Health Hotline Magazine | October 2025

By Lindsay Wilson Milk Thistle, Your Everyday Health Hero Milk thistle is an herb with history. For more than 2,000 years, humans have turned to milk thistle ( Silybum marianum ) for its healing e ects, with its first use dating back to ancient Greece, where it was reportedly used as a liver tonic and as a treatment for snake bites and mushroom poisoning. John Gerard, an English herbalist who lived during the Renaissance, noted that milk thistle was “the best remedy against melancholy diseases.” In other words, depression. Many of us are most familiar with milk thistle for optimizing liver function, and it is particularly e ective in supporting liver health, but modern science is proving that milk thistle is more than a one-trick pony. Its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant e ects have been studied in a wide-range of health conditions that go far beyond liver health. Let’s take a look at how milk thistle can be your everyday health hero!

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