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Garlic
It is not known for certain where garlic originated but comparison with close relatives suggests South West Asia as a likely location. Garlic is... More ...
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Whooping cough
2 out of 4 people report this seems to have worked for them.
When I had whooping cough I was made to but cloves of garlic into my socks and I had to walked around on them all day.
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infections
2 out of 3 people report this seems to have worked for them.
When we had any form of infection we had to were a bag attached to our vest. The bag contained one clove of garlic and 1 mothball.
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Ear infections
6 out of 7 people report this seems to have worked for them.
Garlic seems to have used for many years to treat ear problems. We inserted a garlic clove into a potato wedge. Then inserted the potato wedge ... More ...
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worms
Worms use to be a real problem and one cure was to tape a clove of peeled garlic over the naval – it was suppose to chase them out.
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baldness
2 out of 2 people report this seems to have worked for them.
An old folk law for treating baldness was to rub garlic on the bald patch then smear honey and leave for 24 hours.
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shorten that cold
1 out of 4 people report this seems to have worked for them.
My stepfather said that chomping on cloves of garlic when you have a cold. Shortens the length of the cold.
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Removing dry warts
8 out of 9 people report this seems to have worked for them.
My family used finely sliced or dried garlic to remove warts. The garlic was put on wart and held there under a plaster, wart goes after about a... More ...
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garlic and yogurt
1 out of 1 people report this seems to have worked for them.
When I had a cold I use to take a raw garlic bulb, chopped in yoghurt. This was taken at the first onset of symptoms.
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treating septicaemia
Traditionally infections like septicamia could be treated by placing a small piece of garlic bulb onto elastoplast and placing it over the wound... More ...
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All kinds of infection, bronchitis and respiratory
2 out of 3 people report this seems to have worked for them.
In treat infections mash some garlic, pour on boiling water, inhale stem deeply for 10 minutes; repeat 3 times daily, continue day or 2 after la... More ...
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Mountain sickness
1 out of 2 people report this seems to have worked for them.
When suffering mountain sickness then you can make a soup and instead of potatoes you use garlic.
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Immunostimulant
To stimulant the immune system when feeling low then a good pick-up is garlic eaten raw in salads.
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Tapeworm infections
1 out of 1 people report this seems to have worked for them.
For treating tapeworm cut up some garlic cloves and place the gloves between two pices of bread. Then eat the garlic sandwich. This is suppos... More ...
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Infection on finger
7 out of 14 people report this seems to have worked for them.
Raw clove rubbed onto skin and held onto the finger by plaster (elastoplast). It smelt but worked very well. This was a remedy fom a family boo... More ...
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Treating colds
Cut up a clove of garlic, cover with milk and leave overnight. First thing in the morning before you eat or drink anything else, strain off the ... More ...
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Colds
0 out of 1 people report this seems to have worked for them.
A treatment that we had in the family for the treament of colds involved powdered cinnamon with crushed lemon and garlic with a teaspoon of hone... More ...
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Colds
Infusion of bruised garlic and liquorice sticks – drank liquid (also, some kept bottled). This is a recipe given to me by my grandfather.
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Common Cold
1 out of 1 people report this seems to have worked for them.
For about ten years now I’ve been using this infusion as a cure for a cold.
Pinch of paprika, 3cm chopped up ginger, sliced garl... More ...
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Echinacea and garlic armour
3 out of 5 people report this seems to have worked for them.
I used to suffer from seasonal chesty colds until a friend at college suggested taking regular amounts of echinacea extract (15 drops in 1/2 a c... More ...
