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Welcome to my Blog - Garlic

HI!! I'm Ann. I'm going to be blogging here to offer natural remedies and suggestions on taking care of and improving your health. I hope to give you the hope and encouragement to take your health back into your hands. I'm going to be giving ideas, recipes, herbal suggestions or anything that will go with healthy living. On to today's topic...

Garlic-the Wonder Food

            Garlic is a very simple food. People cook with garlic every day and use it in many different ways. Garlic gives food flavor and spice. It is one of the best herbs you can use as well. Yes, it is an herb, and as one garlic has many different properties to it. 

Garlic is well known as the “poor man’s penicillin”, it's a wonderful natural antibiotic. Garlic should be on the top of your list to take when sick. Garlic can help with blood pressure, cancer, colds, asthma, boils, bronchitis, flu, sore throat, weight loss, blood cholesterol, arthritis, diabetes, fever, yeast infection, ear aches, and the list can go on and on.

During WWII, the British used garlic to dress the wounds of their soldiers. It was reported that when garlic juice was squeezed on pieces of moss and applied to the wound that NO wounds dressed in this manner ever become seriously infected.

In the garden, garlic is toxic to mosquito larva and has been use to protect crops from insects and fungal problems.

Garlic is highly nutritious. It contains high levels of protein, vitamins A, C, and the B’s, also the minerals copper, zinc, calcium, sulfur, potassium, phosphorus, selenium and much more.

This is "a must" to have in the home. You can use it as a capsule, in the raw form, in the bath, foot soaks, salves, etc... Garlic is one of the most powerful herbs, it is an amazing balancer, helping to balance out what might be off in the body. Get some garlic in your home today.

A good recipe for making garlic oil.

• 4-6 cloves organic garlic, chopped
• 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons of dried mullein
• Vitamin E (optional) 1 teaspoon
• Lavender essential oil (any type you would like. I like tea tree.)

Put everything in a jar. Shake it 2x a day. Let it sit out for about 2 weeks in a dark area. Stain out the garlic cloves and mullein until its  just liquid. Store in a jar and use as needed.

You can use it for different issue like sore throats, ear aches, pin worms, pain… just rub it on the area.