Crazy About Garlic!

If you are crazy about garlic or wondering why you should be, this blog is for you!

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Mmm, Dliecious Germ-Killing Salad!

Here it is:

Make a nice salad mix, lettuce, onions, cucumber, tomatoes, ect.

Then add:
1-3 fresh cloves of garlic, depending on how big your salad is.

A good sized sprinkling of Cayenne powder.

And a dash of freshly squeezed lemon juice, that is the best but if you don't have that then you can use the regular bottled lemon juice.

So good and so healthy!!

Sunday, August 20, 2006

All of Garlic's Wonderful Uses:

Applications and Attributes--Garlic

Abscessed Teeth
Amoebic Dysentery
Animal Bites
Animals
Antibiotic
Antispasmodic
Arthritis
Bath
Bites
Blood Poisoning
Blood Pressure
Boils
Cancer
Candida
Cholesterol
Colds and Flu
Congestion
Cough
Couch Syrup
Diarreah
Digestion
Dysentery
Earache
Enema
Expectorant
Footbath
Fungus
Gangrene
Garlic Bath
Garlic Enema
Garlic Oil
Garlic Poultice
Garlic Water
Gum Infection
Hepatitis
Herpes
High Blood Pressure
Immune System
Inflammation
Insect Bites
Insect Repellent
Kidney Infection
Lungs
Mononucleosis
Mouth Infestion
Mucus
Nervine
OilParasites
Pets
Pimples
Plants
Pneumonia
Poultice
Rash
Rejuvenatin Elxir
Sinus
Skin Innfestion
Sleep
Teeth
Throat
Thrush
Tonic
Urinary Tract
Warts
Wounds
Yeast Infestion.

And, probably much more!!!

List Provided By Lalitha Thomas's Book, Ten Essential Herbs.

Friday, August 18, 2006

A Bit of Garlic History:

Oh the glorious stinking rose! And the aroma! I love garlic. It's a mainstay of almost every cuisine. It can conjure up the vision of a fabulous meal. Others might say, go for the breathe mints. But there's no denying that garlic has been valued for thousands of years and has served a wide range of purposes. A little bulb with a big history. It has even been used as currency. In the days of the pharaohs, ancient Egyptians considered garlic so valuable that they placed it in tombs, including in King Tut's. Ancient Greeks gave it to Olympian athletes for strength and stamina. And in India, 5,000-year-old Sanskrit records describe its curative properties.
The word garlic comes from Old English garleac, meaning "spear leek." Garlic dates back over 6,000 years! Nowadays, people don't place a very high value on garlic. Which, can be good if you are as crazy about garlic as I am and you can get lots of it cheap!! On the other hand, garlic really is worth its weight in gold. Why? Well my friend, stick around and you'll soon find out!!