MILK THISTLE

Herbalists and some doctors have used milk thistle, also known as Mary thistle and holy thistle, for hundreds of years to treat liver and gallbladder problems. Milk thistle has also been used to protect the liver against environmental toxins. Some of the conditions treated by milk thistle include:

• Hepatitis (a disease affecting your liver)
• Cirrhosis (scar tissue replaces your healthy liver cells)
• Jaundice (skin and the whites of your eyes turn yellow)
• bile-duct function (inhibited ability to carry bile duct from the liver to the gallbladder)