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Article: Milk thistle helps treat liver disease but ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  December 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... effective in treating liver disease, and most milk thistle compounds are usually ... cells. Due to its liver support, milk thistle is often used anytime ... every six months. If liver disease is detected, milk thistle might be helpful at ...

Article: Milk thistle beneficial for liver
New Straits Times;  April 3, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Times 04-03-2001 Milk thistle beneficial for liver Edition: The City Advertiser ... 2* Section: Health MILK thistle, or St Mary's Thistle ... milky-white veins. Milk thistle contains some of the most potent liver-protective substances ...

Article: Milk thistle.(Liver ...
Men's Health Advisor;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... ailments, particularly liver disorders. Numerous ... the benefits of milk thistle, but no research ... Clinic. What IS It? Milk thistle is believed to help protect the liver and improve liver ... people treated with milk thistle for chronic hepatitis ... inflammation of ...

Article: Milk Thistle: Effects on Liver Disease and ...
Pamphlet by: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Alt Med Mod);  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... diseases and to protect the liver against a variety of ... report: 1. Effects of milk thistle on liver disease of alcohol ... efficacy were reports on liver disease and clinical ... in humans comparing milk thistle with placebo, no milk ...

Article: Milk thistle and the liver: recent ...
Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... 2000 on the use of milk thistle extract in patients with chronic liver disease, including hepatitis C. (6) Milk thistle treatment resulted ... misconception concerning milk thistle is that, since it is a liver herb, it is likely ...

Article: Milk thistle's not 'just' for the liver any ...
Better Nutrition;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... effectiveness and safety of silymarin, the main chemical complex of milk thistle seeds in the treatment of liver disease." Milk thistle has proven its ability to protect the liver from damage due to alcohol and other toxins, and to cure damage ...

Article: Milk Thistle: Herbal Hero to the Liver.
Environmental Nutrition;  April 1, 2001 ;     621 words ... ... In Germany, milk thistle is approved to treat chronic liver diseases (e ... s evidence milk thistle can help protect ... even restore, liver function. If ... from a chronic liver disease, you may want to make milk thistle part of your ...