Milk thistle is an edible herbaceous annual or biennial plant with a dense prickly flower head with purplish tubular flowers. This storied herb has been used in liver preparations since antiquity: Greek physician, Dioscorides, provides the oldest ref...
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Description
Milk thistle is an edible herbaceous annual or biennial plant with a dense prickly flower head with purplish tubular flowers. This storied herb has been used in liver preparations since antiquity: Greek physician, Dioscorides, provides the oldest reference of its value; Theophrastus mentioned milk thistle around the 4th century; and Pliny the Elder wrote on the effects of bile flow by milk thistle, calling it "Silybum" around the 1st century, A.D.
Today, milk thistle is best known as a producer of silymarin, a flavonoid complex (silybinin, isosilybinin, silychristin, and silydianin, etc.) that provides powerful liver support. The milk thistle in commerce is a standardized extracts prepared from the fruits (seeds) of Silybum marianum.
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Directions
Apply Bianca Rosa salve/ointment morning and evenings, or as directed by a health care practitioner. On a moist cotton wool pad or with the fingertips, apply to the desired area of the body. Massage onto thoroughly cleansed skin with a gentle circular motion.
Cautions
Not to be used during pregnancy and lactation. Do not exceed recommended dose.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Products are intended to support general well being and are not intended to treat, diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or cure any condition or disease. If conditions persist, please seek advice from your medical doctor. The essence of the current American rule on Traditional Uses is, as stated by FTC, "Claims based on historical or traditional use should be substantiated by confirming scientific evidence, or should be presented in such a way that consumers understand that the sole basis for the claim is a history of use of the product for a particular purpose."
