Garlic As An Antibiotic

Garlic as an antibiotic

From ancient time through World War I, garlic has been used to treat the wounded. During the 1920's, research at Sandoz pharmacy in Switzerland isolated garlic's antibiotic compound, alien, which has no medicinal value until the herb is chewed, chopped or crushed. An enzyme transforms alliin into powerful antibiotic allicin. (So just try chewing a dozen raw cloves) in case of ulcer, use more garlic in your diet and garlic also kills the H pylori, bacteria that cause ulcer.

Garlic for cholesterol control
One half to one clove of garlic per day reduces cholesterol by 9 percent. Garlic can impair blood clotting.

Garlic for cancer prevention
Garlic reduces the risk of several cancer, for example colon cancer, prostate and bladder cancer. A few cloves a week cuts risk by 32 percent.
Note: you can get same benefits by using mother tincture.

April McCarthy writes in the Waking Times

A significant finding from Washington State University shows that garlic is 100 times more effective than two popular antibiotics at fighting disease causing bacteria commonly responsible for foodborne illness.

Their work was published recently in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy a follow-up to the author’s previous research in Applied and Environmental Microbiology which conclusively demonstrated that garlic concentrate was effective in inhibiting the growth of C. jejuni bacteria.

Garlic increases the overall antioxidant levels in the body.

Scientifically known as Allium sativa, garlic has been famous throughout history for its ability to fight off viruses and bacteria. Louis Pasteur noted in 1858 that bacteria died when they were doused with garlic. From the Middle Ages on, garlic has been used to treat wounds, being ground or sliced and applied directly to wounds to inhibit the spread of infection. The Russians refer to garlic as Russian penicillin.

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Permalink Reply by Debby Bruck on May 8, 2009 at 3:29pm

Dear Jamil ~ what a great post. I love garlic and sometimes make a parsley or cilantro pesto with lemon and of course, garlic. Everyone must share in this dish. I will have to start eating it more often. It is also, as you say, very important to crush the garlic and let it sit for 10-15 minutes for the chemical reaction to occur. We have many wonderful healing plants and herbs.

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Permalink Reply by Dr Bajwa on May 8, 2009 at 4:13pm

thanks Dear Debby Bruck
i have knowledge about more than 100 herbs how the that herbs use in homeopathy, herbal and allopathic system of medicines.

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Permalink Reply by Gina Tyler DHOM on May 25, 2009 at 1:45am

I fully agree,Garlic is one of the Oldest earth medicines we have.
Garlic can even be used in Organic gardening (pesticide).
If a handfull of garlic bulbs are placed near pest infested plants-
it repels many bugs that may detroy that plant.

If a person has problems with mosquito bites its a good idea to eat fresh garlic daily,no need for 'deet' type bug sprays (toxic)!
The Garlic makes your blood taste awfull to any bug/fly/mosquito trying to bite you.

Garlic oil placed in the ear gets rid of infections-
Garlic placed on the windowsill of your house keeps flies away.
So Garlic has many purposes,but the greatest gift that garlic gives is Health!

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Permalink Reply by Gina Tyler DHOM on May 25, 2009 at 1:51am

Dr Jamil
Nice to see that you have this knowledge of herbs. I do as well, have used herbal preps many years before I started practicing Homeopathy.
Each country has their own wonderful medicinal hebs.
Growing up in Indonesia as a child, I was treated by my grandmother with only herbal plant meds. (bad failing kidneys!)
I still use Indonesian medicinal plants today these are called "Jamu".
Western herbs I also use
Chinese and Ayurvedic as well.

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Permalink Reply by Debby Bruck on July 27, 2012 at 7:13pm

Diallyl trisulfide induces Bcl-2 and caspase-3-dependent apoptosis via downregulation of Akt phosphorylation in human T24 bladder cancer cells
Yun-Bin Wang, Jie Qin, Xiang-Yi Zheng, Yu Bai, Kai Yang, Li-Ping Xie
ABSTRACT
It is well known that the garlic-derived organosulfur compounds (OSCs) are effective to inhibit a variety of human cancers such as prostate, breast, colon, skin, lung, and bladder cancers. Herein, the pro-apoptotic effects of diallyl trisulfide (DATS), one of garlic-derived OSCs, on T24 bladder cancer cells were investigated. The results demonstrated that DATS suppressed proliferation of T24 bladder cancer cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner which was associated with induced G2/M Phase cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Mechanistically, DATS inhibits phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase/Akt activation that, in turn, results in modulation of Bcl-2 family proteins, leading to enhanced apoptosis of T24 cells. These findings suggest that DATS may be an effective way for treating human bladder and other types of cancers.

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