Health benefits of Garlic

When I was young, I was bothered why sometimes my father is chewing raw garlic or drinking the juice of stewed garlic. For me, the taste of garlic is undoubted distasteful and yucky. Now, I understand that this is one of his home remedies for the hypertension. According to him, one of his doctors prescribed dosage of garlic for his patients with heart and circulatory problems.

Garlic is the most widely used medicinal plant in the world. Bronchitis, catarrh, sore throats, asthma, indigestion, constipation, diarrhea and even athlete’s foot can all be helped by this powerful little bulb. But by far the most exciting about this plant is the benefits for those with heart and circulatory problems.

Garlic is good for:

• Bites and stings
• Colds and flu
• Coughs
• Cuts and grazes
• Diarrhea
• Ear problems
• Fungal infections
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Sinusitis
• Sore throat
• Sties
• Urinary tract infections

Doctors agree that fresh garlic offers the greatest healing and preventive properties. But if you really can’t stand the taste, then you could take enteric-coated garlic supplements instead. These won’t give you garlic breath because they pass through the stomach undigested. Avoid taking large doses of the garlic supplements if you are taking blood-thinning medications.