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🌿 Herb

Silybum Marianum; Fruit of Silybum Marianum

2
Clinical Trials
2
Meta-Analyses
2
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
NCT01292161
Effects of Silybum Marianum on Treatment of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
Completed · Phase 2
NCT05913986
Supplementation With Alpha-lipoic Acid and Silybum Marianum(LUDLEV®) for the Improvement of Fatty Liver Disease
Recruiting
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42021231733
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of Silybum Marianum supplementation on bodyweight in adults.
obesity
CRD42023424727
Effect of herbal medicine in the healing process of non-infected human skin wounds
Herbal medicine interventions for wound healing, investigate the effect and effi
📚 Sample References
PMID 33857761
Triglyceride-induced cardiac lipotoxicity is mitigated by Silybum marianum
Atherosclerosis · 2021
PMID 34630852
Tackling of Renal Carcinogenesis in Wistar Rats by Silybum marianum Total Extract, Silymarin, and Silibinin via Modulation of Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis, Nrf2, PPAR γ, NF- κ B, and PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathways
Oxid Med Cell Longev · 2021
🌿 All Herb data fields for Silybum Marianum; Fruit of Silybum Marianum
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Shui Fei Ji
中文名 (Chinese)
水飞蓟
Latin Name
Silybi Fructus; Fructus Silybi
English Name
Silybum Marianum; Fruit of Silybum Marianum
Alias Names
水飞雉; 奶蓟; 老鼠簕
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Cool
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Gallbladder
Part Used
Achene
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
清热解毒药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Clear heat and resolve toxinssoothe the liver and promote gallbladder function (i.e., bile secretion, etc.)
Indication (主治)
Acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, fatty liver, gallstones, cholangitis.
🔗 External References
SymMap
TCMID
5134
TCMSP
379
TCM-ID
1987
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (30 fields)
name
Silybum Marianum; Fruit of Silybum Marianum
chinese name
水飞蓟
pinyin name
Shui Fei Ji
latin name
Silybi Fructus; Fructus Silybi
english name
Silybum Marianum; Fruit of Silybum Marianum
properties english
Bitter; Cool
meridians english
Liver; Gallbladder
use part
Achene
symmap herb id
379
tcmid id
5134
tcmsp id
379
herb id str
HERB005162
function text
Clear heat and resolve toxinssoothe the liver and promote gallbladder function (i.e., bile secretion, etc.)
indication
Acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, fatty liver, gallstones, cholangitis.
therapeutic en class
Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs
therapeutic cn class
清热解毒药
tcm id id
1987
alias name
水飞雉; 奶蓟; 老鼠簕

🏥 Linked Health Topics

1 · diseases via target pathways

📋 Clinical Trials

2 · subject of clinical study
NCT01292161 Effects of Silybum Marianum on Treatment of Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
→ Hepatitis C
NCT05913986 Supplementation With Alpha-lipoic Acid and Silybum Marianum(LUDLEV®) for the Imp
→ Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease

📊 Meta-Analyses

2 · systematic review
CRD42021231733 Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of Silybum Marianum supplement
→ obesity
CRD42023424727 Effect of herbal medicine in the healing process of non-infected human skin woun
→ Herbal medicine interventions for wound healing, i

📚 PubMed References

2 · cited research
PMID 33857761 Triglyceride-induced cardiac lipotoxicity is mitigated by Silybum marianum
Atherosclerosis
PMID 34630852 Tackling of Renal Carcinogenesis in Wistar Rats by Silybum marianum Total Extrac
Oxid Med Cell Longev
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