[SCA-Chirurgeon] Fw: [TheForge] Metal Toxicity

[Bruce Freeman]

That's "milk thistle, "Silybum marianum" (whence the chemical name,
presumably).

http://www.pharmacy.bg.ac.yu/fgnz/silybum_marianum.htm 

Silymarin comes from the seeds.  

I know no more than that, but it shows up on pharmacological websites,
so there's some interest out there...

Bruce
NJ

>>> gladish at cnw.com 1/31/2005 11:15:15 AM >>>
> I also just talked to my roommate, who was exposed to heavy metals in
the
> Navy. He said one treatment was to drink vast quantities of lemonade
or
> cranberry juice- it's something you need to do for months.
Apparently, it
> aids in getting the heavy metals out of your system.

There's a herbal supplement commonly called "silymarin", a powder of
milkweed thistle (whatever that is) that helps the liver shovel out
the
heavy metals. I know a whole shop full of lithographers who use it to
keep
the inks from making them sick. I use it, too, since I was exposed to
HM's
for some years.

Andy g.



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