*purchased organic herb*

Milk Thistle (Silybum Marianum)

Taste: sweet, oily and mildly bitter

Energetics: relatively neutral, neither too warming/cooling or wet/drying

Actions: Alterative, Cholagogue, Demulcent, Galactagogue, Trophorestorative, Bitter Tonic,

Affinities: Circulatory System, Female Reproductive System, Hepatobiliary System

Preparations: Powdered Seed in capsule form, Decoction, Tincture of Seed

Contraindications: allergy to Asteraceae family

Herb-Drug Interaction: caution when taking antidiabetic drugs as the plant can work to enhance the effectiveness of these drugs causing a decrease in blood sugar