For several millennia now, garlic has been used both in the nurse’s office and in the kitchen as a multi-purpose addition to food. Fortunately there are many ways for even the average person to make full use of garlic in both their diet and for their health.
Garlic, interestingly, can be used as a pest control agent. Companion planting, or planting garlic in strategic locations, can make it effective. Alternatively, you could mix a few cloves in liquid soap and pepper to make a cheap homemade pesticide.
Your pets will also find new benefits to be had with garlic in their diet. Bugs bother them too, bugs such as parasites and fleas. Many pet owners elect to add some amount of dried garlic to their pet’s dishes to keep those dangerous and filthy bugs away from their pets.
Mosquitoes also don’t like garlic. It’s actually harmful to these bugs. A good way to keep these bugs off you is to place a few clothes of garlic strategically around a room or a spot in the room that you want bug free.
Garlic has many uses and not just for the way it can improve a person’s blood circulation. Applying garlic to your skin (not too much as it still has a strong scent) can help clean up your complexion, removing and handling acne as well as other things that can dirty your skin.
Parasitic infection is common enough that knowing that garlic can handle it is a godsend. Science has confirmed that hookworms, pinworms and even tapeworms cannot stand up to a garlic-infused diet.
Eating garlic is also beneficial for the most important organ in your body – the heart. It can lower your blood pressure as well.
The benefits of garlic are numerous. What you’ve just learned should at least convince you to add a few cloves to your grocery list.
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