Garlic.
With winter around the corner, it it a lifesaver during cold and flu season.
Did you know garlic is a natural antibiotic? In fact, you can heal just about anything with garlic. Not only is it antiboitic, it is antibacterial, and antifungal.
Garlic is extremely useful. It can help lower cholesterol and regulate cardiovascular function, treat infection, and bring up phlegm in the case of a chest cold. If a cold moves into the chest, garlic can help to fight it if combined with other natural remedies, such a vapor or steam, tea, and compresses. It is an expectorant when eaten raw.
The chances of bacteria developing immunity to this natural antibiotic are low because garlic’s antibiotic properties are natural and non-manufactured. Some have suggested it also has antioxident properties, making garlic treatment an effective tool in fighting free radicals. All in all, garlic helps boost the immune system and fight away infections before they can take root.
Hands down, Garlic is one of the best natural antibiotics.
But it can be a bit hard to choke down. At least when eaten raw.
I know.
We each eat a clove a day during sick season in our family, including the children (only they get half a clove.)
And when we already are sick? We eat a clove at every meal.
There can be a trick to eating it. If you find the taste of this spicy little bite a bit too much to chew, try this....
Crush the clove and place it on a spoonful of honey. Then swallow it all together as a mouthful. The honey totally cuts it making it palatable even for the littlest toddler!
But what do you do if you have an infant who can't even eat food yet?
Many a times we have had newborns come down with a bad chest cold. It can be a scary thing, and unfortunately, you are very limited to what you can do for them herbally.
A potent antibiotic to help them heal superfast would be garlic...but how?
Make a garlic poultice!
Take a clove of garlic and crush it onto a double layered paper towel. Fold the paper towel into a little packet. Heat some water to just below boiling. Soak the packet in the water for about 30 seconds. Very gently squeeze out the excess water. Place the warm pouch on the chest for 1 minute, the back for 1 minute, and the soles of the feet each for minute. The skin will absorb the garlic into the bloodstream, giving the antibiotic properties to the baby. You can use it on a bigger child who refuses to eat the stuff too!
For earaches, you can make a warm oil to help soothe and heal.
Take a tablespoon or two of olive oil and heat it up until warm. Crush a clove of garlic into the oil and stir. Let it sit for a few moments. Scoop out the pieces of garlic so just the oil is left. (You may need to heat the oil again slightly before using the drops.) Place a few drops in each ear, working it all around so it goes all the way down. Stuff ear with cotton and that's it! Just like antibiotic ear drops, only natural, safe, and much faster working. I can tell you I have had children wake up during the night terribly sick and crying because there ears hurt. I put a few drops of the garlic oil in each ear, and within a few hours the ear ache is non-existent and they feel 100 times better.
There are so many other uses for garlic and it's healing purposes. Do some research and find out how you can stay healthy the natural way this winter!
Garlic really
really works for me!
