They drink 4-5 ml 3 times a day. The course of treatment lasts a month.

Contraindications

Like many medicines, milk thistle preparations and recipes have contraindications.

pancreatitis; acute cholecystitis; liver failure; asthma; dyspnea; epilepsy; mental disorders in acute and chronic form; individual intolerance.

For cardiovascular and genitourinary diseases, milk thistle is used with caution and only under the supervision of a doctor.

To avoid unpleasant consequences, you must visit a doctor before starting your appointment. He will prescribe the necessary tests and examinations, and then, based on their results, decide whether milk thistle can be used.

Reviews of milk thistle

I worked for three years at an enterprise producing toxic substances, and my health deteriorated greatly. Nausea, weakness and headaches appeared very often. My grandmother told me about the milk thistle plant and its properties. I read the reviews and went to the doctor, the doctor allowed me to take it. My grandmother prepared dried seeds for me and told me how to drink them. After a month of taking it, everything went away for me. Now I drink it periodically.

After a long treatment, I decided to cleanse my body and restore my immunity. I found a lot of reviews on the Internet about herbal medicine with milk thistle and was surprised. Everyone spoke well of it, so I decided to try it. I drank teas and decoctions for about three weeks, I liked it and felt the effect. I am satisfied with the results of the treatment, and now I recommend it to all my friends and relatives.

I used to suffer from cholecystitis, and I decided to drink milk thistle for prevention. The doctor advised taking a decoction of the roots in courses of 10 days. I have been drinking for two years now and the disease has not yet manifested itself. I was even able to lose weight and keep it off. I like it and will continue to drink it.

Milk thistle seeds are a particularly valuable product used in traditional medicine in the fight not only against liver diseases, but also to improve the health of the body as a whole. It is no coincidence that they are used to produce hepatoprotective medications aimed at normalizing the functioning of the liver, biliary tract and gall bladder.

The seeds and all preparations prepared from the seeds act as immunostimulants, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and bactericidal agents. And here read about the plant itself: milk thistle.

They have antispasmodic and choleretic properties, antiallergic and diuretic. But it should be taken into account that the desired effect is not immediately noticeable; treatment with milk thistle seeds is a long process.

How to take milk thistle seeds

Traditional medicine advises, when treating milk thistle diseases, to use not just its seeds or preparations from the seeds, but also their sprouts. Seeds with sprouts have special healing powers. They are used to treat insidious diseases of the liver, gall bladder, and intestinal diseases. Hepatitis, cholecystitis, dysbacteriosis, pancreatitis, cholangitis, food poisoning can be treated with milk thistle sprouts.

It is no coincidence that most medications - hetaprotectors, designed to protect liver parenchyma cells from any damage, are prepared with the inclusion of milk thistle seeds.

Nutritional value of milk thistle seeds

Benefits of milk thistle seeds. The seeds of the plant contain a huge amount of valuable substances necessary for the health of the human body; scientists have counted about 200 items.

The seeds are rich in vitamins: vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, K, F, essential oils, micro and macro elements: potassium and magnesium, iron and calcium, vanadium and aluminum, chromium and manganese; in addition, selenium, copper and zinc were found in their composition.

Read the article about what flavonoids are and what their role is for human health and youth.

But especially, milk thistle seeds are distinguished by the content of a unique substance - silymarin. Silymarin contains phytoestrogens and flavonolignans, which perform a protective function for the liver. The substance silymarin strengthens liver cell membranes and activates cells to divide and form new young cells. And among other things, it removes toxins from the liver and stops the process of cell destruction.

This has been scientifically confirmed by scientists from Germany, they have proven that silymarin neutralizes poisons in the body even before they enter the liver, and it exhibits a very effective therapeutic effect in the treatment of cholestasis and post-hepatitis syndrome.

How to germinate milk thistle seeds? Germinating milk thistle seeds is not a complicated process at all; read in more detail: How to germinate wheat?

To do this, you can use any dish convenient for you, preferably a deep plate. Wash the seeds and soak for 10-12 hours. Don't forget to wash them 3 times a day to prevent them from souring. Sprouts appear in 4-7 days, it all depends on the quality of the seeds and their shelf life. For reception, seeds with sprouts from 0.5 to 3 cm are used.

Healing properties of milk thistle sprouts

In sprouted grains of any plant, the healing properties increase several times. Therefore, in order to increase the therapeutic hepatoprotective effect of milk thistle seeds on the body, traditional healers recommend germinating them.

Young milk thistle seedlings are filled with strength and energy; they contain all the potential that nature provided the seed embryo with for the reproduction of new offspring.

This healing power is used for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the gallbladder and liver, hepatitis and dysbacteriosis, pancreatitis and cholecystitis, food poisoning and cholangitis.

Taking milk thistle sprouts has a pronounced choleretic effect, increasing the production and excretion of bile.

Liver function is restored, the effect on the liver of medications containing harmful substances, toxins entering the body with food and from the environment and causing the formation of tumors is reduced. Seeds and sprouts are also useful for people who abuse alcohol.

Sprouts increase peristalsis and secretory activity of the intestines and stomach, activate cells for regeneration, which contributes to the rapid healing of all skin damage and internal ulcers.

They improve the functioning of metabolism in the body, have a positive effect on kidney function, increase the body’s resistance and immunity in general.

How to take milk thistle seeds for the liver

When taking it, it is important to take into account their special properties. Milk thistle sprouts are used differently from the way we are used to eating sprouts of cereal plants.

They are taken individually, since they have a very strong cleansing effect and taking them in violation of the dosage can lead to undesirable consequences from the body. It is very important.

To prevent gastrointestinal diseases and the liver, you need to eat only 8-9 sprouted milk thistle seeds per day, and if you have hepatitis - 12-13 pieces.

The grains should be thoroughly chewed and swallowed, preferably before bedtime. If taking sprouts disrupts the process of falling asleep and insomnia occurs instead of sleep, then in this case, eat the grains in the morning. Sprouts can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.

Milk thistle seeds contraindications

Milk thistle preparations have some contraindications and should be used with caution. If you are undergoing treatment for the first time, painful sensations may appear in the liver area, which soon disappear.

If there are stones in the gall bladder, milk thistle preparations are taken only as prescribed by a doctor and under his supervision.

What does milk thistle treat, tinctures and decoctions

Treatment with milk thistle seeds for liver diseases (hepatosis, toxicosis, cirrhosis), thyroid gland, kidneys and spleen, varicose veins and metabolic disorders.

The use of milk thistle seeds in the treatment of the liver and all the diseases listed above. To treat the liver, decoctions of milk thistle seeds, tinctures, seed meal, and milk thistle oil are used. Milk thistle seeds and preparations prepared on their basis, as a universal remedy, are used as an additional remedy for the treatment of many diseases, especially when antibiotics are used that negatively affect the functions of the liver and the entire body in general.

This versatility is due to the seeds containing a powerful complex of flavonolignates, among which silymarin stands out, which strengthens liver cell membranes, enhances metabolic processes, and promotes cell regeneration.

