Garlic fed the pyramid builders, went into Hippocrates’ remedies and is still one of the most used herbs in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. Here’s how each tradition uses it, what the bigger modern studies found for blood pressure, cholesterol and colds, and the medicine interactions that come with the supplements.
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