Garlic-Health.pdf

GARLIC

Nat ure’s Amazing Nut rit ional and

Medicinal Wonder Food

Woodland Publishing, Inc.

Pleasant Grove, UT

Woodland Publishing Inc.

P.O. Box 160

Pleasant Grove, UT 84062

The information contained in this booklet is for educational purposes

only. Please consult a professional health care physician for any condition that

requires their services. This information is not intended as a substitute for quali-

fied medical care.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GARLI C

Common Names 5

Plant Parts 5

Active Compounds 5

Pharmacology 5

Vitamin and Mineral Content 6

Character 6

Body Systems Targeted 6

HERBAL FORMS 6

HI STORY 8

FUNCTI ONS 10

Garlic and Cardiovascular Health 11

Garlic and Cholesterol Levels 12

High Blood Pressure and Garlic Therapy 14

Garlic as a Natural Blood Thinner 15

Garlic: A Natural Immunity Booster 16

Nature’s Antibiotic 17

Yeast Infections and Garlic 21

Cancer Treatment/Prevention with Garlic 22

Stomach Cancer, Geography and Garlic 24

Garlic as an Antioxidant 25

Garlic as a Powerful Detoxifier 27

SUMMARY 27

SPECI FI C ACTI ONS ASSOCI ATED WI TH GARLI C 28

COMBI NATI ONS THAT ENHANCE GARLI C

PRI MARY APPLI CATI ONS OF GARLI C

SECONDARY APPLI CATI ONS OF GARLI C

ENDNOTES

GA RLIC

(allium sativum)

C ommon Names: Stinking Rose, Poor Man’s Treacle

Plant Parts: bulb

Active Compounds: Garlic contains more than 200 chemical com-

pounds. Some of its more important ones include: volatile oil

with sulphur-containing compounds: (allicin, alliin, and

ajoene), and enzymes: (allinase, peroxidase and myrosinase).

Allicin is what gives garlic its antibiotic properties and is respon-

sible for its strong odor. Ajoene contributes to the anticoagulant

action of garlic. Garlic also contains citral, geraniol, linalool, A-

phellandrene and B phellandrene. The allyl contained in garlic is

also found in several members of the onion family and is con-

sidered a very valuable therapeutic compound.

Pharmacology: The allicins contained in garlic have a fibrinolytic

activity which reduces platelet aggregation by inhibiting

prostaglandin E2. Allivium sativum has also exerted some effect

on glucose tolerance for both hypo-and hyperglycemia by reduc-

ing insulin require-ments to control blood sugar. The com-

pounds contained in garlic have also demonstrated their ability

to lower total serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels while ele-

vating HDL levels. LDL synthesis is suppressed by garlic. Garlic

allicins have also acted as a larvacide and bacteriostat, active

against gram-positive or gram-negative microorganisms. In addi-

tion, the compounds can destroy certain fungi such as Candida

albicans. Several other microbes are effected by garlic, including

some viruses. Most researchers agree that the sulfur containing

compounds of garlic, especially allicin, alliin, cy-croalliin, and

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