ALTERNATIVE medicine has been touting the health benefits of garlic for centuries, from its anti-bacterial and antifungal properties, to its positive effects on the cardiovascular system.
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Garlic does smell horrible but there are many medicinal uses of Garlic. It is anti-bacterial & anti-viral in nature. It helps in healing wounds, purifying blood, works on skin infections, cold and other ailments. Having raw garlic would be more beneficial rather than the cooked or boiled piece of garlic.
Garlic Oil capsules are great too. I have been taking one a day for the last 10-12 years and it must be 10 years since I last had a cold
That is a real good amount of time when you last had cold. Where do we get the Garlic Oil Capsules. It would of great help not just for me but everyone in my family especially my dad.
Another great thing about garlic: It keeps vampires away.
All of the garlic is the good part i always use it cut in half with the skin on i always find that holds most of the taste not the smell.
I've been taking
garlic capsules for a long time now and since then my inmune system works better, I haven't got sick in a long time!
I would suggest coating your garlic and roasting it....it then becomes sweeter and milder, thus easier to remove from the skin....
Garlic, is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, and leek. Garlic has been used throughout recorded history for both culinary and medicinal purposes. It has a characteristic pungent, 'hot', flavour that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking.A 'head' of garlic, the most commonly used plant part, comprises numerous discrete 'cloves'. The leaves and stems are sometimes eaten, particularly while immature and tender. Immature scapes are tender and edible. They are also known as 'garlic spears', 'stems', or 'tops'. Scapes generally have a milder taste than cloves. They are often used in stir frying or prepared like asparagus. Garlic leaves are a popular vegetable in many parts of Asia, particularly Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cambodian cuisines. The leaves are cut, cleaned and then stir-fried with eggs, meat, or vegetables.
So-called elephant garlic is a different species (a form of leek).
Drugs will affect garlic (interactions)
Do not take garlic without first talking to your doctor if you are taking any of the following medicines:
a medicine to control blood sugar levels such as insulin, glipizide (Glucotrol), glyburide (Glynase, Diabeta, Micronase), chlorpropamide (Diabinese), tolbutamide (Orinase), tolazamide (Tolinase), pioglitazone (Actos), rosiglitazone (Avandia), repaglinide (Prandin), metformin (Glucophage), and others;
a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) including ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, others), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn, Naprelan, Anaprox, others), ketoprofen (Orudis KT, Orudis), indomethacin (Indocin), etodolac (Lodine), nabumetone (Relafen), oxaprozin (Daypro), piroxicam (Feldene), sulindac (Clinoril), tolmetin (Tolectin), and others;
a protease inhibitor such as amprenavir (Agenerase), indinavir (Crixivan), saquinavir (Invirase, Fortovase), lopinavir-ritonavir (Kaletra), ritonavir (Norvir), or nelfinavir (Viracept);
ardeparin (Normiflo), dalteparin (Fragmin), danaparoid (Orgaran), enoxaparin (Lovenox), tinzaparin (Innohep);
warfarin (Coumadin);
aspirin; or
heparin.
You may not be able to take garlic, or you may require a dosage adjustment or special monitoring while taking garlic if you are taking any of the medicines listed above.
Drugs other than those listed here may also interact with garlic or affect your condition. Talk to your doctor, pharmacist, or health care provider before taking any prescription or over-the-counter medicines or other herbal/health supplements.