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milk thistle
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
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milk thistle An annual or biennial thistle,
Silybum marianum (
Carduus marianus) that has been used as a vegetable; the flower receptacle can be eaten like globe
artichoke. Traditionally used for treatment of inflammatory liver disease and cirrhosis with some evidence of efficacy, but by injection rather than eaten.
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Thistle do nicely!(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/18/1999; 700+ words
; Enjoy 50 per cent savings on Thistle Hotels Leisure Breaks at 55 hotels throughout the country plus have a chance to win a two night break in any Thistle Hotel of your choice. Thistle offer an unrivalled choice, from exciting city centres...
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Thistle Hotels Empowers 225 Sales, Conference, and Events Team Members Across the UK with Delphi Multi-Property Edition.
Business Wire; 2/12/2001; 700+ words
; ...enterprise solution was key factor in Thistle's selecting Delphi MPE for its properties...announced today that London-based Thistle Hotels Plc is automating 22 of their key...enterprise application for groups of hotels. Thistle Hotels Plc has chosen to install Delphi...
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Thistle of Choice; A Pretty Plant of Thorny Independence
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/13/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...hotel is called the Thistle Inn, and it is...fellow adventurers. Thistles figure far more...in the garden. Thistles of all kinds are...forms of neglect. A thistle can add interest...The other three thistles mentioned above...from using a wild thistle may find civilized...
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Thistle do!(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/19/1999; 700+ words
; Enjoy 50 per cent savings on Thistle Hotels Leisure Breaks at 55 hotels throughout the country plus have a chance to win a two night break in any Thistle Hotel of your choice. Thistle offer an unrivalled choice, from exciting city centres...
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Thistle suffers from a thorn in its side Damian Reece reports on how the troubled hotelier is facing off a hostile takeover bid
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 3/30/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...but few are suffering on the scale of Thistle Hotels, London's biggest hotelier...Led by Ian Burke, the chief executive, Thistle wants a white knight bidder to fend off...in 1998, the year Burke joined, when Thistle's value reached more than pounds 1bn...
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Thistle Hotels announces strategic business partnership with StarCite, Inc.
M2 Presswire; 5/23/2000; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-23 May 2000-THISTLE HOTELS: Thistle Hotels announces strategic business partnership with StarCite...C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22052000 Thistle Hotels has today entered into partnership with StarCite Inc...
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Thistle Hotels Upgrade to MICROS 9700 Hospitality Management Solution.
PR Newswire; 1/14/2008; 700+ words
; ...retail industries, has partnered with Thistle Hotels to upgrade its various EPOS systems...9700 HMS solution will replace all of the Thistle Hotels legacy electronic-point-of...flexibility and scalability, providing Thistle's senior management with a tool to produce...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Thistle do nicely! Far from being a thorn in your side, thistles possess a dramatic beauty that every garden can benefit from, says Monty Don; GARDENING.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 6/27/2009; 700+ words
; ...also get a lot of sow thistles - Sonchus asper and...compost. The dwarf thistle, Cirsium acaule, is...Wherever they spike you, thistles hurt, and of course...is to choose your thistles with care. I know there...regard the giant cotton thistle, Onopordum acanthium...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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THISTLE IS TOUGH TO ERADICATE.(Stars)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 7/6/2008; 700+ words
; ...really numerous. Thistles are both. There are many kinds of thistles in Central New York, including Canada thistle, bull thistle, sow thistle, milk thistle and others. Some thistles are annuals, some biennials and others are perennials. Get...
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Thistle draw out wait for day-off treat from Lambie
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 8/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; PARTICK THISTLE 2 v LIVINGSTON 2 NO REST for the wicked. Partick Thistle were hardly a malevolent force at Firhill against...will not be forthcoming. Lambie had decreed that if Thistle beat Livingston then this charitable man would give...
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Thistle
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...known Cirsium thistles are C. vulgare or bull thistle, C. arvense...nutans or nodding thistle is the best known...species. Globe thistles of the Echinops...are called thistle because of their...are not true thistles.
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Blessed Thistle
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...monks. Other thistles, including Carduus...known as holy thistle, Our Lady's milk thistle , Marian thistle, and wild artichoke...liver tonics. Thistles are naturalized...Both the blessed thistle and milk thistles are recommended...
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Milk Thistle
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Milk thistle Description Milk thistle ( Silybum marianum or Cardus marianum ) is a plant used for treating...silymarin, is found in the ripe seeds of the plant. The milk thistle plant has a long stem, green leaves with white spots, and pink...
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thistle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...confused with the so-called Canada thistle ( Cirsium arvense ), naturalized from Europe. A few thistles are cultivated in gardens, e.g...World genus Echinops. The Russian thistle is a tumbleweed . Thistle is classified...
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Thistle Hotels PLC
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Thistle Hotels PLC 2 The Calls Leeds LS2 7JU United...Hotels (Except Casino Hotels) and Motels Thistle Hotels PLC is the fourth largest U.K...provides a 30-year management contract for Thistle and points to possible similar deals in...
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