Plant |
English |
Milk thistle, Blessed mary's thistle, Blessed milkthistle, Blessed thistle, Holy thistle, Lady’s thistle, Lady's milk, Lady's thistle, Lady thistle, Marian thistle, Mary's thistle, Mary thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, Our lady's milk thistle, Our lady's thistle, Saint mary's thistle, Silybum marianum, Spotted thistle, St. mary’s thistle, St. mary's milk thistle, St. mary's thistle, Variegated thistle |
Latin |
Silybum marianum (L.) Gärtn., Carduus marianus L., Silybum marianum Gaertn. |
Plantparts | Achene, Blossom, Grass, Roots, Seed, Stalk, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Abdominal distension, Abdominal trouble, abscess, Abscesses, Adstringent, Affections of the liver, Aids digestion, Ankle ulcer, Anti-abscess, Anti-bacterial, Antibacterial Agent, Anti-cirrhotic, Antidepressant, Antidepressive, Antidote to amanita poisoning, Antifertility, Antifertility Agent, Anti-hemorrhoidal, Anti-hepatitic, Anti-hepatotoxic, antiinfective, antiinflammatory agent in liver diseases, Anti-Migraine, Antioxidant, Antiseptic, Aperient, Asthenia of liver, Astrigent, Astringent, Bactericidal, Bactericide, Bacteriostatic, bad digestion, baktericidal, benificial effect on the digestion, benificial effect on the liver, biliary disorders, Bilious affection, Biliousness, Bitter, Bitter Tonic, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, boils, car sickness, catharic, Cathartic, Childlessness, cholagogic, Cholagogue, Choleretic, cirrhosis, cirrhosis of the liver, Cleanses the blood, Communicable disease, complaints of the stomach, complaints of urinary system, constipation, Costive, Costiveness, cough, Coughing, Coughs, Depression, depurant, Depurative, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, Disdorders of the bile, disease of the gall, disease of the liver, disease of the stomach, Disinfectant, disorders of the liver, disorders of the urinary passage, dispepsia, diuretic, Dyschezia, dyspepsia, Dyssynergic defaecation, emetic, Eupeptic, Expellant of bile, Febrile response, fever, feverish condition, Fevers, Gall complaints, gastrointestinal, Gastrointestinal disorder, Gastropathy, General infection, Good for digestion, good for the liver, good for the stomach, haemorrhoids, Hemorrhoid, hemorrhoids, Hepatic, hepatic disease, Hepatic disorders, hepatic problems, Hepatitis, Hepatoprotective, Herbal tonic, hidrotic, hobnail, Icterus, improves digestion, increase the bile secretion, Indigestion, Induce sweating, induce vomiting, Infection, infection in general, Infections, infections in general, Infectious disease, Infectious diseases, Infertility, infertility problems, inflammation of the liver, Intestinal affections, intestinal complaints, intestinal diseases, intestinal disorders, intestinal problem, intestinal problems, Jaundice, Kinetosis, lack of sexual power, Laxative, leg sore, Liver ailments, liver complaints, liver diseases, Liver disorders, liver inflammation, Liverishness, liver problems, Liver protectant, Lung ailments, Lung complaints, lung disease, lung diseases, lung disorders, Lung problems, Megrin, migraine, Migraine Headache, Motion sickness, movements of the bowel, Pick-me-up, Piles, Poisoning, Poisonings, Poor digestion, problems in the urinary system, Promotes digestion, Psychostimulants, Pulmonary Conditions, pulmonary disease, Pungent, purgative, purify blood, purify the blood, Pyrexia, Sexual weakness, sores on the lower legs, stimulant, Stimulants, stimulates digestion, stimulates the bile ducts, Stimulates the flow of bile, Stimulates the gallbladder, stimulating, stitch, Stomach aliment, stomach atony, stomach complaints, stomach debility, Stomach disease, stomach disorders, Stomachic, stomach lassitude, stomach problems, stomach tonic, Stomach trouble, sudorific, sweat-inducing, to cleanse the blood, Tonic, Transmissible disease, Travel sickness, Trigeminal neuralgia, Urinary diseases, urinary disorders, urinary problems, Urinary tract ailments, Urinary-tract diseases, Used as an antiseptic, Used as a stimulant, Used in the treatment of cough, Used in the treatment of liver disorders, Varicose veins, varicose vessel, varix, vomitive, Warming digestive, weak stomach |
Cancer |
Anticancer (Colon), Anti-Cancer (Skin), Bowel cancer, cancer of intestine, Colon cancer, Colorectal cancer, intestine cancer, Skin cancer |
Women's diseases |
Absence of a menstrual period, Amenorrhea, Amenorrhœa, Amenorrhoea, Amenorrhœa, Amenorrhoea, Diseases of uterus, encourages menstruation, promote the onset of menstruation, Womb Ailments |
Homoeopathically uses |
homoeopathically use, Homoeopathically uses, liver disease |
Foods |
coffee substitute, Substitute for coffee, used as a coffee additive |
Other uses |
Soil conditioner, soil improvement |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used in Israel, the Golan Heights and the West Bank region, Phytomedical used in Sarban Hills, Abbotabad, KP, Pakistan, Phytomedical used in West Bank, Palestine, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Cyprus |
Ingredients |
  | 4-5-7-Trihydroxy-3-5-Dimethoxy-Flavanone, albumin, aluminium, amine, Apigenin, Arachidic acid, ascorbic acid, ash, Behenic acid, Beta-Sitosterol, Bitter Components, Calcium, Chromium, Chrysoeriol, Cnicin, cobalt, Copper, Cysteine, Dyes, essential oil, Ethylene, fat, fat oil, Fibres, fixed oil, Flavin, flavonoid, Flavonolignan, fructose, fumaric acid, Gamma-aminobutyric acid, glucose, Glutamic acid, Glycine, histamine, iron, Kaempferol, Leucine, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, Luteolin, magnesium, manganese, mucilage, Myristic acid, Naringenin, Niacin, Nickel, nitrate, Oleic acid, Palmitic acid, phosphorus, potassium, Proline, protein, Quercetin, resin, Selenium, Silibinin, silicon, Silychristin, Silydianin, silymarin, sodium, Stearic acid, Tanning agents, Taxifolin, Tin, Trimethylglycine, tyramine, Vegetable oil, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, water, zinc, Β-Carotene |
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