Barbara writes:

Milk thistle  (Silybum miranum) is used as a liver cleanser but also a 
favorite galactagogue  of Tierna Low Dog, MD (what I've heard from others who've 
heard her  speak).  Blessed thistle (cnicus benedictus) is "an appetitie 
stimulant  which stimulates secretion of saliva and gastric juices," Sheila Humphrey's 
 The Nursing Mother's Herbal.


~~ Thanks for the clarification, but I'm still confused, Hale lists Blessed  
Thistle as something used as a galactagogue, but with no results of it 
working,  and also lists Milk Thistle as the same, in terms lack of efficacy. But 
'tis  true they are very different herbs. I just looked at a Traditional 
Medicinals  tea bag ( a promo I got somewhere) and it doesn't have either one.
A local LC who is trained as an herbalist often recommends red raspberry  and 
blessed thistle to her moms.
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL, Brooklyn, NY, USA


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