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• TIME-TESTED TRADITION: Milk Thistle has been used for more than 3000 years to help support the liver
• ANTIOXIDANT: Considered a powerful herbal antioxidant that may help protect body from free radicals
• GUARANTEED POTENCY: Each capsule guaranteed to contain 350 mg of Milk Thistle & 280mg of Silymarin
• TRUSTED BRAND: Manufactured in our own facility; Non-GMO, Vegan & Lab Verified
• CUSTOMERS SAY: "My husband and I have been taking these for years...Has done very well so far."

Solaray potency milk thistle extract solaray potency milk thistle extract delivers the ultimate in convenience. The recommended one-a-day dosage of solaray potency milk thistle extract makes this herbal supplementation simple. Milk thistle is considered by many to be one of the best liver tonics in the world. Milk thistle is commonly found growing wild in a variety of settings, including roadsides. The dried fruit are used to produce modern herbal extracts. Historical or traditional use medical use of milk thistle can be traced back more than 2, 000 years. Nicholas culpeper, the well-known 17th-century pharmacist, cited its use for opening 'obstructions' of the liver and spleen and recommended it for the treatment of jaundice. Active constituentsthe dried fruit of milk thistle contain a flavonoid complex known as silymarin. This constituent is responsible for the medical benefits of the plant. Silymarin is made up of three parts: silibinin, silidianin, and silicristin. Silibinin is the most active and is largely responsible for the benefits attributed to silymarin. Milk thistle extract may protect the cells of the liver by blocking the entrance of harmful toxins and helping remove these toxins from the liver cells. As with other bioflavonoids, silymarin is a powerful antioxidant. Silymarin has also been shown to regenerate injured liver cells. Recent studies have shown that silymarin has the ability to block fibrosis, a process that contributes to the eventual development of cirrhosis in people with inflammatory liver conditions secondary to diseases such as alcohol abuse or hepatitis. Milk thistle extract is most commonly recommended to counteract the harmful actions of alcohol on the liver.