Description

Milk Thistle 60???s

Milk Thistle is an herbal supplement that detoxifies and protects vital liver
functions and more. Milk thistle has been used for over 2,000 years as a natural
treatment for liver disorders, for bile ducts, the spleen and even mushroom poisoning.
Its use was documented by Theophrastus in 4 B.C. The plant is known in scientific
circles as the Silybum marianum but it is more commonly known as ???milk thistle??.
It is an herbaceous annual or biennial plant belonging to the Asteraceae family
that can grow to be ten feet tall with flowers that are red and purple in colour.
Milk thistle gets its name from the milky white fluid that comes from the plant???s
leaves when they are crushed. It is native to southern Europe, southern Russia,
Asia Minor, and North Africa, and has also been naturalized to North and South America.