Milk thistle may help support skin and liver health because it contains silymarin, an antioxidant. It also contains silibinin, which researchers have found inhibited cancer growth in some animals. But ...

Milk thistle is an invaluable herbal remedy thanks to its digestive, purifying, and detoxifying properties. It’s especially helpful for the liver on those occasions when we may have overindulged with ...

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is a flowering herb native to Mediterranean regions and has been used for centuries in traditional medicine. Its active ingredient, silymarin, is a group of flavonoids ...

A new study finds that the herb milk thistle may help treat liver inflammation in cancer patients who receive chemotherapy. The study indicates that the herb could allow patients to take potent doses ...

So we’re halfway through December and while most of us will have a few Christmas parties already under our belts, the vast majority of excess lunching and boozing is still ahead of us. In marathon ...

Many supplements are thought to affect diabetes in a positive manner. Taking a daily supplement of extracts from milk thistle has been found to have a significant impact on fasting glucose levels. The ...

A new study shows that the milk thistle extract, silibinin, interferes with cell signaling that otherwise leads to the production of tumor-causing enzymes COX2 and iNOS. Tissue with wound-like ...