Decoction. Milk thistle seeds must be crushed and 30 g poured into ½ liter of hot water. Simmer in a water bath for a long time until half of the water has evaporated. The remaining broth is taken one tablespoon every hour.

The ground seeds can be taken a teaspoon before meals, three times a day.

Infusion for the liver. The crushed seeds are mixed in equal proportions with the roots of the plant and 30 grams of the mixture are brewed overnight in a thermos with ½ liter of water. By morning the infusion is ready, drink ½ glass three times a day.

Milk thistle seed tea. Pour one teaspoon of seeds with boiling water in a glass and leave for about 15 minutes. After this, strain the tea and drink it three times a day, both chilled and warm, before meals. Tea can also be brewed from the leaves of the plant.

It is drunk not only as a treatment for liver diseases, but also to prevent varicose veins.

Tincture and tea from seeds, being strong antioxidants, neutralize the harmful effects of free radicals on the human body and slow down premature aging.

Treatment with milk thistle seeds is used for urinary retention, tendency to cramps, inflammation of the gastric and intestinal mucosa, and radiculitis.

Milk thistle seed tincture. 50 grams of crushed seeds must be poured with ½ liter of vodka and left for 14 days in the dark, sometimes shaking and stirring the contents. Take tincture 30 drops with water. Preferably before meals, three times a day.

Treatment with milk thistle seeds for edema, obesity, constipation. Mix seed and root powder in equal quantities. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture into a glass of boiling water and simmer in a water bath for about 20 minutes. Then add a glass of water to the original volume and take a teaspoon every hour.

Treatment of hypotension during menopause. Take a decoction or tincture of seeds (see description above)

How to collect seeds without getting pricked

The plant is quite prolific; from 6-7 thistle plants you can collect up to one kilogram of seeds. It is very difficult to collect seeds; while you are trimming the baskets, your hands will be pricked with thorns.

I use tweezers and pruning shears, grab the basket with tweezers and cut it off the stem. Having pricked all my fingers, I remembered the ancient method of threshing grain, when they beat the sheaves with sticks to knock out the grains of wheat from the ears. I sewed a thick canvas bag, put baskets of seeds in it, dried them, and then hit the bag with a stick. Afterwards, all that remains is to wait for windy weather and winnow the seeds. The wrapping of the basket, the tufts, caught by the wind, fly away, and the seeds fall nearby.

When collecting seeds, not only thorns cause inconvenience, but also different time seed ripening. You look a little, and several baskets will already open, the seeds straighten their tufts in preparation for flight. You have to inspect the plants every day so as not to miss the harvest time. But all these inconveniences are offset by the benefits that this amazing plant gives us.

What are the benefits of milk thistle?

vitamins: A, B, D, E, F, K; macroelements: calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium; microelements: zinc, chromium, copper, boron, selenium, manganese; essential and fatty oils; lipid complex: phospholipids, tocopherols, acylglycerols; flavolignans.

restorative; protective; and detoxification.

Contraindications

Allergy to components; Asthma; Milk thistle will not be beneficial for the liver if the organ cells are damaged by alcohol; Epilepsy; Pancreatitis; Cholecystitis in the acute stage; Liver failure; Mental disorders; Childhood up to 12 years old. Use before this age is possible only in cases where it is impossible to do without this treatment, but the use takes place exclusively under the constant supervision of a doctor; Pregnancy and breastfeeding, however, in this case, the use of the herb is not so much prohibited as a last resort measure of treatment, when the benefits will be assessed many times higher than the theoretically possible harm.

Milk thistle for the liver

hepatitis A; diseases of the biliary tract; poisoning with drugs, alcohol and other toxic substances.

Action of silymarin

silymarin blocks the penetration of toxic substances into liver cells (especially the venom of the toadstool); because silymarin helps inhibit lipid oxidation, thanks to this reaction, the destruction of liver cells - hepatocytes - is prevented; free radicals are eliminated; relieves inflammation; by reacting with RNA polymerase, it activates the restoration of liver cells.

Probe method is a method performed using a special probe, which is commonly called duodenal. The device is a thin, long tube equipped with a metal olive with numerous holes at the end for collecting secretions. The length of such a probe is measured individually and is equal to the distance from the front teeth to the patient’s duodenum. Blind - a method that involves cleansing at home or in a day hospital or sanatorium. This tube was called blind because the purified products cannot be seen when leaving the body. To perform the procedure, choleretic drugs are required, mineral water and a hot heating pad under the right hypochondrium. However, this is not the safest event and before carrying out it is necessary to visit an uzologist for examination. abdominal cavity for the presence of stones in the bile ducts and bladder, which is a direct contraindication to such cleansing.

oil, tea, decoctions, infusions and meal do not have a proven beneficial effect on liver cells, because medicinal components (in particular silymarin) lose their beneficial features from required for their creation, processing; Real treatment of the disease can only be achieved with the help of medications produced in tablets and capsules; It is extremely important to take medications in accordance with medical recommendations and not to self-medicate, because self-administration of tablets or capsules may well aggravate the current situation.

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The liver performs a number of functions, without which not a single process in life takes place. human body. It is for this reason that this organ needs to be given special attention, because if its functionality is impaired, the entire body will suffer.

In order for the liver to always function normally, it must be periodically cleansed of the toxins that accumulate in it. And milk thistle is ideal for these purposes. This plant has numerous medicinal properties. Well, now we’ll talk about exactly how milk thistle is beneficial for the liver.

Milk thistle (popularly known as milk thistle or thorn) is a unique plant that has a regenerating and anti-inflammatory effect on the liver. It is for this reason that it is often used in the treatment of jaundice, cirrhosis and various poisonings.

Milk thistle infusions and decoctions are recommended for those who suffer from diseases such as cholelithiasis and cholecystitis. The healing effect of this herb is achieved due to the presence of three flavonolignans, which, when interacting with each other, create the unique substance silymarin.

It is this that has a therapeutic effect on the body, without causing side effects typical of conventional medications. They do not appear even if the dosage of the herb is significantly exceeded, and this indicates the complete safety of this plant. For this reason, cleansing the liver with milk thistle is the most effective and safe method of healing the body.

This plant helps stimulate the renewal of liver cells, while it suppresses the effects on them of harmful substances that enter the body along with food. It is thanks to these properties that milk thistle is often included in modern medicines, the main effect of which is aimed at cleansing and restoring the liver.

Liver cleansing with milk thistle: recipes

Milk thistle should be taken in courses to cleanse the liver. As a rule, various decoctions and infusions are prepared from this herb for these purposes. But remember that taking them is a direct effect on the liver from the outside, which can lead to various consequences. Therefore, it will be good if you consult with a specialist in advance and ask him how to take milk thistle to cleanse the liver.

It should also be noted that this herb acts slowly on the body, so it should be used for a long time. You will need to adhere to certain dietary rules throughout the entire treatment period. You will need to completely eliminate it from your diet. flour products, fatty meats and fish, as well as all fried, salted, smoked and pickled foods.

It is best if your diet consists entirely of vegetarian dishes, that is, vegetables and fruits. They contain a lot of fiber, which improves intestinal motility, and therefore will help effectively cleanse the body of toxins.

