Milk thistle spotted, or frog, or acutely variegated, or milk thistle, or holy thistle (Latin Silybum Marianum)
An annual or biennial herbaceous plant, 1.5 m high, has a powerful, erect, branching stem.
The leaves are large, shiny, with a white marble pattern along the veins.
The flowers are purple, collected in apical prickly inflorescences-baskets.
Application
It is used for the treatment of liver diseases (hepatitis, cirrhosis, toxic lesions), spleen, gallstones, jaundice, chronic cough, thyroid disease, blood, salt deposits, venous dilation, edema, dropsy, obesity, sciatica and joint pain, hemorrhoids, allergic diseases. It is also used for the treatment of hard-healing leg ulcers, open fractures of the lower extremities, and for the treatment of varicose veins.
In dermatology, milk Thistle is used to treat vitiligo, psoriasis, baldness, and acne. In folk herbal medicine, a decoction of milk Thistle roots is used for toothache in the form of rinses, diarrhea, urinary retention, sciatica and convulsions. Juice from milk Thistle leaves is drunk for constipation, inflammation of the colon and gastric mucosa. Flour from the seeds of milk Thistle reduces the rate of blood sugar levels, cleans even heavily intoxicated blood.