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Other Names: Ail blanc (French); Knoblauch (German); aglio (Italian); ajo (Spanish).
Description: Garlic is a perennial herb with fleshy and slightly greyish leaves, rounded flower heads and numerous small bulbs (bulbules, cloves) borne in a group and surrounded by a white papery sheath. Bear's garlic (Allium ursinum) is common in Europe and Asia and its leaves are used as a garlic substitute.
Origin: Middle East or central Asia. The exact origin is uncertain - garlic is known only in its cultivated form. It has been used as a food, spice and medicinal crop since antiquity.
Parts Used: The fresh bulbs or cloves (Allii sativi bulbus), garlic powder (Allii sativi pulvis) and garlic oil.
Uses and Properties: The main medicinal uses are supportive dietary treatment of high blood lipids and the prevention of age-related vascular changes (e.g. triglyceride and cholesterol lowering activities). Garlic has become a popular remedy against the common cold, with claimed diaphoretic, expectorant, antiviral, antispasmodic and antiseptic properties.
Active Ingredients: Various sulphur-containing compounds in garlic or garlic oil are known to have biological effects. The main compound in intact garlic is alliin, which is degraded by an enzyme, alliinase, first to an unstable intermediate and then to allicin (often the main component in processed material). Another metabolite, known as ajoene (Z and E forms), also inhibits the aggregation of platelets. These sulfides can form disulfides with SH-groups of proteins and thus modulate a wide range of proteins and enzymes.
Pharmacological Effects: Numerous studies in animals and humans have demonstrated antimicrobial, anriviral and lipid-lowering effects. Allicin and ajoene are thought to act as platelet aggregation inhibitors, leading to prolonged bleeding and clotting time. Antimycotic activity is ascribed to inhibition of lipid synthesis in yeasts.
Preparation and Dosage: The average daily dose is 4 g fresh garlic (or equivalent amounts in preparations). Garlic is best used fresh, but carefully dried garlic (as powder) and the essential oil inhibits the aggregation of platelets. These sulfides can form disulfides with SH-groups of proteins and thus modulate a wide range of proteins and enzymes.
Pharmacological Effects: Numerous studies in animals and humans have demonstrated antimicrobial, anriviral and lipid-lowering effects. Allicin and ajoene are thought to act as platelet aggregation inhibitors, leading to prolonged bleeding and clotting time. Antimycotic activity is ascribed to inhibition of lipid synthesis in yeasts.
Preparation and Dosage: The average daily dose is 4 g fresh garlic (or equivalent amounts in preparations). Garlic is best used fresh, but carefully dried garlic (as powder) and the essential oil are included in tincrures and syrups.
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Directions
Adults: Take one capsule three times daily or as directed by a health care practitioner.
Label Information
This product contains no artificial preservatives, color, milk, soya, corn, wheat or yeast.
Additional Information
Swiss Herbal products are an exclusive line of premium quality, natural source vitamins, minerals and supplements as well as herbs, cosmetics and herbal remedies. All products are prepared to the highest standards of quality control, from raw materials right through the entire manufacturing process. Samples are sent to independent laboratories to verify that these high standards are met or surpassed for purity, potency, stability and freshness.
All Swiss Herbal products are packed in tamper-proof pharmaceutical-grade& recyclable containers.
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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Products are intended to support general well being and are not intended to treat, diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or cure any condition or disease. If conditions persist, please seek advice from your medical doctor. The essence of the current American rule on Traditional Uses is, as stated by FTC, "Claims based on historical or traditional use should be substantiated by confirming scientific evidence, or should be presented in such a way that consumers understand that the sole basis for the claim is a history of use of the product for a particular purpose."
