Message Number: YG3528 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Sukie Crandall
Date: 2001-05-14 11:18:00 UTC
Subject: RE: RE: Is there a treatment for liver disease?

>
> > There's a
>> good bit on it in _PDR for Herbal Medicines_. Drug interactions to
>> avoid: silymarin, butyrophenones, phenothiazines, yohimbine.
> >
>Just to clarify- silymarin is the active ingredient in Milk Thistle


Yes, while taking milk thistle taking yet more silymarin through
other meds is something to be careful about.

If you don't have a copy of this text, yet, Tansy, you'd really like
it. The second edition is so much better than the first. It's
available through 1-800-678-5689. It's $60 before shipping and tax
when applicable. Strongly suspect that you are among those who have
it, but since I think you'd enjoy it, just in case you don't have it
or someone else is interested in a thorough and balanced reference I
figure that I'd eat up as few lines of space with the info.