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The Healing Benefits of Garlic: From Pharoahs to Pharmacists
The Healing Benefits of Garlic From Pharoahs to Pharmacists Author:John Heinerman As far back as the clay-tablet or papyrus-scroll history goes, it records the virtues of garlic, as food and medicine. John Heinerman traces the fascinating history of the "stinking rose" through ancient and medieval times from Sumeria to Transylvania to Gilroy, California, where it is celebrated in an annual festival. And, as he point... more »s out, the therapeutic value of garlic is a good deal more than folklore: modern research has analyzed the herb's chemistry and shown the remarkable effects of its active ingredients on health, especially on the immune and circulatory systems. Dr. Heinerman examines the full range of garlic's exciting medical properties and roles in disease management, and how the reader can use them, and also provides a section of garlic-rich recipes that make full use of what he calls "the single greatest herbal tool which Nature has bequeathed to the human race."« less