Tinctura carduus mariae Tinktura sikavice 30ml (Silybum marianum)

Milk thistle, cardus marianus, Marian thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is a big, strong and imposing biennial herbaceous plant from Asteraceae plant family that grows up to 150 cm. Originally a native of Southern Europe through to Asia, now found throughout the world. The leaves are brindle and dotted with white stripes. Flowers and leaves are prickly. Grows close to end of roads with settlements in the southern regions and in the coastal region. Flowers in summer, in the second year. Flower is gorgeous purple color.

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) gets its name from the milky sap that comes out of the leaves when they are broken. The leaves also have unique white markings that, according to legend, were the Virgin Mary's milk. The above ground parts and seeds are used to make medicine. The seeds are more commonly used.

Medicinal and "detox" properties of milk thistle (Silybum marianum) and its preparations, specially mother tincture (Tinctura carduus mariae, milk thistle tincture) are well known for numerous  beneficial properties for human organism and its "cleaning organ" ~ liver;

• Perfect solution for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

• First aid in liver disease caused by excessive use of alcohol

• Liver scarring (cirrhosis), might reduce the risk of death and improve liver function in people with cirrhosis

• Nature's best remedy in tretment of Hepatitis, Hepatis B and Hepatitis C

• Liver damage caused by chemicals (pharmaceuticals /prescription drugs or/and "street drugs" and other similar substances

• Improves mental function and promotes disease stabilization in people with Parkinson's disease (PD)

• May lessen liver damage caused by Amanita phalloides mushroom (death cap) poisoning

• Reduces seasonal allergies

• Effective in hangover recovery and brings back vitality 

• Can help with enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia)

• Might provide some benefits in care of blood disorder called beta-thalassemia

• Chemotherapy toxicity

Health benefits of milk thistle (Tinctura carduus mariae, milk thistle tincture) 

Milk thistle (Tinctura carduus mariae) is used orally, most often for liver disorders, including liver damage caused by chemicals, alcohol, and chemotherapy, as well as liver damage caused by Amanita phalloides (death cap) mushroom poisoning, jaundice, chronic inflammatory liver disease, cirrhosis of the liver, and chronic hepatitis, loss of appetite, heartburn (dyspepsia), gallbladder complaints, enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia), a blood disorder called beta-thalassemia, and infertility.

Traditional milk thistle (Silybum marianum) extract (Tinctura carduus mariae, milk thistle tincture) is made from the seeds, which contain approximately 4–6% silymarin. The extract consists of about 65–80% silymarin (a flavonolignan complex) and 20–35% fatty acids, including linoleic acid.

 Silymarin is a complex mixture of polyphenolic molecules, including seven closely related flavonolignans (silybin A, silybin B, isosilybin A, isosilybin B, silychristin, isosilychristin, silydianin) and one flavonoid (taxifolin). Silibinin, a semipurified fraction of silymarin, is primarily a mixture of 2 diastereoisomers, silybin A and silybin B, in a roughly 1:1 ratio.

It has been scientifically proven that silymarin restores liver cells and stimulates their growth. Silymarin increases glutathione levels in the liver by 35%. Glutathione is an important antioxidant for protecting the liver, and its level falls if we are daily exposed to high levels of toxins.   Milk thistle (Silybum marianum)  protects the liver from the devastating effects of many drugs, and has the power to expel chemicals alcohol, heavy metals and radiation from the body.

Silymarin is gaining in importance as the only means of restoring and protecting the liver in cases of hepatitis and liver cirrhosis.