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Milk Thistle from Scheunengut: the Plant in Our Liver Complex with Choline
With its violet flowers and strikingly white-marbled leaves, milk thistle is one of the best-known plants of monastic medicine. Botanically, it is known as Silybum marianum, belongs to the daisy...
Liver Complex in Focus: Choline, Milk Thistle & Artichoke from Scheunengut
When it comes to plants for the liver, many people first think of classics like turmeric or milk thistle. Our Liver Complex goes a step further, combining plant extracts with...
The Liver Set: A Combination for Normal Liver Function
The liver is one of the central metabolic organs in our body and works around the clock without us noticing. It processes almost everything we eat and drink, converts nutrients,...
The Cleanse Set: Liver Complexes, Herbs and Microalgae
Around the turn of the year, or after weeks of indulgence, many people feel the urge for a conscious fresh start. A Cleanse Set picks up on this impulse and...
Spring Cleanse: Nutrients & Plants for a Fresh Start
When the days grow longer and the first rays of sun beckon, the wish for a fresh start grows in many people. After the dark, often heavier winter months, the...
Nutrients After Celebrating: The Factual Basis for the Day After
After a long celebration, an exuberant festivity or a night pulled through, the body often feels heavy, tired and out of rhythm. This is completely normal: anyone who celebrates eats...
Best Supplements for the Liver: Our Recommendations
The liver is your body's central metabolic organ – it is in continuous use every day when it comes to digestion, nutrient utilisation and fat metabolism. Hardly any other organ...
Nutrients for the Liver: Choline, Milk Thistle and More
The liver is your body's quiet powerhouse: it processes nutrients, converts metabolic products and steers countless processes in the background, without you ever noticing. No wonder a whole range of...
Buying Milk Thistle: Silymarin Content & What to Look For
Milk thistle is one of the best-known plants on the dietary supplement shelf, and that's precisely why the choice can feel so confusing. Between a cheap powder and a highly...
Milk Thistle or Artichoke? The Comparison
Milk thistle and artichoke often come up in the same breath when the topic is plant-based botanicals. Both belong botanically to the daisy family, both have a long tradition in...
Milk Thistle & Silymarin Factually Explained
In short: Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is a traditional Mediterranean herb whose fruits yield the active-compound complex silymarin. Silymarin is not a single substance but a bundle of flavonolignans –...
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