In addition, they do not put much stress on the liver, and at the time of its recovery this is very important. The water regime should also be observed. Drink as much water as possible. It will help expand the bile ducts and remove toxins.

Contraindications

Milk thistle is a very useful herb. It has no contraindications and side effects. However, when it comes to cleansing procedures, there are limitations. They should be performed by people over 25 years of age. It is believed that it is at this age that the liver has time to accumulate a lot of “garbage”.

In addition, if you have digestive problems or gastrointestinal diseases, then using milk thistle will only benefit you. After all, it also promotes rapid tissue healing, which is very important for peptic ulcers, as well as relieving inflammation and spasms.

Milk thistle infusions and decoctions should be used with caution by people who have epilepsy and cardiovascular diseases, as well as those who have respiratory tract diseases and psychological disorders.

How to cleanse the liver with milk thistle?

To cleanse the liver, you will need to prepare an infusion or decoction of milk thistle (recipes are described below), which are taken according to a certain scheme. As a rule, after taking them, you need to take a horizontal position and place a heating pad in the area of ​​the right hypochondrium, which will warm the liver and promote the expansion of the bile ducts. This will facilitate and speed up the cleansing process.

The liver should be warmed up for 40-50 minutes. Then you should lie down under a warm blanket for about an hour, and then go back to the diet. After cleansing, you should not eat anything other than water and freshly squeezed juices diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio.

After 2-3 hours after taking the decoction or infusion, it is recommended to do a cleansing enema. And the procedures themselves need to be performed every other day.

Remember that prepared milk thistle remedies cannot be stored for more than 48 hours. Therefore, cook them in small quantities and preferably every day.

Recipes for preparing decoctions and infusions of milk thistle

On the Internet you can find many recipes for preparing milk thistle infusions and decoctions. We have chosen only the most effective ones for you. Let's look at the process of their preparation in more detail.

Milk thistle tea

To cleanse the liver, traditional medicine recommends using milk thistle tea, which is prepared as follows:

• take a tablespoon of crushed milk thistle leaves or seeds;
• pour ½ cup of boiling water over them and let it brew for about half an hour;
• then strain the drink and drink it slowly on an empty stomach.

For the best cleansing effect, tea can also be taken 30 minutes before bedtime. To improve the taste of the drink and its effect, you can add a little peppermint tincture to it.

Milk thistle seed decoction

Cleansing the liver with milk thistle at home can also be done using a decoction prepared from the seeds of this plant. To do this you will need:

• milk thistle seeds – 30 g;
• water – 0.5 l.

The seeds need to be ground to a powder. For these purposes, you can use a coffee grinder or blender. Then the powder is poured with water and placed on low heat. The broth should be cooked until its original volume is reduced by half.

Afterwards, the drink should be strained and taken 1 tbsp. every 60 minutes throughout the day for 2 weeks.

Milk Thistle Powder

Milk thistle powder also has a good cleansing effect. If you were unable to buy it ready-made, you can prepare it yourself by grinding the seeds in a coffee grinder.

Take 1 tsp powder. 20 minutes before each meal, washing it down with plenty of mineral water without gases. You can use Esentuki, Barjomi or other mineral water. You just need to first open the bottle 10-12 hours in advance so that all the carbon dioxide comes out of it.

Duration of treatment

If you decide to cleanse the liver with milk thistle, remember that you will have to take decoctions and infusions for 2-4 weeks, while following a diet (described above). If you have serious liver disease, the course of treatment can last up to 3 months.

During this period, you need to forget about all drinks containing alcohol. For the first 23 days of treatment, you need to take agrimony inflorescences half an hour before main meals. To do this, you will need to take a spoonful of crushed inflorescences and pour 300 ml of water over them, then bring to a boil and remove from heat. After which the broth should be left for about half an hour and strained. Take ½ tbsp.

After completing one course, you should stop taking this decoction for one week. If milk thistle treatment is required during the second month, then before each meal you need to drink an additional decoction prepared from agrimony inflorescences and 2 parts of immortelle flowers. It is prepared according to the same principle as the decoction described above.

If the course of treatment with milk thistle lasts 3 months, then for the last 30 days you need to consume 1 tbsp 3 times a day. juice from the leaves of this plant. To prepare it, you will need to buy a liter of milk thistle leaf juice and 150 ml of vodka at the pharmacy, which must be diluted with it to increase shelf life.

Remember that no matter which milk thistle liver cleansing method you choose, you need to consult your doctor. If you have diseases for which alcohol is contraindicated, then drinking juice from milk thistle leaves is contraindicated for you.

Don't forget that the effectiveness of treatment largely depends on your approach to it. If you neglect the recommendations described above, then you risk earning yourself various health problems as a “bonus”.

If a strict diet is not followed, this will lead to intestinal blockage, as a result of which all the toxic substances that should be eliminated from the body will accumulate in it. And this will lead to intoxication, which will lead to disruption of the functionality of many internal organs.

Naturally, if you have liver problems, it is best to seek help from a specialist. He will help you select medications that will quickly eliminate the cause of pathologies and restore the functionality of the organ. Remember that milk thistle decoctions and infusions are only auxiliary means in the treatment of liver diseases and they cannot replace the main treatment.

Milk thistle is a one- or two-year-old plant, famous for its medicinal properties, from the Asteraceae family. The grass is externally large, reaching a height of up to one and a half meters, with rather massive prickly leaves with white stripes and spots, as well as purple fluffy flowers. After milk thistle flowers from July to September, a fruit is formed - an achene.

What are the benefits of milk thistle?

Numerous studies have revealed that the plant possesses a set of the following substances:

• vitamins: A, B, D, E, F, K;
• macroelements: calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium;
• microelements: zinc, chromium, copper, boron, selenium, manganese;
• essential and fatty oils;
• lipid complex: phospholipids, tocopherols, acylglycerols;
• flavolignans.

It is the main components - flavolignans, namely silicristin, silydianin and silybin - that are capable of forming silymarin. Silymarin in milk thistle has beneficial properties for the liver:

• restorative;
• protective;
• and detoxification.

Contraindications

Due to the fact that milk thistle fruits are considered a herbal medicinal product, there are also contraindications for their use, along with the recommendations.

1. Allergy to components;
2. Asthma;
3. Milk thistle will not be beneficial for the liver if the organ cells are damaged by alcohol;
4. Epilepsy;
5. Pancreatitis;
6. Cholecystitis in the acute stage;
7. Liver failure;
8. Mental disorders;
9. Children's age up to 12 years. Use before this age is possible only in cases where it is impossible to do without this treatment, but the use takes place exclusively under the constant supervision of a doctor;
10. Pregnancy and breastfeeding, however, in this case, the use of the herb is not so much prohibited as a last resort measure of treatment, when the benefits will be assessed many times higher than the theoretically possible harm.

If there are stones in the gall bladder or bile ducts, the medicinal properties of the drugs can play a cruel joke, moving the stone and thereby causing a dangerous blockage.

