MILK THISTLE COLD PRESSED OIL - 100 ML.

Milk thistle has been used as a natural remedy to help with liver problems, including fatty liver disease, for centuries. A well-known antioxidant, anti-viral which helps protect the liver from various toxins, and detoxify the liver. This oil is mainly known for its beneficial effects on the liver. Supports the liver's regeneration and creates a natural barrier against poisons. It promotes the production of bile and prevents the creation of gallstones. Maintains good health of your gallbladder.

Milk thistle oil is a rich source of antioxidants and flavonolignans silymarin, which makes it an excellent and natural cure for various illnesses. It works in a greater manner on your liver function, bile secretion, etc. It is known with different names throughout the world. Botanical named Silybum marianum has other common names include cardus marianus milk thistle, blessed milk thistle, Marian Thistle, Mary Thistle, Saint Mary's Thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, variegated thistle, Scotch thistle. This species is an annual or biennial plant of the Asteraceae family. This fairly typical thistle has red to purple flowers and shiny pale green leaves with white veins. Originally a native of Southern Europe through to Asia, it is now found throughout the world. The medicinal parts of the plant are the ripe seeds.

Milk thistle is mainly known for its beneficial effects on the liver. It supports its regeneration and creates a natural barrier against such poisons as alcohol, medicine, pesticides, or heavy metals. It promotes the production of bile and prevents the creation of gallstones. It is recommended for viral hepatitis, different kinds of addiction and it supports healthy liver function in alcoholism. It also prevents bladder problems.

Silymarin (the main anti virus chemical found in milk thistle) flavonolignans are well-known agents that typically possess antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective functions. Recent studies have also documented the antiviral activities of silymarin and its derivatives against several viruses, including the flaviviruses (hepatitis C virus and dengue virus), togaviruses (Chikungunya virus and Mayaro virus), influenza virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and hepatitis B virus. This review will describe some of the latest preclinical and clinical studies detailing the antiviral profiles of silymarin and its derivatives, and discuss their relevance for antiviral drug development.

Milk thistle (silymarin), a commonly used alternative medicine for liver problems, is well established as liver-protective, says Peter Ferenci, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of Vienna, Austria. Milk thistle oil may be very good for patients who have developed acute liver disease from drugs, environmental toxins or ethanol or mushroom poisoning.

Moreover, milk thistle oil:

• Helps reduce blood sugar level;
• used for the fatty lever,
• Helps eliminates migraine headaches;
• Helps strengthen blood vessel walls (prevents nose bleeding, large intestine bleeding, hemorrhoids);
• Helps control bleeding during a period;
• Helps lower the level of ‘bad cholesterol’, prevents atherosclerosis;
• Helps strengthen the immune system;
• Helps regulate digestion, improves appetite;
• Helps improve eyesight;
• it is protective herbal oil to be used during treatment and after the treatment with strong antibiotics, antiviral drugs and after chemotherapy.

When applied externally, it helps:

• heal wounds, decubitus ulcers, ulceration, burns;
• treating eczema, psoriasis, erythema resulting from acne;
• prevent cornification of the epidermis.

It has a slightly bitter nutty flavor and yellow-brown color. Sold in dark glass bottles.

It’s a great addition to salads and other cold dishes. It’s definitely worth to have this healthy oil in your kitchen. For the therapeutic effect eat a teaspoon of oil three times a day before meals. Prophylactically, eat one teaspoon a day.

Benefits of milk thistle:

Protects the liver: It may improve liver function by keeping away the toxic particles from joining the liver cells. It is generally used by people who have liver damage due to conditions like alcoholic liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatitis, and even liver cancer.

Brain function: Milk thistle is used as a remedy for neurological conditions like Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s disease,  cerebral ischemia for many years. It helps prevent oxidative damage to brain cells, which in turn helps to prevent mental aging. Its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties mean it helps prevent the decline in brain function you experience as you age.

Diabetes:  Some research shows that taking silymarin, a chemical found in milk thistle, along with conventional treatment can help decrease blood sugar, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL or "bad") cholesterol, and triglycerides in people with diabetes. Other early research suggests that taking silymarin three times daily helps reduce insulin resistance in people with diabetes and liver disease caused by alcoholism. But talking silybin, another chemical found in milk thistle, daily for 4 weeks does not seem to affect blood sugar levels in people with diabetes.

Treating spikes in blood glucose levels: Research showed that patients who consumed 200 mg of silymarin thrice daily for about four months had drastic declines in their blood sugar levels when compared with patients who consumed only a prescribed anti-diabetic drug. Another study showed that daily consumption of silymarin can lower HbA1c levels (a laboratory value reflecting 3-month average blood sugar levels). 

Promoting the production of breast milk: One clinical study was conducted on 50 lactating women who consumed 420 mg of silymarin daily for 63 days. The results of this study revealed that milk production in such women showed an increase of 85.94% in comparison to healthy controls. This study concluded that silymarin is safe and effective to enhance milk production in lactating mothers.

Improves allergic asthma symptoms: The active ingredient in milk thistle can help to reduce inflammation.

Promotes skin health: Milk thistle oil may be used topically to improve skin health. It is found that milk thistle helped improve inflammatory skin conditions when applied to the skin of mice. Milk thistle was also found to have antioxidant and anti-aging effects on human skin cells.

Fatty Liver and milk thistle oil: Fatty liver is becoming increasingly common in many parts of the world, affecting about 25% of people globally. It is linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other disorders characterized by insulin resistance. 

Helps lower high cholesterol:  Milk thistle benefits heart health and helps lower high cholesterol levels by reducing inflammation, cleaning the blood, and preventing oxidative stress damage within the arteries.

Dosage: Please check with your physician. Generally suggested dosage is 15-20 drops of milk thistle oil for a healthy adult every day for 90 days max.