My understanding is that Blessed thistle and Milk Thistle depending on the potency are rather different in their activity. Milk Thistle I thought, was an anti toxin Liver Cleansing agent) and for that reason you wouldn't want to recommend it as a Galactogue as you would Blessed Thistle. Can the Herbal Specialist out there give a bit more of an explanation? Attie Sandink *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html