What is Silymarin?

Silymarin is a substance that is extracted from the seeds of a plant called milk thistle, scientifically known as Silybum marianum.

Silymarin is one of the oldest medicines used since the middle ages to treat liver diseases, have their origin for 2000 years and currently it is applied as an antitoxic and a hepatoprotective, it works as a regenerator of liver cells and releases toxins that are harmful to the liver.

This compound belongs to the family of flavonoids and can be acquired by natural means and drugs based on milk thistle.

The main function of silymarin, is to create a protective layer throughout the liver, the most frequent cases of the use of this drug are against jaundice and biliary lithiasis.

It is also used as a supplement in the treatment of fatty liver, it is very broad all the uses that are given to silymarin, however, it could be said in general terms that its application is especially indicated for all those disorders in the digestive system and any disease that affects the correct functioning of the liver.

Silymarin have many uses thanks to its natural properties from milk thistle, its usefulness without regard to fatty liver is that it helps to stabilize the membrane that covers the liver called the mitochondrial membrane, as well as acting as a hepatoprotector.

The usefulness of this drug in diseases such as cirrhosis and liver fibrosis or any other liver pathology, silymarin helps delay the effects of liver tissue degeneration.

In hepatitis C, the utility of using silymarin acts as an anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic and antioxidant that improves the generation of liver tissue and helps its recovery.