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Silybum marianum

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Naming

Botanical Name: Silybum marianum
Common Names: Holy Thistle, Marian Thistle, Marystistle, Milk-thistle, St, Mary's Thistle, Wild Artichoke;
Key Name: silybum_marianum
Parts Used: Powdered seed; fresh and lried leaves; Whole and dried flowering plant; Fresh root; fresh youngstems and shoots; freash recepticale.
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Taxonomy

Kingdom Viridiplantae Phylum Streptophyta
Class Magnoliopsida Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae Genus Silybum
Species marianum NCBI Tax ID 92921
Organism

Characteristics

Identifying Character: L Gaertn, COMPOSITAE; Annual or Biannual Stem:30 -150 cm Tall Erect, prominently grooved, seldom branched. Leaves:Large, oblong, shiny, variegated and very spiny, sessile or clasping. flowers:Violet-purple, Thistle-like to 5 cm lon, usually solitary and surrounded at the in a hemispherical capitula base by long spiny appendages. Late summer to early autum. Root: Fruit:Blackish, specked, ovovoid achene wigh a long white papp Taste: Odour:
Stem: 30 -150 cm Tall Erect, prominently grooved, seldom branched.
Leaves: Large, oblong, shiny, variegated and very spiny, sessile or clasping.
Flowers: Violet-purple, Thistle-like to 5 cm lon, usually solitary and surrounded at the in a hemispherical capitula base by long spiny appendages. Late summer to early autum.
Fruit: Blackish, specked, ovovoid achene wigh a long white papp
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Distribution

Distribution: Native to central and west Europe, Introduced and naturalized in California and elsewhere. Naturalised to Britain. Dry rocky soils, stony soils to 600m altitude.
Cultivation: Wild plant. Easily grown from seed. In a sunny wel drained place.
Harvest: Flowering plant

Medical

Therapeutic Action: Bitter Tonic Choleretic">Bitter Tonic Choleretic; Cholagogue; Diuretic.; Hypertensive.
Medical Uses: Whole Plant, Appetite Stimulant; Digestive, Dyspepsia, Liver said to regenerate tissue">Liver said to regenerate tissue, Gall bladder; Stimulate flow of Bile, Powdered Seed: Taken in emulsion are markedly Choleretic and used in cardiovascular disorders, Jaundice , Gallstones colic">Gallstones colic; Leg Ulcers , Variscose Veins .
Constituents: Essential oil; Tyramine; Histamine; Silybin; Silymarine;
Solvents: Alcohol; Water;
Dosage: Decoction fluid extract oil powder Tincture
Administration:
Formulas: Formula #154 Lower Blood sugar.
Contra Indications: Seed to be used only by qualified personnel;
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Homeopathic: seeds used

Pollination and Pollinators

Apis: No
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Pollen: No
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Nectar: No
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Other

Non-Medical Uses:
Culinary Uses: Young Leaves, shoots, peeled stems, flower recepticals, and roots many be cooked and eaten
History:
Reference: 1 The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Herbalism Stuart; 2 The Herb Book John Lust; 5 School of Natural Healing Dr. John R. Christopher; 24 The Herbalist Joseph #. Meyer; 38 The Illustrated Book of Herbs Their Medicinal and Culinary uses; Edited by Sarah Bunney;
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