Milk Thistle: Health Benefits, Medicinal Uses, Side Effects

Milk thistle is native to southern Europe, northern Africa, southern Russia, and western Asia; the plant has been naturalized in North and South America, central Europe, and southern Australia. The material used medicinally comes exclusively from cultivations, mainly in Argentina, China, Romania, Hungary, some Mediterranean countries and northern Germany. Milk thistle in herbal medicine. In … Milk Thistle: Health Benefits, Medicinal Uses, Side Effects