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Posted 6/11/2014 12:44 AM (GMT 0)
I've been using lots of chopped up garlic in chicken, veggies...

Also cayenne pepper, black pepper. Pan fried broccoli, cauliflower, and again lots of fresh garlic. Fresh spinach lightly cooked and lots of garlic...again.

Have been doing good lately. Maybe something in garlic?!
Posted 6/11/2014 1:01 AM (GMT 0)
Garlic is antimicrobial and antibacterial due to allicin in it. It's also antifungal, antiviral and antiparisitic. What's not to love?

It took years for my gut to be able to handle garlic but now I use it whenever possible in cooking along with ginger. Tonight was chicken curry stir-fry with coconut milk. Happy gut.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10594976
Posted 6/11/2014 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
Dude, as much as I love garlic, I believe it's the cayenne pepper. Capsicum (the active agent in cayenne) regulates metabolism and heals ulcers better than any spice I've tried. They are doing studies on it for treating the hardest hitting cancers. It also an appetite stimulant.

What's the heat rating of the one you are using? Try upping it to 90,000 for enhanced wound healing. Go to 180,000 if you dare.

This site has all the resources you need on it. :)
Posted 6/11/2014 1:21 AM (GMT 0)
I used garlic for a while. It seemed to help a little but in the end I didn't think it was enough to justify the cost.
Posted 6/11/2014 1:26 AM (GMT 0)
It's Trader Joe's Red Pepper (cayenne). It's very bright red/orange. From what I'm reading the bright orange/red is the best. No heat ratings on the container.
Posted 6/11/2014 1:26 AM (GMT 0)
i love garlic. even though it gives me gas, i use it when i'm sick- like today haha i swear, it's crazy. after EVERY SINGLE SIMPONI shot i take, i start to get sick the night of and then am sick for a week with some weird illness. this has happened monthly now and i just keep eating raw garlic until it goes away. i'm thinking i have an ear infection so i slept with a clove of garlic in my ear last night.
Posted 6/11/2014 1:41 AM (GMT 0)
Did you really sleep with a clove of garlic in your ear?! Did you really do that?! LOL
Posted 6/11/2014 1:50 AM (GMT 0)
of course!! i just peeled it and stuck it in. it fit perfectly. i then put a piece of gauze on it and taped up the entire area so it wouldn't fall out. trying to take it off in the morning was not fun. my hair and glasses were all stuck to the tape.
Posted 6/11/2014 1:51 AM (GMT 0)
Is that anything like putting a steak on black eyes?
Posted 6/11/2014 1:55 AM (GMT 0)
I'm thinking her idea is like healthy earplugs! Earplugs with health benefits.
Posted 6/11/2014 1:59 AM (GMT 0)
I love garlic! I mince it instead of using a press, and I make at least two ridiculously garlic-y dishes a week (shrimp or chicken). Love it.
Posted 6/11/2014 2:11 AM (GMT 0)
Garlic gives me insufferable gut pain and violent diarrhea! I'm lactose intolerant and I'd sooner chug a gallon of milk than eat anything garlic confused Not my magical spice! Lol. I love how different we all are in our tolerances to foods.
Posted 6/11/2014 1:07 PM (GMT 0)
bananagirl-- garlic is my magical cure too, i stick it up my nose when i feel a cold coming on! works like a charm :)
Posted 6/11/2014 4:35 PM (GMT 0)
O.K. We've got garlic in the ears, garlic up the nose, whats next? Hey, what about garlic enemas?
Posted 6/11/2014 5:28 PM (GMT 0)
voletasam!! i've never done that before but will try it when i get a cold!

i know you can put garlic up your vagina for yeast infections. you basically wrap some floss around it so it doesn't get lost in there and leave the floss hanging out.
Posted 6/11/2014 6:24 PM (GMT 0)
Yes... I've heard of people putting garlic up all three of the orifices. I suppose the same applies to poop (except for putting it in the vagina). Certainly better than taking antibiotics IMO.

As far as the craziness of it, we do what we have to do to not be @ the mercy of white coats.
Posted 6/11/2014 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
Too much garlic makes me nauseated and gag at the smell...the after effects until it's gone through is total torture. But I can handle a mild amount and have it daily in plain hummus.

A clove in one's ear or vagina? uh, never.


On that note, I doubt it's the magical spice. ugh.

q
Posted 6/12/2014 1:04 AM (GMT 0)

bananagirl said...
voletasam!! i've never done that before but will try it when i get a cold!

i know you can put garlic up your vagina for yeast infections. you basically wrap some floss around it so it doesn't get lost in there and leave the floss hanging out.

Really? that's too funny..I can't see me trying it, but it made me laugh...as did the garlic in the ears! actually now that I think about it, the shape would fit perfectly in someones ear! smilewinkgrin
Posted 6/12/2014 1:09 AM (GMT 0)
My ear infection is gone so i know it works! Worked for my sister, too! I just battled a vaginal yeast infection but didnt have the guts to stick garlic up there. I used boric acid homeopathic supps instead.
Posted 6/17/2014 10:38 PM (GMT 0)
I get a bit gassy with it, but im hoping to slowly build up a tolerance, one can only dream :) Glad its helping you :)
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