In this issue of the newsletter, we will summarize the history of the use of garlic, examine garlic's many virtues, review some obscure and valuable literature on the subject, and make our recommendations concerning this wonderful herb.
Garlic has been known for centuries to function as a natural antibiotic. It destroys the unnecessary and harmful bacteria throughout the human system. It emulsifies cholesterol and loosens it from arterial walls. It is effective in arresting intestinal putrefaction; it is used against contagious diseases, high blood pressure, fevers, parasites, worms, nicotine poisoning, colic, and yeast infections. (Concern, April 1977, p. 7)

The brilliant Dr. Edward Shook, herbalist, pharmacist and one of our illustrious teachers, began his lectures on garlic with the phrase of the Gentle Shepherd, "Consider the Lilies. . . " Garlic is a member of the Liliaceae family which also includes the onion.

This is Dr. Shook's botanical description of garlic:

Allium Sativum: Natural order. Liliaceae.
Common Names: Garlic, poor man's treacle.
Part used: Bulb.
Description: The leaves are long, narrow, and much like grass.

The bulb (the only part used) is compound, consisting of numerous bulblets, commonly called "cloves," grouped together between the membrane scales, and enclosed within a whitish skin which holds them as in a sac. The whitish flowers are located at the end of stalks growing directly out of the bulb. They are grouped together in globular umbels with spathes surrounding them.

It will pay us handsomely to consider this lily because it is one of nature's great masterpieces as a safe and certain remedy for many of man's serious and devastating diseases.

This wonderful herb has been used from very ancient times both as food and medicine.

Theophrastus, the Greek philosopher (born 372 BC) relates that garlic was placed by the ancient Greeks on piles of stone at the crossroads as a feast for Hecate (literally a feast for the gods.)

Virgil, the Roman poet (70 BC) in his eclogues states that garlic was part of the entertainment served by Nestor to his guest Machaon. He also tells us that it was owing to the virtues of garlic that Ulysses owed his escape from being changed by Circe into a pig like each of his companions.

Galen speaks very highly of it, eulogizing it as the "theriac" or "heal all."

Chaucer calls it "theriac" as do several old English botanists and herbalists.

Pliny gives an exceedingly long list of complaints in which it was considered beneficial.

The name garlic is of very ancient Anglo-Saxon origin being derived from gar (a spear) and lac (a plant) in reference to the shape of its leaves. It is one of the oldest medicinal remedies known to man, which has been cultivated and used from time immemorial in the treatment of many diseases. Both its romantic history and its very remarkable curative virtues are vastly interesting and educational to all earnest and honest physicians, and it is notable that it stands out today as one of our greatest and most important therapeutic agents.

It is alterative, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, antispasmodic, antiasthmatic, stimulant, antiseptic, disinfectant, tonic, nervine, antiphthisic, germicide, and vermicide. Chemical Constituents: Volatile oil (25 percent), mucilage (35 percent), albumen, sugar, starch, fibrin, and 50 percent water. The oil is a rather complex substance, of a strong, intensely penetrating odor and consists of allyl compounds of sulfur. It will be seen that this remarkable herb is heavily laden with organic sulfur, but no oxygen is found in the oil. Yet, it is the action of oxygen when the skin is taken off the cloves that releases the sulfur by combining with an allyl group to form allyloxide, which is also a pungent liquid having a sulfur odor.

Many marvelous effects and healing powers have been claimed for garlic. It is probable that none of them were exaggerated. I, myself, have seen it cure tuberculosis, asthma, bronchitis, several skin diseases, stomach ulcers, leg ulcers, athletes foot, furunculosis, abscesses, epilepsy, and special affinity for the respiratory tract, lungs, bronchi, and so forth, though it diffuses itself through the whole system and wherever there is pus, it is a certain and safe remedy. The use of garlic in the World War as an antiseptic was most sensational. In 1916, the British government asked for tons of the bulbs offering one shilling a pound for as much as could be produced. A great quantity of it was used for the control of suppuration in wounds. The raw juice was expressed, diluted with water, and put on swabs of sterilized sphagnum moss which was applied to the wounds. Where this treatment was given, it has been proved that there has never been one single case of sepsis of septic results. Consequently, the lives of tens of thousands have been saved by this one miraculous herb. That was nearly twenty-four years ago, and still we do not find garlic as an official remedy in the United States Pharmacopeia. This is one of the most disgraceful facts connected with the so-called regular practice of medicine, and proves beyond all doubt that their practice is neither ethical, moral, or even humane; otherwise, such a miracle of healing power would never have been discarded as it was nearly fifty years ago.

In olden days, garlic was employed as a specific for leprosy, psoriasis and several forms of exanthematous skin diseases. It was also believed to have most beneficial results in smallpox applied to the soles of the feet in a linen cloth renewed daily.

Those unacquainted with garlic might think this was merely superstition; but, as a matter of fact, it is quite true. If chopped or minced fresh garlic is placed on the soles of the feet and allowed to remain there for some time, it will not be long before the odor of garlic can be detected on the breath; and cases of purulent disease in different parts of the body have been reported completely cured by simply keeping an application of garlic to the soles of the feet, and renewing it once or twice a day.

We positively know that organic sulfur is a universal antiseptic, whether taken internally or applied outwardly to any part of the body. It has been authoritatively reported that tuberculosis has been successfully treated by inhalation of the freshly expressed juice of garlic, diluted with equal quantities of water.

