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Description :
Allium Sativum - Part used : Bulbus
Natural medicines panacea - "cure all"
Protection of heart and blood vessels :
it lowers blood pressure, prevents thrombosis as a fibrinolytic, lowers cholesterol, and is a coronary dilator. It is also a diuretic.
Diabetes :
it has a mild hypoglycaemic action.
Digestive aid :
garlic is an eupeptic cholagogue and spasmolytic. It strenghtens gums and tooth roots and prevents their inflammation. It expels worms (pinworms).
General tonic, it wards off infections :
it oxygenates the tissues, helps sweating and, as a bactericide, protects against colds and flu, respiratory catarrhs, and bowel's infestions.
Antidote :
to nicotine and saturnism (lead poisoning).
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