Milk thistle - solution for optimal liver health

Thanks to silymarin, the main active ingredient in milk thistle, this plant promotes liver health. Milk thistle also contains bioactive flavonoids that help to regulate cellular activity. Let's take a look at how you can benefit from the healing effects of these natural ingredients.

The effect of milk thistle

Milk thistle is a stimulant for the liver and contributes to the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism by supporting the utilisation of insulin. Improved liver function could lead to better glucose and fat metabolism.

The active ingredients of milk thistle are silymarin and water-soluble flavonoids (quercetin and taxifolin), which together protect the cytochrome p450 enzyme system.

This system acts as a catalyst for detoxification: it breaks down harmful fungal toxins, xenobiotics and pesticides. Glyphosate damages this enzyme system, which plays an important role in the basic regulation of metabolism in the body and in maintaining a healthy hormone balance.

The active ingredients of milk thistle

The active ingredients in milk thistle protect and regenerate the liver and the epithelial cells of the renal tubules.

Fulvicherb - Synergy contains besides Fulvic acid a "milk thistle module" that contains GMO-free Sunflower lecithin contains no phytoestrogens and supports the absorption of oily extracts such as silymarin.

What is Sylimarin?

The most important active ingredients of silymarin are silibinin, silidianin and silychristin. It contains several other bioactive flavonoids (quercetin and taxifolin). It has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

The active components of silymarin bind effectively to the liver cells and can thus effectively prevent toxins from entering the liver.

In addition, silymarin can neutralise the effects of toxins that have already reached the liver.

Milk thistle Use: Liver - regeneration

Thanks to the neutralising effect of silymarin, liver cells are better able to combat xenobiotics and biogenic amines. By supporting the cytochrome P450 enzymes - which play a key role in the metabolism of drugs - a milk thistle extract restores the body's hormonal balance in patients suffering from endometriosis and endothelial hyperplasia due to its estrogen-regulating properties (G. Karimi et al., 2011: "Silymarin", a Promising Pharmacological Agent for Treatment of Diseases, Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. July-Aug 2011, Vol. 14, No. 4, 308-317).

Milk thistle Use: Nieren - Support

In the kidneys, silymarin accumulates in the cells and supports the regeneration processes in the epithelial cells of the renal tubules. It has been proven that silymarin protects animals from Kidney damage by toxins (Barbara L. Minton: Milk Thistle: The Herb for Liver Health and More, European Journal of Cancer, April 2008).

What are flavonoglycans

Flavonoglycans are known for their hepatoprotective effect. Their active ingredient complex stimulates the function of DNA polymerases (important enzymes for DNA replication), which stimulates the synthesis and regeneration of liver cells and stabilises their membranes. Milk thistle improves and strengthens liver function by preventing the excretion of glutathione, a tripeptide of three amino acids produced in the liver - it acts as a detoxifying agent. Experiments have shown that milk thistle is able to increase the glutathione concentration by 35%.

The antioxidant effect of milk thistle

Due to its antioxidant properties, milk thistle can protect against the hepatotoxic effects of various toxins (e.g. α-amanitin and phalloidin), which occur in deadwood fungi, as well as heavy metals (lead, mercury) and biogenic amines.

Milk thistle has an antioxidant effect and neutralises harmful free radicals even more strongly than vitamin C and vitamin E.

Vitamin C is a synergist of silymarin. That's why we have added vitamin C to Fulvicherb - Synergy in its natural form from Dog rose added.

Milk thistle also helps to eliminate metabolic toxins.

Milk thistle in history

Milk thistle was used for medicinal purposes by the ancient Greeks and Romans thousands of years ago. In their works, the Greek physician and pharmacologist Pedanius Dioscorides and the Roman naturalist and natural philosopher Pliny describe the effectiveness of milk thistle in promoting liver health. Medieval herbal medicine publications, including the Herbárium (1578) by the Hungarian botanist, writer and theologian Péter Melius Juhász, also refer to the healing properties of milk thistle.

Milk thistle - Science

Several recent experiments on various domestic animal species have shown the positive effect of milk thistle, particularly due to its liver-healing properties. The results indicate that milk thistle neutralises free radicals.

The active ingredients in milk thistle are effective against xenobiotics: chemical substances that occur in an organism, are foreign to it and damage the liver. In addition to other positive properties, milk thistle extract also offers protection against fungal toxins that can be found in cereals.

This medicinal herb can be used safely in all cases: There are no reports of interactions with other drugs (Lidia Radko, Wojciech Cybulski (2007): Application of silymarin in human and veterinary medicine, Journal of Pre-Clinical and Clinical Research, Vol. 1, 1/2007, 022-026).