The Garlic Book: Nature's Powerful Healer

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Summary: Potent Medicinal Plant
Review: Modern science has confirmed that garlic possesses strong curative powers, especially for lowering cholesterol, stabilising blood pressure and as a natural antibiotic. This practical guide looks at garlic as medicine and food and tells the reader how to include it in a self-care regimen.

The book provides a brief history of garlic, investigates its potential, its role in heart disease, explains how garlic thins the blood and explores the plant's other actions. These include its role as an antibiotic. Although garlic has a slower and weaker effect than antibiotics, it has almost no side effects, does not create bacterial resistance and acts against a very wide range of organisms. It is thus perfect for use against chronic and less dangerous infections.

Garlic is particularly effective against fungal and yeast infections and parasites, as its reactive sulphur compounds attack the invasive organisms without harming the body. The section on products and preparations considers garlic oil capsules, dried garlic powder and deodorised, aged garlic. The Further Reading section includes a list of books and selected scientific references on the specific properties of garlic. The book concludes with an index.