Milk thistle (Silybum marianum<\/i>)<\/b> is a medicinal herbaceous plant reaching 1.5 metres<\/b> in height, with characteristic large, wrinkled leaves. Its purple<\/i> flowers are gathered in a head.<\/p>\n
Milk thistle<\/b> is a valuable oilseed<\/b> and medicinal crop<\/b> grown for its seed, which is rich in biologically active substances, above all silymarin<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n
A safe supplement<\/i> that has shown great potential in the combined therapy of various conditions, including liver disease<\/b>, cancer<\/b> and diabetes<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Native to Asia<\/b> and Southern Europe<\/b>, it later spread to Western<\/b> and Eastern Europe<\/b>, Central<\/b> and Southern Africa<\/b> and the Americas<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The fruits of the plant<\/b> are used for medicinal purposes. Thanks to its properties, milk thistle is used in gastroenterology<\/i> and infectious disease medicine<\/i>.<\/p>\n
For example, the official hepatitis treatment protocols in Germany<\/b> include the use of milk thistle fruit.<\/p>\n
Milk thistle owes its pharmacological reputation to silymarin<\/i><\/b>, considered one of the strongest hepatoprotectors<\/b> (from the Latin<\/i> hepar \u2013 \u201cliver\u201d and protecto \u2013 \u201cto protect\u201d).<\/p>\n
Milk thistle for the liver<\/b> \u2013 thanks to its antioxidant properties<\/i>, silymarin helps with various intoxications, acute and chronic conditions, post-hepatitis states and cirrhosis of the liver<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6735,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[233],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3586","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product_cat-thistle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biligrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biligrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biligrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biligrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biligrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biligrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3586"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biligrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}