Re: problems with milk thistle.

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Hi , I was using milk thistle in liquid form and found out that

I was taking about 1000 mg in one dose....um so probably why I got

symptoms. Though I didn't expect to get them because I just assumed

that it was a tonic for the liver and it would help regardless of

dose. Thanks for the suggestions. I will definitely try it on a

lower dose or use the ox bile supplement.

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> i've been taking 200 mg milk thistle, 160 mg silymarin, 2-3 times a

> day. it seems ok for me.

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> one possibility would be to try a low dose. some people use

artichoke

> to increase bile flow. if you want to try that an archive search

or a

> google search might help. another possibility would be to just take

> ox bile supplements.

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> linda j

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> > Hi, I have tried to take milk thistle a few times now and

eachitme I

> > have had to stop after just one day of using the stuff.

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> > I am unsure why this is, but from reading others posts on another

forum

> > about this, I am not the only one. It seems it might be due to

the

> > milk thistle possibly stirring up metals in the liver, because I

and

> > some others have experienced pretty insane mercury symptoms from

using

> > it.

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> > I wonder if anybody else has this? I may well have been using

too high

> > a potency because I was only able to get the liquid form which is

> > highly potent in even tiny amounts. But certainly, the symptoms

began

> > the day I was taking it. Probably a few hours later after a dose.

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> > I am not keen to use it again, but Andy recommends it.

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