[Homestead] herbal extract info needed
Sage Austin | Eureka! Design
eureka at hctc.net
Sun Jan 11 10:10:24 EST 2009
Milk thistle seed tastes pretty good, I just sprinkle them on food and
eat them. They are easy to grow and harvest.
Michael Tierra (Way of the Herbs author) says 420 milligrams daily,
assuming powdered. Sorry, Bev, I've not been following the threads, I am
swamped with work and seed starting.--Sage
EarthNSky wrote:
> I finally got into town today and while I was there, I bought some
> turmeric and milk thistle capsules. Nine tsp of turmeric is just a bit
> much, so I decided to switch to the extract in capsules. I don't think
> I've noticed any change yet, but I'll finish the course. It's only been
> a few days. It may be that it has more preventative power than curative
> power, I dunno.
> I saw milk thistle and remembered you guys saying it was good for the
> liver, so I'd appreciate some dosage guidance. It says to take 1 tid
> with food. I'm wondering if I can get by with 1 a day. I have stopped
> taking some of my meds, and I really don't want to up the pill count if
> I don't have to.
> This is Spring Valley 175 mg milk thistle extract silybum marianum seed
> standardized to contain 80% silymarin, 140mg
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