Milk thistle for the liver

The use of the properties of milk thistle seeds may be useful in the following cases:

• hepatitis A;
• diseases of the biliary tract;
• poisoning with drugs, alcohol and other toxic substances.

The therapeutic effect becomes real due to the hepatoprotective properties of silymarin. It involves preventing the growth of connective tissue and restoring liver cells.

Action of silymarin

In addition to the above, other medicinal properties are attributed to silymarin:

• silymarin blocks the penetration of toxic substances into liver cells (especially the venom of the toadstool);
• because silymarin helps inhibit lipid oxidation, thanks to this reaction, the destruction of liver cells - hepatocytes - is prevented;
• free radicals are eliminated;
• relieves inflammation;
• by reacting with RNA polymerase, it activates the restoration of liver cells.

When treating the liver with milk thistle, phospholipids should be taken in parallel, because under the influence of silymarin they are best absorbed.

How to properly use milk thistle to benefit the liver?

When starting to use substances with plant seed extract, you should remember that silymarin is a very finicky compound that is destroyed under the influence of direct as well as indirect sunlight, temperatures above 60ºC and oxygen. Based on this, it is worth understanding that milk thistle tea, oil, decoctions and infusions will not bring the expected effect of treatment. Accordingly, the recommendation to treat the liver using an alcohol tincture of the plant sounds no less strange.

And yet, how to take milk thistle correctly?

You can rely on dry milk thistle powder, but this effect may also be questionable. The best effect is achieved when taking special medications, when the herbal extract is contained in a gelatin capsule.

How to prepare milk thistle seed powder?

Milk thistle powder can be purchased at the pharmacy under the name “Fruits of milk thistle” or you can prepare it yourself.

To prepare, just measure the amount of dried grass seeds that fits in 1 teaspoon (with a heap, just for one procedure), grind them using a coffee grinder or blender and take immediately after crushing, with water for comfortable swallowing. It is advisable to consume milk thistle powder before meals, 1 teaspoon per day. It should once again emphasize the importance of grinding the seeds immediately before use.

As an alternative to powder, traditional healers recommend taking a tablespoon of sprouted milk thistle seeds before meals.

Preparations based on milk thistle

There are two types of milk thistle medicines: preparations in the form of pressed tablets and powder enclosed in capsules.

Tablet milk thistle extract is found on pharmacy shelves under the following names:

1 tablet of Karsil contains 35 mg of silymarin.

Milk thistle for the liver in the form of the drug Karsil is prescribed in the amount of one or two tablets taken three times a day. The course of treatment cannot be less than 3 months.

Among the adverse reactions of Karsil on body systems are: alopecia, digestive disorders, vestibular disorders, but they disappear without a trace when the drug is discontinued.

A Silibor tablet contains 0.04 grams of flavolingalins.

Adults and children over 12 years of age are prescribed 2 or 3 tablets three times a day before meals.

Children from 4 to 7 years old are required to take 1 tablet three times a day; it is also possible to prescribe to children under 4 years old, but only use should be under the constant supervision of a doctor.

The course of treatment brings results after, depending on the disease, a minimum of a month, a maximum of six months.

Among the side effects of Silibor on the body systems are: allergies in the form of skin rashes and itching, but the reaction completely disappears with discontinuation of the drug or adequate adjustment of the prescribed dose.

Milk thistle powder in capsules

The powder of crushed fruits of the plant contains encapsulated preparations with the names:

Gepabene, in addition to milk thistle, contains an extract of medicinal fume, which is able to relieve spasms and normalize the amount of bile secreted.

Adults are prescribed three times a day, 1 capsule each time. The maximum adult person is allowed to take 6 capsules per day (2 units three times a day).

The course of treatment is prescribed individually by the doctor, looking at the disease and the characteristics of the body.

One capsule of Legalon contains 173 mg of dry milk thistle extract, which is equivalent to 140 mg of silymarin.

Capsules cannot be divided or chewed, which means that this dosage and release form are not recommended for children.

The course of treatment is determined by the doctor individually, taking into account the results of research and the characteristics of the disease.

It is extremely difficult to achieve an overdose of Legalon, but if you happen to take a large dose, you still need to rinse your stomach, drink sorbent and notify your doctor about what happened.

The antidote for silymarin drugs remains unknown.

Milk thistle meal: what is it and what is its effectiveness?

It happens that milk thistle extract for liver treatment is prescribed in the form of meal.

Meal (meal - trimmings, pieces from German) is usually understood as by-products obtained as a result of making oil from the seeds of fat-containing plants. Typically, meal is an animal feed with a high protein concentration.

In the case of milk thistle, meal is prescribed for the liver as a dietary supplement. It looks like powder or flour, but is obtained by squeezing the oil from milk thistle seeds. In this regard, the meal has a controversial reputation, because it turns out that the main useful components have been squeezed out, and if there is something left in the waste, then it contains silymarin in extremely insignificant quantities.

Therefore, due to the probable destruction of the medicinal component, meal is not the main means of treating liver disease.

Liver cleansing with milk thistle

The choleretic and detoxifying properties inherent in milk thistle seed extracts can cleanse the liver and bile ducts, in particular, of accumulated sand and toxic substances. This can be done with the help of Karsil, Gepabene and other drugs that contain silymarin in the list of active ingredients.

But this procedure should be carried out only on the recommendation of the attending physician and under his guidance.

However, tubage is considered to be the most effective measure for cleansing the liver. Tubage is a procedure performed to expand the bile ducts and remove bile, as well as other deposits, from the gallbladder and hepatic ducts.

There are two ways to carry out the procedure:

1. Probe method is a method performed using a special probe, which is commonly called duodenal. The device is a thin, long tube equipped with a metal olive with numerous holes at the end for collecting secretions. The length of such a probe is measured individually and is equal to the distance from the front teeth to the patient’s duodenum.
2. Blind - a method that involves cleansing at home or in a day hospital or sanatorium. This tube was called blind because the purified products cannot be seen when leaving the body. To perform the procedure, choleretic drugs, mineral water and a hot heating pad under the right hypochondrium are required. However, this is not the safest event and before carrying out it is necessary to visit an uzist to examine the abdominal cavity for the presence of stones in the bile ducts and bladder, which is a direct contraindication to such cleansing.

How and in what form is it best to drink milk thistle for the liver?

So, to summarize, it is worth highlighting the main points of the peculiarities of taking milk thistle for the liver:

• oil, tea, decoctions, infusions and meal do not have a proven beneficial effect on liver cells, because medicinal components (in particular silymarin) lose their beneficial properties due to the processing required for their creation;
• Real treatment of the disease can only be achieved with the help of medications produced in tablets and capsules;
• It is extremely important to take medications in accordance with medical recommendations and not to self-medicate, because self-administration of tablets or capsules may well aggravate the current situation.

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Milk thistle is a medicinal plant that helps with diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal tract. Products from this plant appeared in pharmacies quite recently, but it has been used in folk medicine for a long time. Milk thistle seeds for treating the liver, how to take and properly prepare remedies from it, can be found in this article.

