MILK THISTLE

Course overview

HERBAL PRODUCTS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR, ESPECIALLY AMONG THOSE WITH CHRONIC DISEASE. MILK THISTLE HAS BEEN USED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS BY HERBALISTS AND CLINICIANS ALIKE TO TREAT A WIDE RANGE OF LIVER PATHOLOGY, INCLUDING FATTY LIVER DISEASE, HEPATITIS, CIRRHOSIS, AND TO PROTECT THE LIVER FROM ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS. TODAY, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CONSUME MILK THISTLE TO SUPPORT HEALTHY LIVER FUNCTION. RESEARCHERS HAVE FOCUSED THEIR EFFORTS TOWARDS STUDYING SILYMARIN, A MIXTURE OF FLAVONOLIGNANS EXTRACTED FROM MILK THISTLE, AS WELL AS THE MOST ACTIVE INGREDIENT OF THIS EXTRACT, SILYBIN. THIS ACTIVITY WILL HIGHLIGHT THE MECHANISM OF ACTION, ADVERSE EVENT PROFILE, PHARMACOLOGY, MONITORING, AND RELEVANT INTERACTIONS OF MILK THISTLE, PERTINENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CONDITIONS WHERE IT MIGHT BE OF CLINICAL VALUE.