NOUN
- any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil
- tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
How To Use milk thistle In A Sentence
- Milk Thistle has a long history as a medicinal plant which can be used as a liver stimulant, for detoxification and as a liver tonic.
- Containing dandelion, burdock, sarsaparilla, milk thistle, liquorice, yellow dock, turmeric and red clover, a bottle provides about 30 servings as you dilute it with either still or sparkling water.
- You can also try taking milk thistle. The Sun
- Milk thistle works first by acting as an antioxidant. Times, Sunday Times
- Milk thistle may benefit those who drink too much over the holidays. The Sun
- The next afternoon I used the last of the swallowwort and milk thistle root to make the infusion for Meninx. Wildfire
- Milk thistle extract - long used as a liver tonic in European folk medicine - may be a far better nutritional supplement than its acclaimed herbal cousins.
- I also find spirulina and chlorella cleansing, and milk thistle is good with a longer detox.
- Milk thistle contains a flavonoid called silymarin, which has been shown to have a direct effect on liver cells. Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible
- Milk thistle has been used to treat hepatitis and alcoholic liver disease, both serious conditions way beyond drinking a bit too much. Times, Sunday Times
