Great article, milk thistle grows wild everywhere around my town, its considered a weed, silly people :)
People also consider dandelion a weed but look at its properties. The root is mineral rich and great for the liver. The leaves are vitamin rich, a bitter and a great phytoestrogen. The latex can be used to remove warts. The flowers are considerably higher in lecithin than soy. And the seeds are antibiotic. We should be worshipping this plant