Guest guest Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 Hi guys, I have some personal experience with garlic. Some years ago I was dating an organic chemist from Yugoslavia. He was at that point employed by a large pharmaceutical company, but had done research on garlic at his own expense. He found that allicin, the active principle in garlic, is formed only when the garlic is crushed, as its components reside encapsulated in different parts of the garlic clove. Allicin is not very stable, and is destroyed by heat or any form of processing, so it must be taken in raw form, either first crushed, or chewed. He told me never to take any kind of garlic pills, however they had been prepared; the raw clove was the only thing that had the anti-microbial effect. About 5 years after I had known him I contracted Epstein-Barr virus. I had been very ill for awhile, and suspected the worst: Maybe Lupus or some other systemic autoimmune disorder. I was diagnosed as having E-B by an allopathic practitioner, who found titers for all parts of the virus in my system at a sufficient level to cause infection. She had no remedy for me, though, and I went home in despair. I started reading many books about natural healing, chronic fatigue, etc, and I experimented on myself. Finally I discovered the remedy that actually cured me. I put raw garlic cloves and carrots in the juicer and drank the resulting noxious brew. It did feel like liquid fire going down, and gave me stomach cramps. But about an hour afterwards I felt much stronger. My body has always responded very quickly to the proper medication, so I knew I was on the right track. I didn't enjoy taking the garlic-carrot cocktail. It was horrible. But after a month I had completely recovered from the Epstein-Barr. I knew I was getting better, in fact, when I found that I had the energy to hang a new shower curtain. Yes, it was that bad. Many people who don't know any better have told me with great authority that they didn't believe that I'd ever had E-B. No one recovers that fast, they said. But I did. My immune system WAS " down " for some time afterwards, and I kept catching the flu or whatever was going around. But I never had another attack of Epstein-Barr. This was 15 years ago, and my interest in and use of herbal medicine has only increased . I go to a TCM practitioner when I feel a bit " off " but I am actually a perfectly healthy 50-year-old. I know that my health is a great gift. I still take garlic quite regularly, chewed as part of a meal. It's best when the meal is spicy. For instance Indian food or eggs rancheros are good accompaniments to my garlic tonic, LOL. IMO too many people don't want to do something that tastes or smells unpleasant in order to cure their illnesses, and this is unfortunate. The garlic drink tasted and felt like fire going down. I don't care how it smells on my breath, because it works. The Chinese herbal preparations taste even worse. They work better than anything I've ever experienced, and I never get sick anymore. Cheers, Fran .............................. , Frank <califpacific> wrote: > http://www.aidsmap.com/treatments/ixdata/english/1A11BF69-F 497-49BD-86C5-75973459D6C6.htm > > GarlicUpdated: Aug 01, 2003 Garlic has been used for medicinal purposes for at least five thousand years. The Greeks and Romans used raw garlic as an antibiotic, to cure coughs, to heal wounds and sores and to prevent colds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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