Composition of milk thistle oil
All the benefits of seed squeeze lie in its unique and rich chemical composition. It helps fight many diseases and is an almost universal medicine.
- Of the vitamins, most of them are B vitamins, as well as Vitamins E, A, K, D.
- Microelements include calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc, manganese, and selenium.
- Essential fatty acids are Omega 6 and 9.
- Flavonoids, saponins, histamine, tannins, resins.
Milk thistle tea recipe
Most often, milk thistle is used to make tea. There are many recipes for this drink, but losing weight will be more effective if you drink tea prepared according to the recipe we offer you below. We will need:
- thistle seed flour – 1 tsp;
- mint – 1-2 leaves;
- water – 200 ml.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Pour a teaspoon of meal into a mug, put mint, and pour a glass of boiling water. It is better to use a cup with an infuser strainer and a lid.
- Cover with a lid and let sit for 20 minutes.
- Then strain the liquid or remove the strainer in which the grass has settled.
- It is better to drink this herbal tea hot or warm, half a glass in the morning and evening.
Milk thistle oil: benefits and applications
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids have a positive effect on the functioning of the entire cardiovascular system. With regular use of the squeeze, you can normalize blood pressure and cholesterol levels, get rid of hypertension, strengthen the walls of blood vessels, thereby reducing the risk of heart attack, atherosclerosis, and the formation of cholesterol plaques.
- Very good for the immune system, considered a real elixir of health. The rich vitamin and mineral complex helps resist colds, makes it easier to endure ARVI, and gets sick less often. It will be enough to take a teaspoon of milk thistle in late autumn for three weeks.
- It has always been used to restore and maintain the liver. It helps to recover faster from cirrhosis, mononucleosis, and hepatitis. Thistle enhances the production of healthy liver cells to replace damaged tissue. Helps restore the liver after long-term use of medications, radiation, chemotherapy, and alcohol. In ancient times, thistle was used as an antidote for snake and poisonous spider bites.
- The squeeze has a good healing, anti-inflammatory, and soothing effect. Effective use (externally) for psoriasis, allergic and acne rashes, furunculosis, suppuration, bedsores. The content of Vitamin E promotes rapid healing of wounds and active cell regeneration.
- It has proven itself in the treatment of gastritis, peptic ulcers, and constipation. It is enough to drink a teaspoon every morning on an empty stomach, followed by water after 10 minutes. You will notice that you are no longer bothered by colic, abdominal pain, bloating, and flatulence.
- Strengthens the nervous system, improves memory and vision.
- It is recommended to use it in the form of rinses, applications, turundas, for diseases of the throat, ear, nose. Helps with pharyngitis, rhinitis, otitis, tonsillitis, stomatitis, periodontal disease.
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Useful properties of milk thistle meal
It has been used in folk medicine for a long time. The properties of the drug have been scientifically studied by official medicine and proven by scientific research in the 70s of the last century by scientists at the University of Munich. The study consisted of conducting an experiment on rats: first, the animals were given substances that destroyed the liver. So in 4 months, 100% of the rats died. Then other experimental animals were given milk thistle along with destructive components: as a result, only 30% died.
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In 2002, the World Health Organization included milk thistle meal in the list of official drugs recommended for use in liver diseases.
Now let's move on to the medicinal and healing properties.
Restores liver cells
Silymarin restores damaged and destroyed liver cells - hepatocytes. Those cells that have stopped functioning, with regular consumption of meal, begin to work normally after 14 days, and the destruction processes stop.
Stimulates the formation of new liver cells
Milk thistle meal stimulates the formation of new cells in the liver. He owes this to silymarin. The biologically active substance helps the liver produce proteins - building materials for new cellular structures.
Helps the liver deal with poisons
Silymarin is involved in oxidative processes in the liver and helps remove poisons: alcohol, drugs, industrial substances and plants. If you drink alcohol excessively, you need to drink milk thistle meal to get in shape faster.
Acts as an antioxidant
The human body produces free radicals, which do not cause harm if their action is blocked by antioxidants. But an unhealthy lifestyle, environmental deterioration and junk food provoke a deficiency of antioxidants. Free radicals that do not react with antioxidants have a detrimental effect on the human body: they destroy cells, lower immunity, and cause inflammation. They act as provocateurs of stroke, varicose veins, arthritis, asthma and cause cancer. The active substances in the meal act as antioxidants that neutralize the effects of free radicals on the liver and other organs of the body.
