Milk Thistle 1000 mg. 100 Capsules. Equivalent to 250 mg Silymarin (as its strength is 4:1). Used in the new Gerson Protocols.
Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) has been used for 2,000 years as an herbal remedy for a variety of ailments, particularly liver, kidney, and gall bladder problems. Several scientific studies suggest that substances in milk thistle (especially a flavonoid called silymarin) protect the liver from toxins, including certain drugs such as acetaminophen (Tylenol), which can cause liver damage in high doses. Silymarin has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, and it may help the liver repair itself by growing new cells. Milk Thistle is hepatoprotective and hepatorestorative, can be taken periodically at 250 mg (silymarin activity) twice a day between meals.
Coenzyme Q10 is a highly efficient supplement containing the essential for the body coenzyme Q10 – a substance that is to be found everywhere in nature and is vital for human body. Coenzyme Q10 was first found in 1957. Up until then it was known as ubiquinone (meaning everywhere, widespread), because it is to be found everywhere in nature. Despite of the fact that Co-Q10 is present in all vegetative and animal cells it’s quantities are not optimal – this is the reason it is necessary additional quantities to be provided. Coenzyme Q10 is a catalizer for food processing by working together with enzymes – this is the origin of the word coenzyme.