Medicinal properties of the plant

Milk thistle contains useful substances and vitamins:

silymarin; silychristin; vitamins A, E, K, D, B; polyunsaturated fatty acids; essential oil; minerals; resins; biogenic amines; enzymes.

It protects liver cells and hepatocyte membranes from destruction. Helps them accumulate phospholipids and protein molecules.

Milk thistle is used during diseases of chronic forms of hepatitis, uraturia, cholecystitis, nephrolithiasis and biliary dyskinesia.

It is used after treatment with nephrotoxic drugs, poisoning with alcohol, plant poisons and heavy metals, as well as to restore the body. The treatment removes toxins, free radicals and metals. It stimulates and improves the production of glutathione, and also helps to renew and rejuvenate cells in the liver.

Reception areas

Milk thistle is used for any liver disease. Starting from dyskinesia and cholecystitis to hepatitis and cirrhosis:

The plant contains anti-inflammatory, antihistamine and immunomodulating substances, so it helps not only treat, but also restore the body. It is used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: duodenitis, gastritis, constipation and others. Helps reduce cholesterol levels and improve the functioning of the cardiovascular system. Copes with diseases of the genitourinary system: pyelonephritis, cystitis, urethritis and others.

This plant helps with many diseases, but it helps the liver best. Its components not only heal, but accelerate the regeneration of organ cells.

Many people have thought about how to take milk thistle seeds to treat the liver and prevent diseases. In pharmacies you can purchase ready-made preparations from this plant. Following the instructions and recommendations of the doctor, they can be taken both for treatment and for prevention.

Folk remedies

You can make your own medicine from milk thistle at home.

To do this, it is advisable to use the following tips.

To make oil from the seeds, you need to squeeze them out. This will allow you to preserve useful elements in maximum quantities. The seeds must be crushed and filled with vegetable oil in a ratio of 1:2. Place in a dark place for 20-22 days, and then strain. Seed meal. After pressing, the seeds are dried and ground into flour. Store in a jar with a tightly screwed lid. To prepare a decoction of the roots, you need to collect them in mid or late August. Finely chop and dry in the sun under a canopy. Place in a dark place for storage. If necessary, prepare a decoction. Milk thistle flowers can be used to make tea. For preparation you will need petals dried in the sun. Before use, they are filled with water and drunk like regular tea. You can make juice from the leaves by collecting the largest leaves of the plant and grinding them. After this, squeeze out the juice. Sprouted seeds and powder. Grind the seeds in a coffee grinder and take 1 tbsp. l. in a day. You can also take sprouted seeds. They should be consumed before meals on an empty stomach. Alcohol tincture with seeds. Grind the milk thistle seeds and immediately place them in a dark container. Fill with alcohol (or vodka) in a ratio of 1:5. Seal the bottle and place it in a dark, cool place. Leave for 3-6 days. Should be taken with caution and on the advice of a doctor. Decoction of roots and seeds: 1 tbsp. l. crushed ingredients, pour 150-200 ml of water and cook over low heat for 15-20 minutes, without bringing to a boil. Then add another 200 ml of water to the broth. Take 1 tbsp. l. decoction a day before meals. Infusion from seeds. The seeds must be finely chopped. Add 2 tsp. into a thermos and fill with water at about 40-50 degrees. Close it tightly and leave for 12-14 hours. Drink 100 ml before eating. Take courses for 14-18 days with a break of 10 days. Typically two courses per year are required. During antibiotic treatment, you can consume milk thistle seed powder. Start drinking 1 tsp in the last days of treatment. during meals for 5-8 days.

Prevention

During preventive doses of milk thistle, active cleansing of the liver occurs. The cooking recipes are not complicated. There are several ways to take milk thistle seeds to cleanse the liver:

Decoction of seeds. To prepare, take 2 tsp. seeds and add 500 ml of water. Cook over low heat until half the liquid has evaporated. Strain and take 1 tbsp. l. 60-75 minutes after eating food. The course lasts a month. Root decoction. It should be crushed and filled with 200-300 ml of hot water. Put on fire and boil for 25-35 minutes. Strain and take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day. Seed powder. Helps cleanse the body and restore the liver. Grind the seeds to a powder. Place in a dark container and close tightly. Should be taken 25 minutes before eating food, 1 tsp.

When working in hazardous industries, you can take courses of milk thistle medicines. They will help remove toxins and harmful substances from the body. To cleanse the body you will need dry seeds. They are consumed 1 tsp. 3 times a day, washed down with a sufficient amount of non-carbonated water or tea.

If your body is poisoned with alcohol, you should take milk thistle seed oil. They drink 4-5 ml 3 times a day. The course of treatment lasts a month.

Contraindications

Like many medicines, milk thistle preparations and recipes have contraindications.

pancreatitis; acute cholecystitis; liver failure; asthma; dyspnea; epilepsy; mental disorders in acute and chronic form; individual intolerance.

For cardiovascular and genitourinary diseases, milk thistle is used with caution and only under the supervision of a doctor.

To avoid unpleasant consequences, it is necessary to visit a doctor before starting treatment. He will prescribe the necessary tests and examinations, and then, based on their results, decide whether milk thistle can be used.

Reviews of milk thistle

I worked for three years at an enterprise producing toxic substances, and my health deteriorated greatly. Nausea, weakness and headaches appeared very often. My grandmother told me about the milk thistle plant and its properties. I read the reviews and went to the doctor, the doctor allowed me to take it. My grandmother prepared dried seeds for me and told me how to drink them. After a month of taking it, everything went away for me. Now I drink it periodically.

After a long treatment, I decided to cleanse my body and restore my immunity. I found a lot of reviews on the Internet about herbal medicine with milk thistle and was surprised. Everyone spoke well of it, so I decided to try it. I drank teas and decoctions for about three weeks, I liked it and felt the effect. I am satisfied with the results of the treatment, and now I recommend it to all my friends and relatives.

I used to suffer from cholecystitis, and I decided to drink milk thistle for prevention. The doctor advised taking a decoction of the roots in courses of 10 days. I have been drinking for two years now and the disease has not yet manifested itself. I was even able to lose weight and keep it off. I like it and will continue to drink it.

Milk thistle seeds are a particularly valuable product used in traditional medicine in the fight not only against liver diseases, but also to improve the health of the body as a whole. It is no coincidence that they are used to produce hepatoprotective medications aimed at normalizing the functioning of the liver, biliary tract and gall bladder.

The seeds and all preparations prepared from the seeds act as immunostimulants, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and bactericidal agents. And here read about the plant itself: milk thistle.

They have antispasmodic and choleretic properties, antiallergic and diuretic. But it should be taken into account that the desired effect is not immediately noticeable; treatment with milk thistle seeds is a long process.

How to take milk thistle seeds

Traditional medicine advises, when treating milk thistle diseases, to use not just its seeds or preparations from the seeds, but also their sprouts. Seeds with sprouts have special healing powers. They are used to treat insidious diseases of the liver, gall bladder, and intestinal diseases. Hepatitis, cholecystitis, dysbacteriosis, pancreatitis, cholangitis, food poisoning can be treated with milk thistle sprouts.

