Garlic

Species Name: Allium sativum.

Also known as: Allium, Rustic Treacle, Stinking Rose.

What is Garlic: This herb is mostly known for use in foods to add different flavors. But for use in medicine it has many ways it can help you in many ways.

Garlic does not grow in the wild. It is thought to have risen in cultivation, garlic has probably descended from the species Allium longicuspis, which grows wild in southwestern Asia.

Home Remedies Using Garlic:

Benefits of Garlic:

Right now most oral garlic pills are sold to reduce high cholesterol and high blood pressure. There have been many human studies that do show that garlic does help lower blood pressure.

Many of the other studies to test what else garlic can do for you have been too short for them to actually make a difference in the use of garlic, however taking a garlic supplement seems to have no serious side effects.

Garlic can also be used for preventing and fighting the common cold and could possibly have a wide range of other uses, but without any long studies there haven't been any reports on what else garlic can be used for while you take it.

With this herb you might find it a plus to take with any other herbal supplement.

Uses of Garlic:

Garlic can be eaten at any meal; it can also be used to cook with. You can find it in its raw form at any store to buy and cook with it.

If you don't like the taste of garlic and still want to use this as an herbal supplement, you can buy it in pill or capsule form. You can also find it in concentrated, extracts, liquids, powers and more. You can find this at any store or herb store.

Side Effects of Garlic:

You don't want to take garlic in excess. If you are eating it in food, make sure you keep it to a small amount.

If you do have any kind of bleeding disorder that thins your blood, you might want to make sure that you don't take large amounts of garlic, because this will thin your blood and you'll have a hard time clotting.

If you are working with garlic in plant form then you might have a reaction the garlic plant.