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Garlic

Garlic is a perennial plant that is widely cultivated as one of the most common kitchen herbs. The garlic bulb is compound, consisting of individual bulbs, or cloves, enclosed together in a white skin. The stem is simple, smooth, and rounded at the bottom by tubular leaf sheaths from which grow the long, flat, linear leaves. The stem is topped by a rounded umbel of small, white, usually sterile flowers, among which grow 20 to 30 small bulbs. The entire umbel is at first enclosed in a teardrop-shaped leaf (pointing upward) which eventually falls off.

	5 lb	10 lb	25lb
Garlic Flakes	@ $6.05/lb	@ $5.45/lb	@ $4.91/lb
Garlic Granules	@ $5.86/lb	@ $5.27/lb	@ $4.74/lb
Garlic Powder	@ $5.86/lb	@ $5.27/lb	@ $4.74/lb

Properties/Uses - Anthelmintic, antispasmodic, carminative, cholagogue, digestive, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge. Garlic stimulates the activity of the digestive organs and therefore relieves various problems associated with poor digestion. As an expectorant, it is useful for chronic stomach and intestinal catarrh, as well as for chronic bronchitis. Garlic also regularizes the action of the liver and gallbladder. It is helpful for all intestinal infections, such as dysentery, cholera, typhoid and para-typhoid fever, and for problems due to putrefactive intestinal bacteria. The tincture of garlic lowers blood pressure and helps to counteract arteriosclerosis. Its beneficial effect on blood circulation and heart action can bring relief for many common body complaints.

Botanical Name - Allium sativum

Part Used - Bulb

Common Names/Synonyms - Clove Garlic, Stinking Rose, Rustic Treacle, Camphor of the poor.

Cautions - Avoid garlic supplements before surgery because the herb's anticlotting actions may prolong bleeding from a surgical wound. If you plan to take garlic for cholesterol problems, have your doctor check your cholesterol levels after three months to see if they have changed; if they haven't, talk with your doctor about other options. Avoid taking garlic supplements or consuming medicinal amounts of garlic during pregnancy; although no problems have been reported, lab tests suggest that irregular uterine contractions may develop.

Garlic in smaller sizes


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