Garlic

Garlic

Latin Name: Allium sativum
Family: Liliaceae

Part used: clove or bulb.
Energetics: Pungent, hot, stimulating, dispersing, decongesting, a bit sweet.
Iris: All types.
Interactions:  Please check with your Healthcare Provider..

Safe alongside Herb
  • Atenolol
  • Digoxin
  • Metformin
  • Paracetamol
  • Simvastatin
  • Warfarin
Unsure alongside Herb
  • Acetylsalicylic acid
  • Erythromycin
  • Minocycline
Coadministration Recommended

Hydrochlorothiazide

CONTRA-INDICATIONS

  • Patients with a hot constitution
  • Acute inflammation
  • Insomnia
  • Dehydration
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Impending surgery
  • Organ implants
  • Large amounts can inhibit iodine uptake by thyroid gland.
  • May cause gastrointestinal upset in sensitive individuals.

ACTIONS

  • Anti-microbial
  • Antibiotic
  • Anti-bacterial
  • Anti-parasitic
  • Anti-viral
  • Anti-fungal
  • Cholagogue
  • Diaphoretic
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Vermifuge
  • Anti-lipaemic
  • Anti-coagulant
  • Anti-neoplastic
  • Biofilm disruptor

Main Constituents

  • Sulphur up to 2%
  • Dry weight containing amino acid Alliin (absorbs rapidly)
  • When crushed the bulb comes in contact with the air causing enzyme reaction to create allinase, which converts to Allicin (this compound is most studied).

Main Uses

All infections!
Bacterial, Viral and Fungal Infections: Parasites/worms (a single garlic clove (not a full bulb!) is carefully peeled to avoid nicking of the garlic flesh, dipped in a small amount of olive oil and inserted into the rectum and left overnight around the time of a full moon. The suppository will melt and does not require removal.
Reproductive System: Vaginal infections (insert the coated clove into the vaginal fornix. The clove may fall out on its own when the woman urinates in the morning, or it may need to be manually removed with a clean finger.)
Endocrine System: Type 2 Diabetes
Skin: Verrucae (crush a garlic clove and rub over the affected area.)
Digestive System: Alcohol-induced liver injury, Restores gut flora after infection or taking antibiotics.
Circulatory: Atherosclerosis, High cholesterol, Heart attack, Coronary heart disease, Hypertension
Immune System: Anti-cancer, Common cold
Respiratory System: Coughs, Bronchitis, Tuberculosis, Sinusitis

Infections:
Bacteria: Aeromonas, Bacillus genera, Brucella abortus, Citrobacter, Clostridium, Enterococcus faecalis, E. coli, Hafnia, Haemophilus influenzae, H. pylori, Klebsiella, Micrococcus luteus, MRSA, Mycobacteria, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Proteus species, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus / epidermis, Streptococcus pyrogens / pneumoniae, Typhus, Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE), Vibrio cholerae.
Viruses: Coxsackie, ECHO virus, Herpes Simplex 1 and 2, HIV/AIDS, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Influenza.
Protozoa: Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, Plasmodium species.
Fungi: Aspergillus flavus, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus.
Trematode: Leishmania, Trypanosoma species.

More About Garlic

Garlic bulb is best eaten or taken in tincture form, or extracted to preserve the active compound Allicin.
Crushing the whole clove before swallowing ensures it is most antiseptic and anti-inflammatory, as well of course as being antisocial!
Small doses are sufficient for garlic’s stimulant functions, whilst larger doses are needed for the antiseptic actions. Fresh garlic is more dispersing, and therefore better, for promoting surface sweating at the onset of respiratory infections. Dried garlic is less dispersing, and more appropriate for promoting internal warmth and drying out damp, fungal conditions.
There has been much research into the benefit of garlic for high blood pressure, thrombosis, high cholesterol, diabetes, arteriosclerosis and cancer. It is anticoagulant, anti-lipaemic and anti- neoplastic.
It is useful in acute and chronic infections of the respiratory, gastrointestinal and epidermal Systems.
Garlic Socks
Used in cases of extreme lung mucus and feeling unable to breathe.
In the evening, grate 1 part garlic clove to 3 parts Vaseline to make a paste. For a child it is 1:7. Although Vaseline is a petrochemical, it doesn’t work properly with anything else.
Coat the sole of the foot with olive oil, then spread on the paste. Cover with a nappy sack and then seal with a sock. Go to bed. In the morning scrape all off into the bag and dispose. Repeat each evening as necessary. Bear in mind the smell will be pungent but it will clear a heavy cold and infection!

Garlic Stability:

Sulfenic acids spontaneously react with each other to form unstable compounds called thiosulfinates. In the case of alliin, the resulting sulfenic acids react with each other to form a thiosulfinate known as allicin (half-life in crushed garlic at 23°C is 2.5 days).
https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/food-beverages/garlic

As to the utilisation of allicin, Lawson et al. reported that allicin is rather stable in water (half-life = 30−40 days) and more so in diluted aqueous solution than in concentrated extracts.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jf8000907

Recipes:


Garlic Socks

Used in cases of extreme lung mucous and feeling unable to breathe.

Instructions:
In the evening, grate 1 part garlic clove to 3 parts vaseline to make a paste. For a child it is 1:7. Although Vaseline is petro-chemical, it doesn’t work properly with anything else.
Coat the sole of the foot with olive oil, then spread on the paste. Cover with a nappy sack and then seal with a sock. Go to bed.
In the morning scrape all off into the bag and dispose. Repeat each evening as necessary. Bear in mind the smell will be pungent but it will clear a heavy cold and infection!

References


Anticancer

Phytochemicals of garlic: Promising candidates for cancer therapy.
Garlic has been demonstrated to exhibit anticancer activities via interfering with multiple stages of carcinogenesis.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332219353521?via%3Dihub#sec0035

Cardiovascular disease

Garlic for Cardiovascular Disease: Prevention or Treatment?
This review supports the notion that garlic has the potential to treat mild hypertension, to decrease hypercholesterolemia, and to prevent atherosclerosis.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27748188/

Anti-hyperlipidemia

Anti-hyperlipidemia of garlic by reducing the level of total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein: A meta-analysis.
Garlic can reduce the level of TC and LDL instead of HDL and TG, indicating the ability of anti-hyperlipidemia.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29718835/

Oral Microbiome

Activity of bioactive garlic compounds on the oral microbiome: a literature review.
Garlic derivatives have shown antimicrobial effects against periodontal and carious pathogens, including Porphyromonas gingivalis, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, and Streptococcus mutans. Comparisons to sodium hypochlorite and calcium hydroxide treatments yielded significant support for the effectiveness of garlic extract on the management of endodontic infections. The use of garlic for the treatment of oral candidiasis and recurrent aphthous ulcers also exhibited success without the complications associated with traditional therapy.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32348240/

Fasting blood glucose

Garlic intake lowers fasting blood glucose: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
In conclusion, the current meta-analysis showed that the administration of garlic resulted in a significant reduction in FBG concentrations.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26693740/

Biofilms

Natural Anti-biofilm Agents: Strategies to Control Biofilm-Forming Pathogens
Garlic extracts play a vital role in the inhibition of quorum sensing signaling molecules of Pseudomonas and Vibrio spp. biofilms (Harjai et al., 2010)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7658412/

Pseudomonas

Garlic blocks quorum sensing and attenuates the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19878318/

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