Milk Thistle is perfectly edible as a vegetable.
It’s also highly beneficial medicinally. The silymarin in milk thistle is known to have antioxidant, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties.
In fact, it has traditionally been used for liver and gallbladder disorders, breast milk production, cancer, liver damage caused by chemicals, alcohol or chemotherapy, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, chronic inflammatory liver disease, cirrhosis of the liver, chronic hepatitis, skin damage caused by radiation, diabetes, acne, mushroom poisoning, kidney damage caused by cancer drugs, diabetic nephropathy, menopausal symptoms, OCD, inflammation and ulcers caused by radiation Skin toxicity caused by radiation, ulcerative colitis, vitiligo, Alzheimer’s, Enlarged prostate, High cholesterol, Indigestion, MS, Parkinsons disease, Prostate Cancer and much more.
This truly is a powerfully beneficial herb, and another that we treat as a weed.
It’s not meant to be complicated to be well. Nor is it meant to be expensive.