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Fructus Silybi marianiLOT 24-0908
Cultivated
Batch
LOT 24-0908
Net
100 g
Unit price
€7.20 / 100 g
Origin
Odenwald, Hesse
Sourcing
Cultivated
Plant part
Fructus · Fruit
HarvestAug · Sep

Loose tea

Milk Thistle Seed

Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.

Oily and nutty, faintly bitter, not unpleasant.

€7.20100 g
€7.20 / 100 g
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Shiny black-brown seed, harvested as the bracts open and the pappus lifts. Must be crushed to be worth anything: silymarin sits inside a hard seed coat that hot water cannot get through.

Traditional use

Traditionally taken as a course to support the liver, especially after a rich or heavy period.

Constituents

  • 01Silymarin (silybin, silydianin)
  • 02Fixed oil
  • 03Flavonoids

Drawer

Liver & Bile — The bitter shelf. Nothing here tastes pleasant. Also pulled for Digestion.

Preparation95 °C · 20 min

Preparation

The preparation is half the drug

This drug wants 95 °C and 20 min. Water hotter or a cup left standing gives you a different drink, made from the same herb.

The leaflet below is the one that goes in the box. Unfold it for the steps and the timer; the cautions stay in view either way.

Package InsertFructus Silybi mariani · Loose tea
Dose
1 tsp (≈ 3 g), freshly ground
Frequency
3× daily
Water
95 °C
Steep
20 min

Steps

As printed on the box · 4 in sequence

  1. 01

    Grind

    Grind the seed coarsely immediately before use. Whole seed passes straight through.

    1 tsp ≈ 3 g
  2. 02

    Pour

    Boiling water over the ground seed.

    150 ml · 95 °C
  3. 03

    Steep

    Twenty minutes, covered.

    20 min
  4. 04

    Take

    Half an hour before each main meal.

Steep time

Live timer · 20 min · 95 °C

Ready

20:00

Cautions

Read before use

  • Avoid if you are sensitive to Asteraceae (daisy family) plants.
  • Seek medical advice for any persistent liver complaint — this is not a substitute for diagnosis.
From the same drawer

Kept beside it

Herbs shelved for Liver & Bile, ordered by how much of this one’s indication they share.