My Favorite Home Remedies (Part 1/Garlic)
Most of my articles are written because a client, reader or chat friend asked me a question about a certain topic. I then research and write the article based on the particular question. I thought since for the last two weeks I have targeted people who want to quit smoking, and not all of you smoke, I'd give you something that you can apply to your own healing, whether you smoke or not. I'll keep this article title handy for whenever I'm writing on something that doesn't apply to everyone.
(Information in this article has been gathered from: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Natural Remedies, The Master Book of Herbalism, The Green Guide to Herb Gardening, The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, and Chinese Health Care Secrets, as well as from personal experience.)
GARLIC:
Any one of you who have spoken to me, even once, have probably heard my praises of garlic. To me, it's simply a miracle cure. Not to mention the fact that it'll keep vampires away. *smile* Traces of garlic have been found in caves that were inhabited over 10,000 years ago, which tells us that garlic is almost older than we are (maybe older?). Egyptians swore oaths on garlic, fed garlic to their slaves to give them strength. Garlic caused one of the earlier labor disputes after it was withheld from the slaves working on the pyramids. Garlic was found in King Tut's tomb as an essential plant for the afterlife.
Ancient Greece believed if you chewed garlic before a foot race, no one could match your swiftness. Romans called garlic the herb of Mars, the god of war. They would eat garlic before battle to ensure strength and bravery. The medieval French told a legend called "Four Thieves Vinegar," where four thieves were hired to bury the dead of the plague since they couldn't get the plague - they were drinking a mixture of garlic and vinegar, and this mixture is still sold in France because "no one has died of the plague since."
Another old legend states "when Satan stepped into the world, garlic sprang from his left footsteps, while onions grew from his right." Italians believed that if you were in the presence of evil spirits, you should bite a clove of garlic to banish them. Of course we're all familiar with hanging garlic from a red thread from the walls and doors or in a protective wreath for your home.
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