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Garlic
Family:
Liliaceae |
Latin Name:
Allium sativum |
Description
Grows in grass-like clumps with a height of 1 foot and a width of 6 inches. The flowers are small, rose-white or green-white, clustered in 3-4 inch globes, on tall stems rising from the underground bulb. The fruit are small black seeds. The bulbs contain 8-20 cloves. Blooms from June to July.
Common Uses
Garlic stimulates metabolism, and is used both for chronic and acute diseases and has both tonic and alterative properties. It also treats weak digestion, genito-urinary diseases, lung and bronchial infections and mucus conditions. It is an effective antibiotic for staphylococcus, streptococcus, and salmonella bacteria, and is effective against bacteria that are resistant to standard antibiotic drugs. It is a good antifungal for the treatment of candida albicans yeast infections. Subjects who ate garlic for six months found that their "bad" LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels went down, while their "good" HDL cholesterol levels increased.
History
Grown in the Mediterranean and central Asia for centuries, garlic was widely used a s medicine by the ancients. Garlic was placed by the ancient Greeks on the pile of stones at crossroads as a supper for the god Hecate. The Egyptians invocated garlic and onion as deities at the taking of oaths. Greek wrestlers would chew a few cloves of garlic before fighting bouts to give themselves strength and courage.
Products Containing this Ingredient
Antioxidant Complex, ACE®, Aqua Flora High Potency, Candida Cleanse™, Cold Season Immune Formula (Garlic, Rosehips & Parsley), Cyclone Cider, Ear Drops, Children’s Formula, Ear Oil, Mullein, Garlic Complete Concentrate®, Garlic, Aged Extract, Formula 100, Cardiovascular, Garlic, Aged Extract, Formula 101, Energy, Garlic, Odorless, Garlicin, Immune Defender Kit, Life Defense™, Lung Formula™ (formerly Sound Breath®), Multi- Vitamin, Great Greens, Omega- 3, Parasite Purge (formerly Parasite Blend), Rascal®
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