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> HI GINA. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY LIVER BECAUSE I DO TAKE LOTS OF

MEDICINE.

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Some info here on milk thistle. I believe milk thistle

is one of the most important herbs regarding the liver.

http://search.lef.org/cgi-src-bin/MsmGo.exe?

grab_id=0 & page_id=1197 & query=Silymarin & hiword=SILYMARINBASED%

20SILYMARINE%20SILYMARINS%20Silymarin%20

Long excerpt here:

• Protecting the liver. Extracts of milk thistle have been reported

to protect the liver against a wide variety of toxins, including

acetaminophen, ethanol, and carbon tetrachloride. Furthermore, milk

thistle has been shown to guard liver cells against ischemic injury,

radiation, and iron toxicity. In Europe, milk thistle extract is

used to treat people poisoned by the liver-toxic Amanita mushroom.21

Several mechanisms of action may account for milk thistle's liver-

protective effects. Silymarin from milk thistle has been reported to

possess antioxidant effects and protect against depletion of

glutathione, one of the liver's most important antioxidants.

Silymarin has also been found to inhibit the pro-inflammatory enzyme

lipooxygenase. Other findings suggest that milk thistle extracts

suppress the formation of fibrotic scar tissue in the liver that can

occur with certain liver diseases, and that it may help to stimulate

the regeneration of liver tissue.21

Milk thistle extracts appear to have several strong anti-

inflammatory effects on liver tissue. Specifically, silymarin may

help to stabilize mast cells and inhibit neutrophil migration,

Kupffer cells, and the formation of inflammatory prostaglandins and

leukotrienes.21

• Treating liver disease. Milk thistle extracts have been found to

be effective in treating both acute and chronic hepatitis. In

patients with acute viral hepatitis, treatment with silymarin helped

to shorten treatment time and improve several markers of liver

health, including bilirubin and the liver enzymes aspartate

aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT). In those

with chronic hepatitis, six months of daily silymarin

supplementation yielded similar improvement in liver enzymes.16

Milk thistle also benefits liver health in people with cirrhosis and

alcoholic liver disease. When administered to individuals with

alcoholic liver disease, silymarin helped to lower elevated

bilirubin and liver enzymes to normal levels. Milk thistle extract

also helped improve liver tissue cells, as determined by liver

biopsy histology. Long-term supplementation with milk thistle over

three years helped to improve survival rates in patients with

cirrhosis of the liver.16

More here quickly:

http://www.nutritionfocus.com/ns/herbs/milk_thistle_fruit.html

More here if you have all day, otherwise just skip.

Much is about a trademarked product I came across

just now called, SILIPHOST.

http://www.doctormurray.com/conditions/Hepatitis.asp

http://www.doctormurray.com/articles/Phytosomes.htm

http://www.ultrathistle.com/pharmacology.htm

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