"Natural Healing with Herbs for a Healthier You"
THE BENEFITS OF THE USE OF GARLIC
IN HERBAL PREPARATIONS
LOCATION OF GARLIC
IN HERBAL PREPARATIONS
LOCATION OF GARLIC
Growth Characteristics
It is a native of central Asia, cultivated in southern Europe, and America. It grows best in rich, sandy and moderately moist soil with ample sunlight; propagated by seed or bulb division; cloves are planted in the fall about two inches deep and six inches apart in drills or rows like onions; keep free from weeds and hoe up soil around the plants.
Collection
The bulbs are dug in the late summer after the leaves die down.
Drying and Preservation
The bulbs should be free of foreign matter, then placed in the netted bags, and hung in a cool, dry place where there is ample circulation of air. 4
Sister Plants
Onion (Allium cepa; Lilliaceae)
Leek (Allium porrum; Lilliaceae)
The leaves are long, narrow and flat like grass. The bulb (the only part that is eaten) is of a compound nature, consisting of numerous bulbets, known technically as “cloves.” They are grouped together between the membraneous scales and enclosed within a whitish, papery skin, which holds them as in a sac.
The flowers are placed at the end of a stalk rising direct from the bulb and are whitish, grouped together in a globular head, or umbel, with an enclosing kind of leaf or spathae, and among them are small bulbils. 5
It is a native of central Asia, cultivated in southern Europe, and America. It grows best in rich, sandy and moderately moist soil with ample sunlight; propagated by seed or bulb division; cloves are planted in the fall about two inches deep and six inches apart in drills or rows like onions; keep free from weeds and hoe up soil around the plants.
Collection
The bulbs are dug in the late summer after the leaves die down.
Drying and Preservation
The bulbs should be free of foreign matter, then placed in the netted bags, and hung in a cool, dry place where there is ample circulation of air. 4
Sister Plants
Onion (Allium cepa; Lilliaceae)
Leek (Allium porrum; Lilliaceae)
The leaves are long, narrow and flat like grass. The bulb (the only part that is eaten) is of a compound nature, consisting of numerous bulbets, known technically as “cloves.” They are grouped together between the membraneous scales and enclosed within a whitish, papery skin, which holds them as in a sac.
The flowers are placed at the end of a stalk rising direct from the bulb and are whitish, grouped together in a globular head, or umbel, with an enclosing kind of leaf or spathae, and among them are small bulbils. 5
GARLIC
by Gwen M. Porritt
by Gwen M. Porritt