CONCLUSION
From all the evidence, Milk Thistle  is certainly a very safe and valuable herb to protect and repair the Liver and promote detoxification.

The Liver is abused so much in everyday living - stress, pollution, and chemicals are all a challenge for the Liver; anything that we can do to improve the Liver's ability to cope with these influences will be for the good.

 Certainly, in our house, there are always a variety of herbal capsules on the table at dinner time - and Milk Thistle is often there. We help ourselves to a variety of 4-6 capsules, varying them every day. In this way, we help the liver, kidneys, heart, and other organs of the body regularly. Anyone present is welcome to supplement their meal with 2 or 3 of these. In this way, the herbs become almost like another vegetable!

• Detoxification. For example, removal of poisons, such as alcohol
• Fat digestion
• Maintenance of body metabolism - ie helps keep all the cells working
• Vitamin storage
• Breakdown of excess hormones
• Maintenance of good blood quality 

The Liver performs so many functions in the body that, if it is not working at top efficiency, these functions can easily suffer. This is where Milk Thistle can be so helpful.

A small or moderate decrease in the performance - because of a 'clogged up' Liver - would not be picked up by normal medical tests. But an alternative Practitioner would be alerted by such symptoms as:

• Poor digestion of fatty foods
• Headaches on the sides of the head, and/or affecting the eye(s)
• Dark or clotted menstrual blood
• Feeling bad for the first 30-60 minutes of the day
• Easily stressed or frustrated

These symptoms often occur when the Liver is 'congested', and can be very unpleasant. They are not life-threatening, but certainly damaging to the quality of life. If they continue for some years, other organs will become involved and, eventually, more serious disease may occur.

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