Naming |
| Botanical Name: |
Silybum marianum, Carduus marianus
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| Common Names: |
Holy Thistle, Marian Thistle, Marystistle, Milk-thistle, St, Mary's Thistle, Wild Artichoke;
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| Key Name: |
Milk-thistle
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| 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
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| Organism |
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Characteristics |
| Identifying Character: |
L Gaertn, COMPOSITAE; Annual or Biannual
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| Stem: |
30 -150 cm Tall Erect, prominently grooved, seldom branched.
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| Leaves: |
Large, oblong, shiny, variegated and very spiny, sessile or clasping.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Cultivation: |
Wild plant. Easily grown from seed. In a sunny wel drained place. Sister Plants
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| Harvest: |
Flowering plant
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Medical |
| Therapeutic Action: |
Bitter Tonic Choleretic">Bitter Tonic Choleretic; Cholagogue; Diuretic.; Hypertensive.
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| 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; Leg Ulcers , Variscose Veins .
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| Constituents: |
Essential oil; Tyramine; Histamine; Silybin; Silymarine;
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| Solvents: |
Alcohol; Water;
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| Dosage: |
Decoction fluid extract oil powder Tincture
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| Administration: |
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| Formulas: |
Formula #154 Lower Blood sugar.
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| Preparation: |
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| Chinese: |
Contra-IndicationsSeed to be used only by qualified personnel;
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| Homeopathic: |
seeds used
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Pollination and Pollinators |
| Apis: |
No
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| Pollen: |
No
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| Nectar: |
No
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| Culinary Uses: |
Young Leaves, shoots, peeled stems, flower recepticals, and roots many be cooked and eaten
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| 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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