Milk Thistle Tincture or Pills
Milk Thistle Tincture or Pills
General:
Milk Thistle has been widely studied and scientifically proven to:
- Be Hepatoprotective - This means it helps protect the liver from damage.
- Be Hepatorestorative - This means it helps heal liver cells.
- Provide essential oils
- Contain valuable trace minerals
- Have Betaine (Trimethyglycine) - a powerful glutathione regenerator
Glutathione is the body's primary antioxidant; its depletion is common during disease.
Providing additional glutathione by adding Betaine is one way to heal the body's diseased tissues.
Rationale:
Milk Thistle is an excellent supplement for liver support. Most products come in pill form, as seen with our Silymarin 80 product. This product is in an alcohol-FREE tincture. It is a great way to supplement Milk Thistle in cats, reptiles, small dogs, and birds.
Indications:
Consider Milk Thistle for:
- Chronic Liver disease
- Acute Hepatitis
- Viral Hepatitis
- Liver poisonings including aflatoxins (see our article on aflatoxins)
- When using drugs that can injure the liver (NSAIDS, Phenobarbitol)
- Preventative in animals with a history of liver disease
- Early stages of liver enzyme elevation
- Lead and Zinc poisoning
- Inflammatory cardiac (Heart) diseases
- Kidney disease
- Immune modulation
- Antioxidation
- Delays the onset and severity of diabetes
- Effective for pancreatitis
- Liver cirrhosis