Garlic Health Benefits - Mother's Know Best!

by Heather
(Utah)

My boyfriend of a year and his family are Chinese, coming from Taiwan about fifteen years ago.

When I first met him, I was astounded at how similar our tastes in food are, and I just couldn't get over how much we both LOVED garlic.

A few months later, I learned that he used to hate garlic, but that his mom made him eat it because she said it was an ancient Chinese belief that raw garlic warded off incurable diseases and it ended up growing on him.

It didn't hit me until a few nights ago that this was true (I was reading the latest issue of Woman's Day when I stumbled across this tidbit of information), and backed by scientific evidence, that raw garlic slows cancer cell growth!

Now I listen more to what she says about the benefits of garlic, and put more raw garlic in our food

Garlic Cures - Our First Line Of Medicine.

by Chandni
(India )

Raw garlic is considered one of the best herbal medicines but with one of the worst drawbacks, the garlic smell! I still remember it was considered as the first line of medication in my family.

Every little problem could be treated with the health medicinal benefits of garlic, whether it was used topically, inhaled or orally consumed.

When I was little, I had a regular problem of ear infections. This was probably due to my regular swimming lessons. Every time I complained about it, my grandma always heated up some crushed raw garlic pods in olive oil and poured a drop in my ear.

Another good method is boiling crushed garlic in water and then inhaling the fumes. This clears out all the remaining water in the ear which got in from the pool.

Raw garlic is also a fantastic remedy for cough, problems with bladder and kidney, pinworm problems, etc. All these conditions can be cured using garlic in the raw form rather than cooked.

The major drawback is the body odor produced on regular consumption. In these cases it is better to cut back and consume a lot of water to get rid of the persistent garlic smell.

The Wonders of Garlic Cures

by Ron
(Corinth, TX, USA)

When I was told that eating raw garlic every day could improve and even cure my skin complexion problems, I was unaware of the health benefits of garlic and thus quite skeptical about garlic cures!

My uncle told me that it would purify my blood, and the pure blood to my face would help my skin in that area. So I started putting raw garlic in both my lunch and dinner meals.

Whether it was in salad or mixed in with spaghetti, I ate garlic nonstop. After about a week I could already see a difference in my face. The marks were not as red and inflamed, and after about three weeks were greatly diminished.

I have even been able to eat the raw garlic by itself. I have heard about other alleged garlic cures and so I am currently investigating the health medicinal benefits of garlic.