It is no coincidence that most medications - hetaprotectors, designed to protect liver parenchyma cells from any damage, are prepared with the inclusion of milk thistle seeds.

Nutritional value of milk thistle seeds

Benefits of milk thistle seeds. The seeds of the plant contain a huge amount of valuable substances necessary for the health of the human body; scientists have counted about 200 items.

The seeds are rich in vitamins: vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, K, F, essential oils, micro and macro elements: potassium and magnesium, iron and calcium, vanadium and aluminum, chromium and manganese; in addition, selenium is found in their composition , copper and zinc.

Read the article about what flavonoids are and what their role is for human health and youth.

But especially, milk thistle seeds are distinguished by the content of a unique substance - silymarin. Silymarin contains phytoestrogens and flavonolignans, which perform a protective function for the liver. The substance silymarin strengthens liver cell membranes and activates cells to divide and form new young cells. And among other things, it removes toxins from the liver and stops the process of cell destruction.

This has been scientifically confirmed by scientists from Germany, they have proven that silymarin neutralizes poisons in the body even before they enter the liver, and it exhibits a very effective therapeutic effect in the treatment of cholestasis and post-hepatitis syndrome.

Milk thistle sprouts

How to germinate milk thistle seeds? Germinating milk thistle seeds is not a complicated process at all; read in more detail: How to germinate wheat?

To do this, you can use any dish convenient for you, preferably a deep plate. Wash the seeds and soak for 10-12 hours. Don't forget to wash them 3 times a day to prevent them from souring. Sprouts appear in 4-7 days, it all depends on the quality of the seeds and their shelf life. For reception, seeds with sprouts from 0.5 to 3 cm are used.

Healing properties of milk thistle sprouts

In sprouted grains of any plant, the healing properties increase several times. Therefore, in order to increase the therapeutic hepatoprotective effect of milk thistle seeds on the body, traditional healers recommend germinating them.

Young milk thistle seedlings are filled with strength and energy; they contain all the potential that nature provided the seed embryo with for the reproduction of new offspring.

This healing power is used for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the gallbladder and liver, hepatitis and dysbacteriosis, pancreatitis and cholecystitis, food poisoning and cholangitis.

Taking milk thistle sprouts has a pronounced choleretic effect, increasing the production and excretion of bile.

Liver function is restored, the effect on the liver of medications containing harmful substances, toxins entering the body with food and from the environment and causing the formation of tumors is reduced. Seeds and sprouts are also useful for people who abuse alcohol.

Sprouts increase peristalsis and secretory activity of the intestines and stomach, activate cells for regeneration, which contributes to the rapid healing of all skin damage and internal ulcers.

They improve the functioning of metabolism in the body, have a positive effect on kidney function, increase the body’s resistance and immunity in general.

How to take milk thistle seeds for the liver

When taking it, it is important to take into account their special properties. Milk thistle sprouts are used differently from the way we are used to eating sprouts of cereal plants.

They are taken individually, since they have a very strong cleansing effect and taking them in violation of the dosage can lead to undesirable consequences for the body. It is very important.

To prevent gastrointestinal diseases and the liver, you need to eat only 8-9 sprouted milk thistle seeds per day, and if you have hepatitis - 12-13 pieces.

The grains should be thoroughly chewed and swallowed, preferably before bedtime. If taking sprouts disrupts the process of falling asleep and insomnia occurs instead of sleep, then in this case, eat the grains in the morning. Sprouts can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.

Milk thistle seeds contraindications

Milk thistle preparations have some contraindications and should be used with caution. If you are undergoing treatment for the first time, painful sensations may appear in the liver area, which soon disappear.

If there are stones in the gall bladder, milk thistle preparations are taken only as prescribed by a doctor and under his supervision.

What does milk thistle treat, tinctures and decoctions

Treatment with milk thistle seeds for liver diseases (hepatosis, toxicosis, cirrhosis), thyroid gland, kidneys and spleen, varicose veins and metabolic disorders.

The use of milk thistle seeds in the treatment of the liver and all the diseases listed above. To treat the liver, decoctions of milk thistle seeds, tinctures, seed meal, and milk thistle oil are used. Milk thistle seeds and preparations prepared on their basis, as a universal remedy, are used as an additional remedy for the treatment of many diseases, especially when antibiotics are used that negatively affect the functions of the liver and the entire body in general.

This versatility is due to the seeds containing a powerful complex of flavonolignates, among which silymarin stands out, which strengthens liver cell membranes, enhances metabolic processes, and promotes cell regeneration.

Decoction. Milk thistle seeds must be crushed and 30 g poured into ½ liter of hot water. Simmer in a water bath for a long time until half of the water has evaporated. The remaining broth is taken one tablespoon every hour.

The ground seeds can be taken a teaspoon before meals, three times a day.

Infusion for the liver. The crushed seeds are mixed in equal proportions with the roots of the plant and 30 grams of the mixture are brewed overnight in a thermos with ½ liter of water. By morning the infusion is ready, drink ½ glass three times a day.

Milk thistle seed tea. Pour one teaspoon of seeds with boiling water in a glass and leave for about 15 minutes. After this, strain the tea and drink it three times a day, both chilled and warm, before meals. Tea can also be brewed from the leaves of the plant.

It is drunk not only as a treatment for liver diseases, but also to prevent varicose veins.

Tincture and tea from seeds, being strong antioxidants, neutralize the harmful effects of free radicals on the human body and slow down premature aging.

Treatment with milk thistle seeds is used for urinary retention, tendency to cramps, inflammation of the gastric and intestinal mucosa, and radiculitis.

Milk thistle seed tincture. 50 grams of crushed seeds must be poured with ½ liter of vodka and left for 14 days in the dark, sometimes shaking and stirring the contents. Take tincture 30 drops with water. Preferably before meals, three times a day.

Treatment with milk thistle seeds for edema, obesity, constipation. Mix seed and root powder in equal quantities. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture into a glass of boiling water and simmer in a water bath for about 20 minutes. Then add a glass of water to the original volume and take a teaspoon every hour.

Treatment of hypotension during menopause. Take a decoction or tincture of seeds (see description above)

How to collect seeds without getting pricked

The plant is quite prolific; from 6-7 thistle plants you can collect up to one kilogram of seeds. It is very difficult to collect seeds; while you are trimming the baskets, your hands will be pricked with thorns.

I use tweezers and pruning shears, grab the basket with tweezers and cut it off the stem. Having pricked all my fingers, I remembered the ancient method of threshing grain, when they beat the sheaves with sticks to knock out the grains of wheat from the ears. I sewed a thick canvas bag, put baskets of seeds in it, dried them, and then hit the bag with a stick. Afterwards, all that remains is to wait for windy weather and winnow the seeds. The wrapping of the basket, the tufts, caught by the wind, fly away, and the seeds fall nearby.

When collecting seeds, not only the thorns cause inconvenience, but also the different ripening times of the seeds. You look a little, and several baskets will already open, the seeds straighten their tufts in preparation for flight. You have to inspect the plants every day so as not to miss the harvest time. But all these inconveniences are offset by the benefits that this amazing plant gives us.