Has a laxative effect
Milk thistle meal has been found to be used as a remedy for constipation, as it contains fiber in large quantities. Coarse husk cleans processed products from the intestinal walls and irritates them, stimulating peristalsis.
Enhances bile production
The active substances contained in the shell of milk thistle seeds cause the gallbladder to produce bile and improve the outflow. Bile helps process large amounts of food, fatty foods and normalizes fat metabolism.
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Helps you lose weight
There are no components in milk thistle itself or its products that burn fat or dull appetite. But many obese people cannot lose weight due to intoxication of the body, constipation, and poor digestion of food. By helping the intestines empty, regulating fat metabolism and ridding the liver of poisons, milk thistle meal plays a supporting role in weight loss.
How to take milk thistle extract
1. Just for prevention
It is recommended to take a small teaspoon 3 times a day after meals, the course is 4-8 weeks. Can be added to prepared salads and porridges.
2. For gynecological diseases
Which are accompanied by severe itching, vaginal dryness during menopause, atrophic vaginitis. Prepare a swab from a sterile bandage, moisten it in 3 ml. squeeze, insert into the vagina at night. The course of treatment is 10-12 weeks.
3. For the treatment of pancreatitis, gastritis, stomach ulcers
It is recommended to mix a glass of milk thistle extract with half a glass of pumpkin seed oil and add a few drops of mint essential oil.
Take a tablespoon for pancreatitis (a teaspoon for gastritis and ulcers) three times a day 30 minutes before meals. The course of treatment is four weeks for pancreatitis and 3-4 months for gastritis and ulcers. Then it is better to take a break and continue taking it if necessary.
4. For the treatment of hepatitis
It is recommended to drink the juice in its pure form on an empty stomach before breakfast and dinner, one teaspoon at a time. The course of treatment is a month, then a break for 10 days and then continue treatment.
5. For the treatment of hemorrhoids
It is recommended to do a regular cleansing enema, and then, after lubricating the anus with oil, do an enema of 30 ml. clean oil.
6. For diabetes
You can drink a teaspoon of the squeeze thirty minutes before meals. The course lasts a month, then it is advisable to take a week's break, then continue taking the squeeze.
7. For the treatment of constipation
The squeeze has a laxative effect. If you have problems with bowel movements, take pure oil three times a day, a teaspoon before meals. Within two days the problem will disappear, and in the future your intestines will work like clockwork.
8. For the treatment of skin diseases
For various skin lesions, the product is applied externally, problem areas are treated or a napkin soaked in oil is applied.
For psoriasis, it is recommended to take a teaspoon before meals 3 times a day, lubricate the affected areas with a slightly warmed product in the morning and evening. The course of treatment is at least a month.
Application
Milk thistle is believed to have no side effects. In rare cases, stomach upset and rash may occur from touching the plant. Milk thistle should not be used with antipsychotics, anti-allergy medications, blood thinners (anticoagulants), cholesterol-lowering medications, or sedatives. Milk thistle neutralizes the effect of birth control pills and hormone therapy, so they should not be combined either.
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How to take milk thistle oil capsules
You can buy milk thistle oil in capsules at the pharmacy. In terms of its medicinal properties, it is no different from the usual one and has a similar effect. It's just a different form of release.
The advantage of such capsules is that they are much more convenient to take (you don’t have to measure out the right amount and pour it into a spoon). In addition, you do not feel the taste of the product itself, which some people do not like, but must be taken.
The shelf life of the capsule form is much longer than that of bottled oil and is two years. One capsule contains one dose of the drug, take two to three times a day according to the scheme described above.
Interesting facts about Silybum
- Milk thistle is called spotted because of the white spots on the leaves. According to legend, this plant is a gift from the Virgin Mary herself, because it can relieve many ailments as the most powerful medicinal plant. And the light spots are her milk.
- Milk thistle is a biennial plant when grown wild. But if you cultivate it, it only lives for one year.
- To obtain raw materials that will be used for medicinal purposes, it is cultivated in Russia on areas of approximately 10,000 hectares, in Ukraine - 5,000 hectares, and in China - 100,000 hectares.
- Historical documents speak of the appearance of thistles 2000 years ago. The ancient Greeks knew it; they prepared decoctions from its fruits.
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Milk thistle oil in cosmetology
The vitamin complex contained in this product helps maintain the beauty and youth of your skin and hair. For these purposes, it is recommended to prepare homemade masks.
