Naming |
| Botanical Name: |
Silybum marianum, Carduus marianus
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| Common Names: |
Holy Thistle, Marian Thistle, Marystistle, Milk-thistle, St, Mary's Thistle, Wild Artichoke;
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| Key Name: |
Milk-thistle
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Characteristics |
| Identifying Character: |
L Gaertn, COMPOSITAE; Annual or Biannual
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| Stem: |
30 -150 cm Tall Erect, prominently grooved, seldom branched.
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| Leaves: |
Large, oblong, shiny, variegated and very spiny, sessile or clasping.
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| Flowers: |
Violet-purple, Thistle-like to 5 cm lon, usually solitary and surrounded at the in a hemispherical capitula base by long spiny appendages. Late summer
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| Fruit: |
Blackish, specked, ovoid achene wigh a long white papp
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Distribution |
| Distribution: |
Native to central and west Europe, Introduced and naturalized in California and elsewhere. Naturalis
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Medical |
| Therapeutic Action: |
Cholagogue,Diuretic,Tonic
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| Medical Uses: |
Whole Plant, Appetite stimulant; Digestive, Dyspepsia, Liver said to regenerate tissue, Gall bladder; Stimulate flow of Bile,
Powdered Seed: Taken in emulsion are markedly Choleretic and used in cardiovascular disorders, Jaundice , Gallstones colic; Leg Ulcers , Variscose Veins .
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| Constituents: |
Essential oil; Tyramine; Histamine; Silybin; Silymarine;
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Water, Alcohol,
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Formula #154 Lower Blood sugar.
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Pollination and Pollinators |
| Apis: |
No
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No
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No
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1,2,5,24,38
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