Garlic

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Garlic TRADITIONAL USE: Used in all lung ailments, for high and low blood pressure, parasites, fungal and bacterial infections, headaches and nervous disorders. Classification: Aromatic herb. Warm energy. Excellent source of chromium, phosphorus, selenium and thiamine. Garlic (Allium sativum) a member of the family that includes onions, leeks, and shallots, is native to Europe and Central Asia. An old Welsh saying goes, "Eat leeks in March and wild Garlic in May, And all the year after Physicians may play." Olympic athletes in ancient Greece chewed a clove at the start of a competition, believing it increased their stamina. Many cultures believed garlic had magical powers. Garlic's strong odor is due mostly to a sulfide called allicin. Garlic is a source of selenium, wgicg must be present in the body for proper immune response and which acts as an antioxidant in combination with

vitamin E. (Nature's sunshine) Garlic, an unmistakably pungent and versatile kitchen herb, also gal wide-ranging medicinal properties. Allacin, a sulphur compound found in fresh garlic, has antibiotic and antifungal properties. In animal studies, diallyl sulphide, a component of garlic oil, has been shown to inactivate carcinogens, especially those accruing in the liver, and to suppress tumor growth. Garlic stimulates the production of the amino acid glutathione, a powerful antioxidant and detoxifier. And the compound adenosine, a smooth muscle relaxant, has been shown to lower high blood pressure. As if that's not enough, garlic also contains phosphorus, potassium, calcium, protein and significant amounts of vitamins B and C. (The Way to Health & Fitness) FACTS: Garlic may be the wonder drug of the herbal world. The ancient Egyptians not only worshipped garlic but fed it to their slaves

to keep them healthy, for good reason. This amazing herb does everything from aid in the treatment of ear infections to help prevent heart disease and cancer. It has even been to treat tuberculosis, with good results. Biologist Louis Pasteur put garlic to the test by putting a few cloves in a petri dish full of bacteria. Much to his surprise, he discovered that garlic could indeed kill troublesome microorganisms. In the 1950's, Dr.. Albert Schweitzer used garlic to treat cholera, typus, and amebic dysentery while working as a missionary of antibiotics, garlic was used on the battlefield to disinfect wounds and prevent gangrene, In fact, the Soviet army relied so heavily on garlic that it earned the name "Russian penicillin." Garlic is also used as an anticoagulant to resolve fresh blood clots and has been shown to lower cholesterol while increasing the level of beneficial HDLs (high-density lipoproteins), the so-called good cholesterol. Garlic

also lowers blood pressure. In fact, according to a study published in Atherosclerosis when patients with hyperlipoproteinemia ate garlic, blood pressure declined along with levels of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) and fibrinogen. An added bonus was that anticlotting factor levels increased, reducing the risk of blood clots. There is evidence that garlic can effect the mortality rate of heart attack victims. Researcher Arun Noria at Tagore Medical college in Udaipur, India, monitored 432 heart attack survivors for three years. Half the group drank the juice of six to ten garlic cloves each day. the other half drank a garlic-sented placebo. The garlic eaters experienced 32 percent fewer deaths and 45 percent fewer deaths. Hippocrates (460B.C.) is believed to have used garlic to treat utrine cancer. We now know that garlic is toxic to some tumor cells and is being investigated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for its cancer-inhibiting

properties. According to a recent NCI study of four thousand people from regions of Italy and China, those who recalled eating diets high in garlic and other alliums, including onions, had a substantially lower incidence of stomach cancer than those who abstained from this pungent herb. garlic oil can relieve earaches and can help heal minor skin disorders. On top of everything else, garlic is good for indigestion. CHINESE FACTS: Since the sixth century, the Chinese have used garlic as an antibiotic and an antiflammatory. It is still an extremely popular herb in China, and is used to treat amebic dysentery, yeast infections, and middle ear infections. Externally, it is used for nosebleeds and snake and insect bites. CAUTION: Eating 10 or more raw garlic cloves a day can be toxic and in some cases can trigger an allergic reaction. Garlic should not be used by women who are breast-feeding because it can pass to the breast milk and cause colic in

infants. The Great Garlic Mystery During the Great Plague epidemic, some herbalists avoid this deadly disease by eating large amounts of garlic and wearing garlic strands around their necks. To this day, we don't know whether garlic's antibiotic properties protected these people against plague, or whether the foul stench of the herb discouraged others from getting close enough to spread their infection. (Earl Mindell's, Herb Bible) USES: Lowering of cholesterol levels, lovers blood pressure. Nature's antibiotic. Stimulates growth and activity of cells. Helps the immune system and has been used to prevent the onset of colds, for asthma, ear infections, intestinal worms, infectious diseases as well as coronary artery disease (it lowers blood cholesterol levels). Garlic has been used as a stimulant, carminative, diuretic, antiseptic, diaphoretic for intestinal problems, as an insect repellent, antidiabetic,

antibacterial, antifungal, antiyeast, anti-inflammatory and immunostimulant. (Health Trek) Garlic helps fight infections, lowers blood pressure and my be able to destroy some cancer cells. (Ilana's Alternative Healing, Herbal Healing, and Wiccan Pages) MEDICINAL ACTION AND USES---Diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, stimulant. Many marvellous effects and healing powers have been ascribed to Garlic. It possesses stimulant and stomachic properties in addition to its other virtues. As an antiseptic, its use has long been recognized. In the late war it was widely employed in the control of suppuration in wounds. The raw juice is expressed, diluted with water, and put on swabs of sterilized Sphagnum moss, which are applied to the wound. Where this treatment has been given, it has been proved that there have been no septic results, and the lives of thousands of men have been saved by its use.

In olden days, Garlic was employed as a specific for leprosy. It was also believed that it had most beneficial results in cases of smallpox, if cut small and applied to the soles of the feet in a linen cloth, renewed daily. It formed the principal ingredient in the 'Four Thieves' Vinegar,' which was adapted so successfully at Marseilles for protection against the plague when it prevailed there in 1722. This originated, it is said, with four thieves who confessed, that whilst protected by the liberal use of aromatic vinegar during the plague, they plundered the dead bodies of its victims with complete security. It is stated that during an outbreak of infectious fever in certain poor quarters of London, early last century, the French priests who constantly used Garlic in all their dishes, visited the worst cases with impunity, whilst the English clergy caught the infection, and in many instances fell victims to the disease.

(Botanical) The successful treatment of tubercular consumption by Garlic has been recorded, the freshly expressed juice, diluted with equal quantities of water, or dilute spirit of wine, being inhaled antiseptically. Bruised and mixed with lard, it has been proved to relieve whooping-cough if rubbed on the chest and between the shoulder-blades. An infusion of the bruised bulbs, given before and after every meal, has been considered of good effect in epilepsy. A clove or two of Garlic, pounded with honey and taken two or three nights successively, is good in rheumatism. Garlic has also been employed with advantage in dropsy, removing the water which may already have collected and preventing its future accumulation. It is stated that some dropsies have been cured by it alone.

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