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| Parts used: |
Leaves and bulbs (cloves). |
| Traditional uses: |
cloves – for lowering blood sugar and cholesterol
levels; |
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externally - for headache, insect bites, ringworm,
athlete’s foot, toothache, rheumatism; |
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decoction – for fever |
| Special precautions: |
Avoid taking with medicines for lowering blood sugar,
and medicines for thinning blood. Dosage must not exceed 6-8 cooked cloves a day. Stomach
ulcer may develop if garlic is eaten raw. |
| Description: |
Erect, low, annual herb, 30-60 cm high. Leaves flat, or
V-shaped in transverse section, alternate, arranged in two opposite rows, arising from
underground bulbs. Cloves enclosed by papery protective coats. Flowers often imperfect or
absent. |
| Ecological distribution: |
Cultivated all over the world. Probably originated
from Central Asia. |
| Product available: |
tablets, capsules, powder-based extract |
| Further information in: |
de Padua,L.S., N. Bunyapraphatsara, R.H.M.J. Lemmens
(Editors). 1999. Plant Resources of South East Asia 12(1) Medicinal and Poisonous Plants.
Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands.771 pp. |
| Or contact: |
RED Foundation Inc., Los Baņos, Laguna 4031 Philippines Tel
no. (63) (049) 536 0205 |
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