Milk thistle as liver cleanser

This present review is focused on medicinal importance of milk thistle.it is a gold medicinal herb in traditional folk medicine for treatment of liver diseases and other health benefits. Silymarin is active constituents of milk thistle mainly present seeds which contain three Flavonolignans viz. silychristin, silybinin, and silidianin. Milk thistle seed extract (silymarin) and its constituents (mainly silibinin) act as liver tonic, hepatoprotective, cirrhosis, treating liver poisoing and other health beneficial like in blood disease, mushroom poisoing, lactation etc. Milk thistle seed is very promising herbal drug. More research is warranted to substantiate its broad ranging phytotherapeutic effects.