For facial skin
The oil is suitable for any skin type. For dry skin it will soften, and for oily skin it will narrow pores and regulate the production of subcutaneous fat. It helps fight fine wrinkles, age spots, and copes with sunburn. Squeezing helps restore eyelash growth.
1. Mix one teaspoon of oil with two tablespoons of fresh sour cream, apply to a clean face, rinse off after 15 minutes with clean water. The mask is good for moisturizing and whitening the epidermis.
2. You need to mix one teaspoon of oil and lemon juice, add a few drops of aloe juice. Leave the mask on for 15 minutes, rinse with warm water. Recommended for moisturizing the skin and eliminating peeling of the epidermis.
For hair
Helps fight dandruff, itching, and brittle hair.
It is recommended to apply a slightly warmed product to the scalp and clean hair, distribute over the entire length. Wash off after thirty minutes with your favorite shampoo.
To rinse your hair well after oiling, apply shampoo to oiled hair, rub in, then rinse. You can add a little olive oil to thistle oil.
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For soft heels
To soften rough skin, apply the squeeze to the skin of your heels, wrap in film, and leave the compress for several hours (can be overnight). The skin will be like that of a baby.
To soften hands and chapped lips
Apply if necessary, massage into the skin. The oil will make the skin of your hands unusually soft and silky. Restores chapped lips. This is especially true in winter.
Skin diseases
In August 2002, scientific research first revealed that milk thistle may be an important candidate for the treatment and prevention of skin cancer.
Since oxidative stress is one of the key factors in the development of skin cancer, researchers are looking for febrile effective antioxidants that can be used effectively in this area. Silymarin, the main active ingredient from milk thistle, is an effective antioxidant.
Model experiments have shown that the plant compound reduces oxidative stress in the skin, prevents the division of skin cancer cells, blocks triggers that contribute to the development of cancer, and has a powerful stimulating effect on the antioxidant system of the human body.
In January 2005, researchers confirmed the preventive effect of milk thistle on skin cancer. They wrote that sunscreen alone may not be enough to protect and prevent skin cancer. Using supplemental silymarin will help increase skin protection.
The cardiovascular system
Milk thistle has a positive effect on all areas of health that relate to vascular health. Especially diabetics are more likely to suffer from cardiovascular diseases due to damage to the vascular wall (endothelial dysfunction).
However, milk thistle does reduce ADMA values. ADMA (asymmetric dimethylarginine) is a substance that, in large doses, can damage vascular function.
Diabetes
Inflammation in the body and oxidative stress also contribute to the development of diabetes and, in existing diabetes, its complications. A 2020 triple-blind, placebo-controlled study in Iran found that supplementation with milk thistle oil for type 2 diabetes improved the antioxidant system and thereby reduced inflammatory markers.
Participants were 40 type 2 diabetics aged 25 to 50 years who were well trained. One group of subjects took milk thistle oil equivalent to 140 mg of silymarin three times a day for 45 days, while the other group received a matching placebo. No one reported side effects.
Among participants in the milk thistle group, levels of endogenous antioxidants increased compared to participants in the placebo group.
At the same time, inflammation levels decreased by an average of about 27%. Malondialdehyde levels decreased by 12%. Malondialdehyde is a marker of oxidative stress in diabetes.
Also in October 2011, a study was conducted on the treatment of diabetes and the benefits of milk thistle in it. This study examined nine randomized and placebo-controlled clinical trials involving 487 patients.
In these studies, milk thistle improved blood sugar levels, but cinnamon did not. Therefore, milk thistle effectively helps improve the condition of diabetic patients. It is recommended to take it for at least two months, every day.
Thistle is a useful plant.
The immune system
Milk thistle is famous for its action of stimulating the immune system and strengthening the body's defenses. According to medical and scientific research in this area, milk thistle increases interferon-gamma, interleukin-4 and interleukin-10-
Interferon-gamma stimulates not only the immune system, but also actively fights viruses and has antitumor properties. These two interleukins have an anti-inflammatory effect and ensure that the immune system is protected against viruses.
Homeopathy
Homeopathy also makes extensive use of milk thistle. The scope of application of homeopathic remedies, as in traditional medicine, is the regeneration and detoxification of supporting cells in liver diseases.
Milk thistle oil during pregnancy, lactation and for children
Here I would like to note that squeezing is not recommended during pregnancy, as it can cause premature birth. Although, according to reviews from women themselves, the squeeze helps fight toxicosis. Better consult your gynecologist!
