Milk thistle (silymarin) is a flowering herb related to the daisy and ragweed family. It is native to Mediterranean countries. Some people also call it Mary thistle and holy thistle. Some studies ...

Milk thistle herb protects cancer patients from chemotherapy-associated liver toxicity Date: December 27, 2009 Source: Wiley - Blackwell Summary: A new study finds that the herb milk thistle may ...

Twenty-eight days after receiving the herb or placebo, children who had been given milk thistle showed significantly lower levels of AST and a trend towards considerably lower levels of ALT.