Milk thistle
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Name: Milk thistle
Latin name: Silybum marianum
Family: Asteraceae
Parts Used: Seeds
Taste: Bitter, sour
Energetics: Cooling
Key actions: Hepatoprotective, hepatoresorative, galactagogue, cholagogue
Precautions/Contraindications:
Avoid with known allergy to Asteraceae family.
Milk thistle is a very supportive herb to nursing mothers as she stimulates milk flow and production. Milk thistle also aids in restoring the liver to its proper structure and function.*