Garlic Revisited: Therapeutic for the Major Diseases of Our Times?

Overview

Journal J Natl Med Assoc

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1988 Apr 1

PMID 3290502

Citations 14

Authors

T H Abdullah

O Kandil

A Elkadi

J Carter

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Abstract

Garlic may play an invaluable role in the prevention and therapy of the major causes of death. Anecdotal, basic, and clinical research data are confirming the efficacy of this herb in the treatment of hyperlipemia, cancer, heavy-metal intoxication, infectious diseases, hypertension, free-radical damage, and immune deficiency states. Garlic's broad antimicrobial spectra and its ability to modulate immunity may play a strategic role in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome pandemic. A review of the literature supports a greater scrutiny of this herb's therapeutic potential.

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