The natural ingredients of theMilk thistle tincture dropsare: water, alcohol, milk thistle.
To produce these very valuable drops we use the whole plant including seeds.
The popular names for the milk thistle—Savior's thistle, Christ's crown—and the English plant name "milk thistle" build a link to the story of how the milk thistle got its name: the Virgin Mary's milk dripped onto the plant's leaves while breastfeeding, leaving the characteristic white spots. Healers in ancient and medieval times viewed this as a divine power to stimulate milk production in nursing women.
The milk thistle belongs to the daisy family and is related to mugwort, marigold, and arnica. In favorable locations, the annual to biennial milk thistle grows up to 200 cm tall. Dark brown to black roots indicate a dense root system. In its first year, the milk thistle forms a rosette of light green leaves with milky white spots and small thorns. In its second year, the stem, covered in dense leaf hairs, the superior leaves, and the flower develop. The spherical flower heads are violet to purple and grow up to 7 cm wide. These flowers develop into fruits containing seeds from August to September. At the top of the dark brown to black fruits are white parachutes, called pappus, which are soon shed from the fruit.
