Plants that Grow in the Forest: Garlic - Medicinal Uses

Liliana Usvat

When a forest is cut ( destroyed) all the plants that live in the forest are destroyed.

• Clear cutting the forest is a term that means everything is removed from the forest with cutting the trees for industrial use. So the forest in the initial format has no chance to regenerate.
• This is done lately in the name of the reduction of gases and the fight against global warming. 
• Writers, "scientists" are actually paid to justify cutting the forests. How? By replacing coal power plants with wood power plants 43 in UK 220 in USA. 
• Universities are teaching students (that actually pay to study) the management of the forest meaning how to cut the trees.

So let-s concentrate today on a plant that actually grow in the forest: garlic.
We all know that garlic is also cultivated but in the original state was and still is growing in the forest.

History


With a history of human use of over 7,000 years, garlic is native to central Asia, and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent seasoning in Asia, Africa, and Europe. It was known to Ancient Egyptians, and has been used for both culinary and medicinal purposes.

Species


Garlic - Allium sativum grows in the wild in areas where it has become naturalized.

• The "wild garlic", "crow garlic ", and "field garlic" of Britain are members of the species Allium ursinum, Allium vineale, and Allium oleraceum, respectively. 

• In North America, Allium vineale (known as "wild garlic" or "crow garlic") and Allium canadense, known as "meadow garlic" or "wild garlic" and "wild onion", are common weeds in fields.
• One of the best-known "garlics", the so-called elephant garlic, is actually a wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum), and not a true garlic. Single clove garlic (also called pearl or solo garlic) originated in the Yunnan province of China.

Culinary uses

Garlic is widely used around the world for its pungent flavor as a seasoning or condiment.
The garlic plant's bulb is the most commonly used part of the plant. With the exception of the single clove types, garlic bulbs are normally divided into numerous fleshy sections called cloves.

Garlic cloves are used for consumption (raw or cooked) or for medicinal purposes. They have a characteristic pungent, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking.
Other parts of the garlic plant are also edible.

The leaves and flowers (bulbils) on the head (spathe) are sometimes eaten. They are milder in flavor than the bulbs,and are most often consumed while immature and still tender. Immature garlic is sometimes pulled, rather like a scallion, and sold as "green garlic".

When green garlic is allowed to grow past the "scallion" stage, but not permitted to fully mature, it may produce a garlic "round", a bulb like a boiling onion, but not separated into cloves like a mature bulb.Additionally, the immature flower stalks (scapes) of the hardneck and elephant types are sometimes marketed for uses similar to asparagus in stir-fries.

Historical use

Hippocrates, Galen, Pliny the Elder, and Dioscorides all mention the use of garlic for many conditions, including 

• parasites, 
• respiratory problems, 
• poor digestion, and 
• low energy. 

Its use in China dates back to 2000 BCE.

It was consumed by ancient Greek and Roman soldiers, sailors, and rural classes (Virgil, Ecologues ii. 11), and, according to Pliny the Elder (Natural History ), by the African peasantry. Galen eulogizes it as the "rustic's theriac" (cure-all) , and Alexander Neckam, a writer of the 12th century , recommends it as a palliative for the heat of the sun in field labor.

Medicinal use 

 

• Modern science has shown that garlic is a powerful natural antibiotic
• Garlic prevents strokes and reduce tension in the arteries. To be useful in this case, it is recommended to consume garlic chopped or tossed  reduce high blood pressure.
• Garlic is also alleged to help regulate blood sugar levels
• Regular and prolonged use of therapeutic amounts of aged garlic extracts lower blood homocysteine levels and has been shown to prevent some complications of diabetes 
• Garlic was used as an antiseptic to prevent gangrene during World War I and World War II
• In 1924, it was found to be an effective way to prevent scurvy, because of its high vitamin C content.
• People who usually have cold hands and feet, regardless of season, are recommended to consume garlic permanent. Sulphur compounds in garlic normalizes blood circulation, regulates blood pressure, and peripheral circulation.
• garlic has diuretic action, helping to eliminate retained water in the body decreases and high blood pressure 
• Influenza - three to four cloves of garlic daily consumption reduced by at least one third the odds of us getting sick during a flu epidemic. This is because garlic, besides the fact that it has the effect of strengthening the immunity, contains substances that kill or slow the growth of the influenza virus. 
• Oral Candida - a study of experimental medicine shows a parasitic fungus antiseptic garlic stronger than Nystatin, the drug commonly anticandidozic. Mouth rinses are made 2-3 times per day, with one quarter cup of water, which dissolved a half tablespoon of garlic macerated in alcohol. 
• Athlete's foot disease - put a small poultice, made ​​from 1 to 2 cloves garlic, between fingers affected. Demonstrated by direct testing this simple treatment effects at least comparable to those of sophisticated synthetic creams used to treat this disease. 

 Recipe for unblocking arteries Cholesterol deposits
 
 

• 250 ml of garlic juice organic
• 250 ml organic ginger juice
• 250 ml organic lemon juice
• 250 ml organic apple cider vinegar
• 750 ml of unpasteurized  honey

 




Mix ginger garlic lemon juice and vinegar and simmer for an hour.
Remained after boiling mixture is allowed to cool, mix well with honey and put it in the fridge in a glass jar (not plastic).
Drink cite a spoon in the morning before breakfast.
I understand that some people Iulian Barbu (who were scheduled for "by-pass" surgery) after consuming this product for 2-3 months no longer needed surgery.

Garlic Festivals - Eco Tourism

The 4th annual Sussex County Harvest, Honey and Garlic Festival  held at the Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road, Augusta, on October 12th from 10am - 4pm. This Festival is a celebration of agritourism, ecotourism and arts & heritage tourism.


The County of Sussex, the Sussex County Beekeepers Association and the Garden State Garlic Growers are joining with the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show to showcase New Jersey's great northwest

Toronto Garlic Festival

The purpose of the annual Toronto Garlic Festival is to:
- Be a place for festival visitors to relax and have fun with family and friends;
- Promote the health benefits of Ontario garlic;

- Build a stronger connection between urban communities and rural  agriculture;
- Educate and encourage home cooks and chefs to use Ontario produce (including garlic) in their cooking;
- Encourage Ontario farmers and urban gardeners to grow more garlic,  including rare and heirloom varieties.

 
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