It's a health product, mainly for the liver. Although Silybum marianum is often used to delay the service life of liver in patients with liver cirrhosis, so far, there is no drug to reduce the fibrotic liver, and Silybum marianum can only slow down the speed of liver fibrosis. Silybum marianum usually has a good effect on mild or temporary increase of liver index (GOT, GPT or ALT, AST), and can generally be used with vitamin B group to recover better.

First of all, silymarin is a strong antioxidant flavone. German scientific research has confirmed that silymarin can inhibit 5- lipoxygenase (an enzyme that accelerates oxidation in vivo), increase GSH concentration secreted by liver cells and stabilize cell membranes (mainly liver cells).

In addition, after silymarin combined with hepatocytes, the functions of detoxification and anti-invasion of toxic substances of hepatocytes were increased. In fact, the antioxidant effect of silymarin itself can detoxify and reduce the concentration of toxic substances invading liver cells.

The third physiological function of silymarin to protect the liver is to promote the repair and regeneration of hepatocytes and increase the protein synthesis of nucleotides in normal hepatocytes, because hepatocytes are one of the few organs in the human body with the ability of cell regeneration, and the damaged liver can be repaired, but silymarin will not increase the production of abnormal hepatocytes such as liver cancer cells. On the contrary, scientific research has found that silymarin can inhibit the proliferation of tumor cells and inhibit the differentiation and growth of cancer cells. These physiological functions of silymarin make it the most natural herb to improve liver function in clinic.