September 24, 2007
Garlic, The Natural Antibiotic
Also known as Allium sativum L, garlic is an herb which grows bulbs under ground, and the above ground shoots look much like green onions do. Garlic is used for cooking and flavoring foods, but it's also one of nature's most powerful natural medicines too.
Garlic is a natural antibiotic that's very potent. Not only will it kill harmful bacteria and germs which cause a variety of sicknesses, garlic will also cure a wide variety of infections inside and outside of the body. Garlic is a wonderful anti-fungal herb, which means it can be used to kill fungus related infections in or out of the body as well.
The powerful antibiotic part of garlic is a compound that occurs naturally in the plant. This compound is known as allicin, and just one (1) milligram has the equivalent potency of fifteen (15) standard units of Penicillin.
Allicin is also what gives garlic it's strong, pugnent odor, and a common mistake many new natural health enthusiasts make these days is to buy garlic supplements which are marketed as "odorless". Marketing companies and manufacturers like to make odorless garlic because it is more appealing to the general population.
Everyone wants the health and wellness benefits garlic can bring to them, but they don't want to smell like garlic because of it. So they try to take the easy way out and buy odorless varieties instead. Unfortunately the odorless varieties are generally a waste of time, money, and effort. Since they don't have the naturally occurring allicin found in real garlic, they also don't have the healing potential you get from real garlic.
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