Lloyd Wright, author of the just released Hepatitis C: A Do-It Yourself Guide for Health, gives a rundown about Milk Thistle and how it cleanses and reinvigorates the liver and the line of various Milk Thistle products Lloyd Wright sells at Alternative Medicine Solution. Milk thistle is a thistle of the genus Silybum, a flowering plant of the daisy family (Asteraceae). The plant is native to the Mediterranean regions of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The name "milk thistle" derives from a feature of the leaves, which are prominently banded with splashes of white. Historically, these milky bands were said to be Mother Mary's milk, and this is the origin of another common name, St. Mary's thistle.

Many years of research show the active flavanoid-lignan (flavanolignan) group of constituents, called silymarin, contained only in the seed shell has liver-protective and regenerative properties, as well as antioxidant effects. The liver-protective effects were known and written about in ancient times, leading to the active chemical, pharmacological, and safety research beginning in Germany in the 1950s. Clinical use for a variety of liver ailments, such as hepatitis, has also prospered throughout many parts of the world.

Wright knows about the rigors of life with Hepatitis C, and he knows all about wandering in the dark when doctors have no answers. Wright describes the new book, which follows his international best seller Triumph Over Hepatitis C, as "having all the primary information that everyone infected with Hepatitis C must know about. The 200-million people worldwide, about 5 million of them American, can benefit tremendously from Lloyds personal experience with over 200.000 clients who have hep c, most of them having used interferon and had it fail.

Lloyd Wright's Hepatitis C book builds on the years of work already undertaken and brings valuable new information about ways to combat the destructive virus, Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C: A Do-It Yourself Guide for Health begins by chronicling Wright's own personal horror story after a 1979 accident brought Hepatitis into his life through a hospital blood transfusion. Following 15 years of pain, suffering and uncertainty he was accidently diagnosed and basically told to get his affairs in order. He refused to accept the fate prescribed to him by doctors and battled against the odds, and he prevailed. To those facing Hep C, Lloyd Wright offers these words of wisdom: "You can, and must, take responsibility for your health. If you are suffering from hepatitis C, you can reclaim your health, get out of bed, get off the couch, forget about disability, and go back to work."

A Time of Enlightenment (see Table of Contents below), Wright gives the exact supplement regimen followed in what he calls "my own recovery from Hepatitis C." The supplements, vitamins and herbs taken were "a treatment strategy" that he lays out in Hepatitis C: A Do-It Yourself Guide for Health. A few of the items used were NatCell Thymus, Non-Pasteurized Aloe and Blueberry leaf extract.

One of the new items, Naringenin currently offered by Wright is described in the book as a "powerful flavonoid" found in grapefruit that "shows promise in helping to combat hepatitis C. Naringenin is currently being used for a Phase 1 trial at UCLA. The hepatitis C virus is bound to a very low intensity lipo-protein (one of the so-called "bad" cholesterols), when it is secreted from liver cells, according to a February 4, 2007, article published in Science Daily. Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine reported that the viral secretion required to pass infection to other cells can be blocked by the common flavonoid Naringenin."

Lloyd Wright in Chapter Two, Hepatitis and Interferon, describes the nature of Hepatitis and the various forms in which it exists, meaning Hepatitis A, B and C, before offering this warning at the end of the section: "If you have Hepatitis C, your medical doctor will prescribe interferon. Before you proceed, read this book."

For more about Lloyd Wright go to http://alternativemedicinesolution.com