Milk thistle is highly valued in folk medicine: it is an important source of silymarin, a flavonoid capable of healing damage in the liver and gallbladder. A special product is also made from milk thistle fruits – vegetable oil. It is considered a very beneficial food supplement.

The component (Silymarin) includes:

• Silybin (Silybinin), of which silymarin consists of 50-70% and, accordingly, 39-56% “milk thistle extract”.
• Isosilibin, which occupies about 5% of silymarin.
• Silychristine and Isosilychristine – about 20% silymarin.
• Silidianin – about 10% silymarin.
• Taxifolin (quercetin conjugate, known as dihydroquercetin), usually in almost undetectable levels.

Since silybin is the main active component of this mixture of flavonoids, biological additives from milk thistle are evaluated by the content of silymarin or silybin.

The highest concentration of silymarin (silybin) in various preparations is in extracts of 50-70%, and in biological additives (without extract) - about 20-40%.

Milk thistle oil contains about 0,13 – 0,34 oz/lb of silymarin. Thus, a teaspoon of milk thistle oil contains 0,01 lb of oil and 0,0001 lb of silymarin when using oil with the highest content of this substance.

Deep underground in the mountainous part of Southern Siberia there are pockets of granitization. From there, from 6-10 miles away, extremely valuable enriched with trace minerals, fulvic and humic acids waters rise to the earth's surface and absorbed by plants and vegetation, including milk thistle.

The effect of these waters on health has been studied relatively well. But how many more extraordinary secrets are hidden there, in the depths! Almost all chemical elements present on Earth come up. They are absorbed by herbs and converted by them into the most useful compounds.

So the vegetation growing in the Siberian region certainly cannot be called ordinary! Oil from Siberian milk thistle is much better than oil from herbs growing in Europe. This region is unique in its ecological parameters - the Siberian nature, despite the long history of development by Russian researchers and urban planners, is still little studied by man. Sometimes you cannot meet a single living soul for hundreds of kilometers here! Aren't these ideal conditions for the growth of environmentally friendly milk thistle? The oil made from the extract of this plant is an excellent source of the famous Siberian longevity.

Milk Thistle is an effective and safe herb with many benefits for human health. Its biologically active substance - silymarin creates the main pharmacological properties of milk thistle, protects the liver from harmful effects.

This herb and the oil made from it have been traditionally used as a "liver revival elixir" for thousands of years. They are treated with a variety of diseases associated with a malfunction of the liver or gallbladder. In this article, we will take a closer look at what healing properties Milk Thistle has:

Milk thistle strengthens and protects the liver.

Milk thistle oil is considered an excellent tool for strengthening the defenses of the human body. Thanks to a fairly rich vitamin and mineral complex, this product strengthens the immune system and is also able to improve health in case of colds, recover after long-term serious illnesses, operations, radiation, and chemotherapy.

The active ingredient of milk thistle oil is silymarin, which neutralizes the effect of toxic substances that have a detrimental effect on the liver.