The Health Power of Garlic

Garlic, the smelly, unassuming bulb that plays a role in the flavor of so many dishes, has a history of at least seven millennia of human use. The ancient Egyptians documented its function as a medicine and left it in their pyramids and tombs.

And its medicinal properties have also been recorded in the medical literature of the ancient Greeks, Chinese and Romans, and in Indian Ayurvedic texts.¹

Garlic’s antimicrobial effect has long been recognized by folk medicine. In Italy, garlic was tied around the necks of children to ward off colds.

One childhood wearer noted that it …read more