Be healthy!

Milk thistle is a one- or two-year-old plant, famous for its medicinal properties, from the Asteraceae family. The grass is externally large, reaching a height of up to one and a half meters, with rather massive prickly leaves with white stripes and spots, as well as purple fluffy flowers. After milk thistle flowers from July to September, a fruit is formed - an achene.

What are the benefits of milk thistle?

Numerous studies have revealed that the plant possesses a set of the following substances:

vitamins: A, B, D, E, F, K; macroelements: calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium; microelements: zinc, chromium, copper, boron, selenium, manganese; essential and fatty oils; lipid complex: phospholipids, tocopherols, acylglycerols; flavolignans.

It is the main components - flavolignans, namely silicristin, silydianin and silybin - that are capable of forming silymarin. Silymarin in milk thistle has beneficial properties for the liver:

restorative; protective; and detoxification.

Contraindications

Due to the fact that milk thistle fruits are considered a herbal medicinal product, there are also contraindications for their use, along with the recommendations.

Allergy to components; Asthma; Milk thistle will not be beneficial for the liver if the organ cells are damaged by alcohol; Epilepsy; Pancreatitis; Cholecystitis in the acute stage; Liver failure; Mental disorders; Children's age up to 12 years. Use before this age is possible only in cases where it is impossible to do without this treatment, but the use takes place exclusively under the constant supervision of a doctor; Pregnancy and breastfeeding, however, in this case, the use of the herb is not so much prohibited as a last resort measure of treatment, when the benefits will be assessed many times higher than the theoretically possible harm.

If there are stones in the gall bladder or bile ducts, the medicinal properties of the drugs can play a cruel joke, moving the stone and thereby causing a dangerous blockage.

Milk thistle for the liver

The use of the properties of milk thistle seeds may be useful in the following cases:

hepatitis A; diseases of the biliary tract; poisoning with drugs, alcohol and other toxic substances.

The therapeutic effect becomes real due to the hepatoprotective properties of silymarin. It involves preventing the growth of connective tissue and restoring liver cells.

Action of silymarin

In addition to the above, other medicinal properties are attributed to silymarin:

silymarin blocks the penetration of toxic substances into liver cells (especially the venom of the toadstool); because silymarin helps inhibit lipid oxidation, thanks to this reaction, the destruction of liver cells - hepatocytes - is prevented; free radicals are eliminated; relieves inflammation; by reacting with RNA polymerase, it activates the restoration of liver cells.

When treating the liver with milk thistle, phospholipids should be taken in parallel, because under the influence of silymarin they are best absorbed.

How to properly use milk thistle to benefit the liver?

When starting to use substances with plant seed extract, you should remember that silymarin is a very finicky compound that is destroyed under the influence of direct as well as indirect sunlight, temperatures above 60ºC and oxygen. Based on this, it is worth understanding that milk thistle tea, oil, decoctions and infusions will not bring the expected effect of treatment. Accordingly, the recommendation to treat the liver using an alcohol tincture of the plant sounds no less strange.

And yet, how to take milk thistle correctly?

You can rely on dry milk thistle powder, but this effect may also be questionable. The best effect is achieved when taking special medications, when the herbal extract is contained in a gelatin capsule.

How to prepare milk thistle seed powder?

Milk thistle powder can be purchased at the pharmacy under the name “Fruits of milk thistle” or you can prepare it yourself.

To prepare, just measure the amount of dried grass seeds that fits in 1 teaspoon (with a heap, just for one procedure), grind them using a coffee grinder or blender and take immediately after crushing, with water for comfortable swallowing. It is advisable to consume milk thistle powder before meals, 1 teaspoon per day. It should once again emphasize the importance of grinding the seeds immediately before use.

As an alternative to powder, traditional healers recommend taking a tablespoon of sprouted milk thistle seeds before meals.

Preparations based on milk thistle

There are two types of milk thistle medicines: preparations in the form of pressed tablets and powder enclosed in capsules.

Pills

Tablet milk thistle extract is found on pharmacy shelves under the following names:

Karsil; Silibor.

Karsil

1 tablet of Karsil contains 35 mg of silymarin.

Milk thistle for the liver in the form of the drug Karsil is prescribed in the amount of one or two tablets taken three times a day. The course of treatment cannot be less than 3 months.

Among the adverse reactions of Karsil on body systems are: alopecia, digestive disorders, vestibular disorders, but they disappear without a trace when the drug is discontinued.

Silibor

A Silibor tablet contains 0.04 grams of flavolingalins.

Adults and children over 12 years of age are prescribed 2 or 3 tablets three times a day before meals.

Children from 4 to 7 years old are required to take 1 tablet three times a day; it is also possible to prescribe to children under 4 years old, but only use should be under the constant supervision of a doctor.

The course of treatment brings results after, depending on the disease, a minimum of a month, a maximum of six months.

Among the side effects of Silibor on the body systems are: allergies in the form of skin rashes and itching, but the reaction completely disappears with discontinuation of the drug or adequate adjustment of the prescribed dose.

Milk thistle powder in capsules

The powder of crushed fruits of the plant contains encapsulated preparations with the names:

Gepabene; Legal.

Gepabene

Gepabene, in addition to milk thistle, contains an extract of medicinal fume, which is able to relieve spasms and normalize the amount of bile secreted.

Adults are prescribed three times a day, 1 capsule each time. The maximum adult person is allowed to take 6 capsules per day (2 units three times a day).

The course of treatment is prescribed individually by the doctor, looking at the disease and the characteristics of the body.

Legalon

One capsule of Legalon contains 173 mg of dry milk thistle extract, which is equivalent to 140 mg of silymarin.

Capsules cannot be divided or chewed, which means that this dosage and release form are not recommended for children.

The course of treatment is determined by the doctor individually, taking into account the results of research and the characteristics of the disease.

It is extremely difficult to achieve an overdose of Legalon, but if you happen to take a large dose, you still need to rinse your stomach, drink sorbent and notify your doctor about what happened.

The antidote for silymarin drugs remains unknown.

Milk thistle meal: what is it and what is its effectiveness?

It happens that milk thistle extract for liver treatment is prescribed in the form of meal.

Meal (meal - trimmings, pieces from German) is usually understood as by-products obtained as a result of making oil from the seeds of fat-containing plants. Typically, meal is an animal feed with a high protein concentration.

In the case of milk thistle, meal is prescribed for the liver as a dietary supplement. It looks like powder or flour, but is obtained by squeezing the oil from milk thistle seeds. In this regard, the meal has a controversial reputation, because it turns out that the main useful components have been squeezed out, and if there is something left in the waste, then it contains silymarin in extremely insignificant quantities.

Therefore, due to the probable destruction of the medicinal component, meal is not the main means of treating liver disease.

Liver cleansing with milk thistle

The choleretic and detoxifying properties inherent in milk thistle seed extracts can cleanse the liver and bile ducts, in particular, of accumulated sand and toxic substances. This can be done with the help of Karsil, Gepabene and other drugs that contain silymarin in the list of active ingredients.

