milk thistle, an herb that is native to Kashmir but that is also found in North America from Canada to Mexico. ▪ INDICATIONS: It is used as protection against alcoholic cirrhosis and hepatitis and as an antiinflammatory. Standardized extracts have shown some efficacy for preventing cirrhosis in clinical trails. ▪ CONTRAINDICATIONS: It should not be used during pregnancy and lactation, in children, or in people with hypersensitivity to this herb or other plants in the Asteraceae family.
