[[File:Milk thistle flowerhead.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Milk Thistle]]
Other Names: Artichaut Sauvage, Blessed Milk Thistle, Cardo Lechoso, Cardui Mariae Fructus, Cardui Mariae Herba, Carduus Marianum, Carduus marianus, Chardon Argenté, Chardon de Marie, Chardon de Notre-Dame, Chardon Marbré, Chardon-Marie, Épine Blanche, Holy Thistle, Lady's Thistle, Lait de Notre-Dame, Legalon, Marian Thistle, Mariendistel, Mary Thistle, Our Lady's Thistle, Shui Fei Ji, Silibinin, Silybe de Marie, Silybin, Silybum, Sylibum, Silybum marianum, Silymarin, Silymarine, St. Mary Thistle, St. Marys Thistle<br>Milk thistle is a plant. The above ground parts and seeds are used to make medicine. The seeds are more commonly used.<br>See also : * [[Silymarin]]* [[Bitters]]
==Special Precautions of Milk Thistle==
*Side effects may include indigestion, headache and itching. Rarely, milk thistle may result in heartburn, gas, diarrhea, joint pain and sexual dysfunction.