But this procedure should be carried out only on the recommendation of the attending physician and under his guidance.

However, tubage is considered to be the most effective measure for cleansing the liver. Tubage is a procedure performed to expand the bile ducts and remove bile, as well as other deposits, from the gallbladder and hepatic ducts.

There are two ways to carry out the procedure:

Probe method is a method performed using a special probe, which is commonly called duodenal. The device is a thin, long tube equipped with a metal olive with numerous holes at the end for collecting secretions. The length of such a probe is measured individually and is equal to the distance from the front teeth to the patient’s duodenum. Blind - a method that involves cleansing at home or in a day hospital or sanatorium. This tube was called blind because the purified products cannot be seen when leaving the body. To perform the procedure, choleretic drugs, mineral water and a hot heating pad under the right hypochondrium are required. However, this is not the safest event and before carrying out it is necessary to visit an uzist to examine the abdominal cavity for the presence of stones in the bile ducts and bladder, which is a direct contraindication to such cleansing.

How and in what form is it best to drink milk thistle for the liver?

So, to summarize, it is worth highlighting the main points of the peculiarities of taking milk thistle for the liver:

oil, tea, decoctions, infusions and meal do not have a proven beneficial effect on liver cells, because medicinal components (in particular silymarin) lose their beneficial properties due to the processing required for their creation; Real treatment of the disease can only be achieved with the help of medications produced in tablets and capsules; It is extremely important to take medications in accordance with medical recommendations and not to self-medicate, because self-administration of tablets or capsules may well aggravate the current situation.

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Milk thistle is a medicinal plant that helps with diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal tract. Products from this plant appeared in pharmacies quite recently, but it has been used in folk medicine for a long time. Milk thistle seeds for treating the liver, how to take and properly prepare remedies from it, can be found in this article.

Medicinal properties of the plant

Milk thistle contains useful substances and vitamins:

• silymarin;
• silychristin;
• vitamins A, E, K, D, B;
• polyunsaturated fatty acids;
• essential oil;
• minerals;
• resins;
• biogenic amines;
• enzymes.

It protects liver cells and hepatocyte membranes from destruction. Helps them accumulate phospholipids and protein molecules.

Milk thistle is used during diseases of chronic forms of hepatitis, uraturia, cholecystitis, nephrolithiasis and biliary dyskinesia.

It is used after treatment with nephrotoxic drugs, poisoning with alcohol, plant poisons and heavy metals, as well as to restore the body. The treatment removes toxins, free radicals and metals. It stimulates and improves the production of glutathione, and also helps to renew and rejuvenate cells in the liver.

Reception areas

Milk thistle is used for any liver disease. Starting from dyskinesia and cholecystitis to hepatitis and cirrhosis:

1. The plant contains anti-inflammatory, antihistamine and immunomodulating substances, so it helps not only treat, but also restore the body.
2. It is used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: duodenitis, gastritis, constipation and others.
3. Helps reduce cholesterol levels and improve the functioning of the cardiovascular system.
4. Copes with diseases of the genitourinary system: pyelonephritis, cystitis, urethritis and others.

This plant helps with many diseases, but it helps the liver best. Its components not only heal, but accelerate the regeneration of organ cells.

Many people have thought about how to take milk thistle seeds to treat the liver and prevent diseases. In pharmacies you can purchase ready-made preparations from this plant. Following the instructions and recommendations of the doctor, they can be taken both for treatment and for prevention.

Folk remedies

You can make your own medicine from milk thistle at home.

To do this, it is advisable to use the following tips.

1. To make oil from the seeds, you need to squeeze them out. This will allow you to preserve useful elements in maximum quantities. The seeds must be crushed and filled with vegetable oil in a ratio of 1:2. Place in a dark place for 20-22 days, and then strain.
2. Seed meal. After pressing, the seeds are dried and ground into flour. Store in a jar with a tightly screwed lid.
3. To prepare a decoction of the roots, you need to collect them in mid or late August. Finely chop and dry in the sun under a canopy. Place in a dark place for storage. If necessary, prepare a decoction.
4. Milk thistle flowers can be used to make tea. For preparation you will need petals dried in the sun. Before use, they are filled with water and drunk like regular tea.
5. You can make juice from the leaves by collecting the largest leaves of the plant and grinding them. After this, squeeze out the juice.
6. Sprouted seeds and powder. Grind the seeds in a coffee grinder and take 1 tbsp. l. in a day. You can also take sprouted seeds. They should be consumed before meals on an empty stomach.
7. Alcohol tincture with seeds. Grind the milk thistle seeds and immediately place them in a dark container. Fill with alcohol (or vodka) in a ratio of 1:5. Seal the bottle and place it in a dark, cool place. Leave for 3-6 days. Should be taken with caution and on the advice of a doctor.
8. Decoction of roots and seeds: 1 tbsp. l. crushed ingredients, pour 150-200 ml of water and cook over low heat for 15-20 minutes, without bringing to a boil. Then add another 200 ml of water to the broth. Take 1 tbsp. l. decoction a day before meals.
9. Infusion from seeds. The seeds must be finely chopped. Add 2 tsp. into a thermos and fill with water at about 40-50 degrees. Close it tightly and leave for 12-14 hours. Drink 100 ml before eating. Take courses for 14-18 days with a break of 10 days. Typically two courses per year are required.
10. During antibiotic treatment, you can consume milk thistle seed powder. Start drinking 1 tsp in the last days of treatment. during meals for 5-8 days.

Prevention

During preventive doses of milk thistle, active cleansing of the liver occurs. The cooking recipes are not complicated. There are several ways to take milk thistle seeds to cleanse the liver:

1. Decoction of seeds. To prepare, take 2 tsp. seeds and add 500 ml of water. Cook over low heat until half the liquid has evaporated. Strain and take 1 tbsp. l. 60-75 minutes after eating food. The course lasts a month.
2. Root decoction. It should be crushed and filled with 200-300 ml of hot water. Put on fire and boil for 25-35 minutes. Strain and take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day.
3. Seed powder. Helps cleanse the body and restore the liver. Grind the seeds to a powder. Place in a dark container and close tightly. Should be taken 25 minutes before eating food, 1 tsp.

When working in hazardous industries, you can take courses of milk thistle medicines. They will help remove toxins and harmful substances from the body. To cleanse the body you will need dry seeds. They are consumed 1 tsp. 3 times a day, washed down with a sufficient amount of non-carbonated water or tea.

If your body is poisoned with alcohol, you should take milk thistle seed oil. They drink 4-5 ml 3 times a day. The course of treatment lasts a month.

Contraindications

Like many medicines, milk thistle preparations and recipes have contraindications.

• pancreatitis;
• acute cholecystitis;
• liver failure;
• asthma;
• dyspnea;
• epilepsy;
• mental disorders in acute and chronic form;
• individual intolerance.

For cardiovascular and genitourinary diseases, milk thistle is used with caution and only under the supervision of a doctor.

To avoid unpleasant consequences, it is necessary to visit a doctor before starting treatment. He will prescribe the necessary tests and examinations, and then, based on their results, decide whether milk thistle can be used.