Milk thistle (history, evidence about safety and efficacy...) are reviewed
in the article I mentioned, available in full text via the ama's web site:
www.ama-assn.org, then look under journals for the Nov/Dec 1998 edition of
the Archives of Family Medicine (part of that JAMA/Archives special
edition in the fall devoted to alternative and complementary therapies).
Other herbs reviewed in the article include chamomile, echinacea,
feverfew, goldenseal, garlic, ginkgo biloba, ginger, ginseng, st johns
wort, saw palmetto, and valerian. Hope it's useful, MA
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MaryAnn O'Hara, MD, MSt
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