Milk Thistle might still outclass anything pharmaceutical companies have to offer for healing a sick liver. Its content of Silymarin increases the protein synthesis in the liver, speeding recovery from hepatitis, cirrhosis, toxic liver damage, etc.
It has been shown to protect, and help in recovery, victims of Amanita Poisoning. Silymarin protects the attacked membrane and prevents the Amanita poison Phalloidine from binding with receptors in the membrane.