"Natural Healing with Herbs for a Healthier You"
THE BENEFITS OF THE USE OF GARLIC
IN HERBAL PREPARATIONS
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH GARLIC
IN HERBAL PREPARATIONS
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH GARLIC
The reason I chose to do my thesis on garlic is because I have had so much experience with this wonderful plant.
My father is an avid gardener who lives in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He has grown garlic for as long as I can remember. My mother, an excellent cook, would use his garlic in several of her recipes. She would put it in her spaghetti sauce, barbecued chicken, gravies and any number of delectable dishes she would make.
One of the types of garlic he grows that I like the most, simply for the sheer size of it, is the elephant garlic. The bulbs and cloves of this plant are huge. Also, I have a friend who makes garlic braids that she hangs and uses in her kitchen. They make a beautiful addition to her home. That is my culinary experience with garlic. My medicinal experiences with the wonderful herb goes back a ways, as well. I was born with the auto-immune disorder Glomerulonephritis.
In order to calm my raging immune system, the allopathic doctors used high doses of corticosteroids on me which presented their own host of symptoms and illness. One of the many iatrogenic infections I’ve had to deal with is frequent infections of the fungi Candida albicans. Garlic works wonders on this insipid infection. I have used garlic both orally and topically. Whenever I feel an ear infection coming on, I always reach for the garlic and mullein ear oil sold at my favorite health food store, Dale’s Natural Foods of Flint, Michigan.
This oil combination works very well and I know when I place three to four drops of oil into the affected ear, it will feel much better the next day. I have also recommended this to my niece and her children who have also suffered from chronic ear infections with excellent results.
I also use a garlic supplement from the company Enzymatic Therapy called Garlinase. I have tried others but this one seems to work best for me. When I first started taking this supplement, I did notice some gastric symptoms. They have all since disappeared though, with continued treatment.
When my aforementioned niece was diagnosed with a vaginal yeast infection while pregnant with her third child, she was concerned about the possible side affects of the prescribed medication. She remembered her success with the garlic ear oil, and asked me if oral garlic supplementation would help with this problem too. I told her it couldn’t hurt, so she decided to try it with great success.
In conclusion, I feel that the humble little herb some have called the stink lily, is a very useful and valuable plant that every living animal can benefit from in some capacity.
My father is an avid gardener who lives in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He has grown garlic for as long as I can remember. My mother, an excellent cook, would use his garlic in several of her recipes. She would put it in her spaghetti sauce, barbecued chicken, gravies and any number of delectable dishes she would make.
One of the types of garlic he grows that I like the most, simply for the sheer size of it, is the elephant garlic. The bulbs and cloves of this plant are huge. Also, I have a friend who makes garlic braids that she hangs and uses in her kitchen. They make a beautiful addition to her home. That is my culinary experience with garlic. My medicinal experiences with the wonderful herb goes back a ways, as well. I was born with the auto-immune disorder Glomerulonephritis.
In order to calm my raging immune system, the allopathic doctors used high doses of corticosteroids on me which presented their own host of symptoms and illness. One of the many iatrogenic infections I’ve had to deal with is frequent infections of the fungi Candida albicans. Garlic works wonders on this insipid infection. I have used garlic both orally and topically. Whenever I feel an ear infection coming on, I always reach for the garlic and mullein ear oil sold at my favorite health food store, Dale’s Natural Foods of Flint, Michigan.
This oil combination works very well and I know when I place three to four drops of oil into the affected ear, it will feel much better the next day. I have also recommended this to my niece and her children who have also suffered from chronic ear infections with excellent results.
I also use a garlic supplement from the company Enzymatic Therapy called Garlinase. I have tried others but this one seems to work best for me. When I first started taking this supplement, I did notice some gastric symptoms. They have all since disappeared though, with continued treatment.
When my aforementioned niece was diagnosed with a vaginal yeast infection while pregnant with her third child, she was concerned about the possible side affects of the prescribed medication. She remembered her success with the garlic ear oil, and asked me if oral garlic supplementation would help with this problem too. I told her it couldn’t hurt, so she decided to try it with great success.
In conclusion, I feel that the humble little herb some have called the stink lily, is a very useful and valuable plant that every living animal can benefit from in some capacity.
GARLIC
by Gwen M. Porritt
by Gwen M. Porritt