If you are breastfeeding, you should also be very careful with this product. Do not use for at least the first four months after birth. Although the oil increases breast milk production, it can cause colic or an allergic reaction in the baby.
This product can only be given to children after 12 years of age.
Liver
The effect of milk thistle on liver health is especially well proven. For example, silymarin is known to stabilize the lipid structures of liver cell membranes and thus prevent liver toxic substances from entering the liver.
At the same time, silymarin promotes liver regeneration and the regeneration of healthy liver cells. In addition, the flavonoid complex improves blood supply to the portal vein and counteracts flatulence (swelling of bile) in a short time.
If you are taking antibiotics and medications, milk thistle can protect the liver from their harmful effects. But the plant may also provide some protection against the side effects of alcohol and radiation therapy.
Milk thistle also supports the liver's detoxification function. It is recommended to take milk thistle for at least two months, one teaspoon of milk thistle cake or meal of milk thistle seeds three times a day, washed down with plenty of water.
However, healing a damaged liver takes time. In the end, people consume junk food and alcohol, which usually have a negative effect on the liver, for many years.
Milk thistle should be taken as a supplement in a holistic therapy cycle. The patient achieves the greatest effect with a simultaneous diet, which is combined with the use of milk thistle preparations, vitamins and minerals.
Diet for the liver
- Consume small portions up to 300 g
- Completely eliminate sugars (fructose, sucrose, lactose). You should not consume honey, syrups, dried fruits and fruits. Maybe some berries.
- Enrich your diet with saturated fats - animal, coconut and fish. And also use high-quality virgin olive and jojoba oil.
- Fermented and stewed vegetables, as well as lots of lettuce and spinach
- Include avocado in your diet
- Complete elimination of alcohol
- A ban on eating fast food and prepared foods such as sauces, mayonnaise, dressings, canned food, sausages, and sausages.
- Do not eat foods that contain yeast.
- It is prohibited to eat products containing gluten. (Wheat, rye, oatmeal)
- In the first period - 14 days, all cereals are removed, then buckwheat is allowed in small quantities
- Do not eat starchy vegetables (potatoes)
- Cleansing the colon before dieting (the cleaner the intestines, the less load on the liver
- Eat fatty fish, turkey meat, offal and meat (pork, beef).
How to select and store milk thistle oil
This oil is usually sold in pharmacies; pharmacies monitor the quality of their products very strictly, but you should still know some recommendations.
- Must be in a dark glass container.
- Yellowish-green color with a pleasant slightly bitter taste.
- Produced only by cold pressing, and the pure extract must be at least 80%.
- See the expiration date of a sealed bottle on the label - this is one year from the date of production. The shelf life of an opened bottle is only one month. Store opened container only in the refrigerator.
Milk thistle squeeze: harm, contraindications
This healthy natural product has virtually no contraindications and cannot cause significant harm to the body; you just need to follow some recommendations.
- Allergic reaction, individual intolerance.
- Epilepsy, respiratory diseases.
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding.
- It is not recommended to give to children under 12 years of age.
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Is milk thistle a weed or a panacea?
Milk thistle is a medicinal plant, which, according to many ancient and modern experts, can, if not save lives, then at least have a positive effect on supporting the body and all its systems in health.
Milk thistle and its benefits for humans are recognized as such a powerful plant. It has been proven that its main active component, silibinin, can protect the liver from fatal poisoning by toadstools.
Milk thistle comes from the Mediterranean, in the gardens of monasteries, this miraculous plant was grown for medicinal needs.
Both milk thistle seeds (especially) and other parts of the plant are effective in fighting diseases and bring great benefits. Milk thistle leaves and stem have beneficial properties in cleansing the intestines due to their coarse fiber content. But milk thistle seeds are almost a panacea for all diseases, especially liver diseases.
In modern medicine, milk thistle is used in the form of decoctions, tinctures, tea, meal is used as a food additive, it is added to salads, smoothies, cocktails and yoghurts, and milk thistle oil is also famous for its super medicinal properties.
The first evidence of the use of milk thistle seeds as a medicinal plant in medicine for the treatment of liver diseases dates back to the 18th century. In the 19th century, milk thistle oil began to be used to treat diseases of the stomach and intestines, as well as the spleen. Currently, milk thistle is the clear leader among medicinal plants that are most effective in the treatment and prevention of liver diseases.
Milk thistle is the most medicinal weed. Benefits that grow right under your feet.