Garlic was the principal ingredient in the famous Four Thieves Vinegar which was adapted so successfully at Marseilles for protection against the plague when it prevailed there in 1772. This originated, it is said, with four thieves who confessed that, while protected by the liberal use of aromatic garlic vinegar during the plague, they plundered the dead bodies of the victims with complete safety. It is stated that during an outbreak of infectious fever in certain poor quarters of London early in the last century, the French priests who constantly used garlic in all their dishes visited the very worst cases with impunity, while the English clergy caught the infection, and in many instances, fell victims to the disease. Another instance of the remarkable penetrating power of garlic is the fact that the expressed juice of fresh garlic mixed with olive oil and rubbed on the chest, throat, and between the shoulder blades gives great relief in whooping cough, asthma, bronchitis and dyspnea, according to an English physician who has used it with success for many years. It also has a reputation for safely reducing high blood pressure, and in this relation we have an exceedingly valuable formula.

Boiling garlic reduces its active virtues considerably. Vinegar and water both extract its curative principles, though vinegar alone seems to be more effective for that purpose. Expressed fresh juice of garlic contains all of its many virtues. The following priceless formulas will cover its therapeutic applications completely for asthma, bronchitis, catarrhal conditions of the mucous membranes, phthisis, tuberculosis, coughs, dyspnea, heart weakness, internal ulcerations, and so forth.

Garlic Syrup
Peel 1 pound of fresh garlic, then chop or mince. Put into a wide mouthed jar and add equal parts of vinegar and distilled water to just cover the garlic. Close tightly, shake well, then let stand in a cool place for four days, thoroughly shaking once or twice a day. Now, add one pint of glycerine, shake well, and let stand another day. Strain with pressure, then filter liquid through a muslin or linen cloth. Add three pounds of pure honey, and stir till thoroughly blended. Put into jars, seal tightly, and store in a cool place.

In order to cover the pungent odor of the garlic, in case it is objectionable, do the following:

In place of macerating the garlic in equal parts of vinegar and distilled water, as directed above, use 1 quart of vinegar in which 3 ounces of powdered caraway seed and 3 ounces of sweet fennel seed have been slowly boiled for 15 minutes, while closely covered. Strain and when cold, add 1 pint of glycerine. Use this in the above formula instead of the vinegar and distilled water mixture.

This is much more acceptable to those who have an antipathy to the smell and taste of garlic. Of course, the 3 pounds of honey are also added after the filtering process. The deviation in no way affects the curative properties of the garlic, while it helps materially to disperse gas and flatus. We use aromatic vinegar in our own preparation of this formula, which is one of the most meritorious and useful remedies to have on hand. It is harmless, and very effective in the above mentioned cases, and will please and astonish both you and the patient. Dose: For asthma and coughs: 1 teaspoonful with or without water every 15 minutes until spasm is controlled; then 1 teaspoonful every 2 or 3 hours for the rest of the day. After that, 1 teaspoonful 3 or 4 times a day is usually sufficient.

For tuberculosis, cardiac asthma and dyspnea: 1 dessertspoonful to a tablespoonful 3 or 4 times a day between meals.

Children: (8 to 15 years) one half of the above dose; (5 to 8 years) one quarter dose;
(1 to 4 years) one eighth in a little water or honey

Garlic has also been used successfully in dropsy. The above formula may be used with benefit, but the following will be found to be much more prompt and effective, especially where the heart is much involved.

Dropsy with Heart Involvement.
Boil 8 ounces lily of the valley root (cut) (Convallaria majalis) in 3 pints of distilled water for 20 minutes. Strain then boil slowly till reduced to 1 pint. Set aside to cool, and while still warm, add 8 ounces of expressed garlic juice, 8 ounces of brown cane sugar, and 1 pint of glycerine. When cold, bottle and keep in a coot place.

This is one of the most potent remedies for dropsy and heart disease ever devised.

Dose: 1 teaspoonful to a dessertspoonful in water, as required. The dose should be regulated and given every 3 hours to bring about diuresis. Also, a slowing of the heart action, and an increase in the tone of its contraction. After this effect has been produced, administer 1 teaspoonful in water 3 or 4 times a day.

Garlic for outward application: For eczema, pityriasis, psoriasis, ulcers, cancers, swollen glands, tubercular joints, necrosis and all purulent conditions that are accessible, we recommend the following formula:

For outward application. (garlic)
To eight oz. of expressed fresh garlic juice, add 8 oz. of glycerine and mix thoroughly. To this add 1 pint of Formula 11, on page 51, Lesson 3.

Directions: Saturate lint or cotton and apply to the affected parts. Cover with waxed paper or plastic, and bandage or strap on securely. Change 2 or 3 times a day. Also take some formula internally, a teaspoonful 3 or 4 times a day.

This is a master formula for the above conditions, and should be taken internally for some time after the local affections have disappeared.

Of course, it goes without saying that the diet must be carefully regulated. Excessive amounts of proteins and nitrogenous foods, starches, and so forth must be avoided. A mixed diet of vegetables, fruits and nuts (no peanuts) will be found to help materially in all such cases. Stimulants, such as brandy, whisky, wines, and beer must be strictly avoided if a recovery is to be affected. The only stimulants indicated in these cases are peppers (not black pepper), carminatives, and condiments, such as cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and so forth.

These garlic formulas we have given you are priceless. It will pay you to study them, and utilize them with confidence whenever occasion arises."
--(Shook, 1978; reprint. pp. 69-73)

Dioscorides, a second century physician and herbalist who traveled with the army of Alexander the Great, has the following to say on the subject of garlic. Dioscorides was translated into middle English by a scholar of the middle ages:

SKORODON Allium Sativum
LEUKOSKORODON Allium Ampeloprasum
OPHIOSKORODON Allium Scorodoprasum
ELAPHOSKORODON Allium subhirsutum

Garlic
Garluk (some call it Geboscome againe Elaphoboscum, the Latins Allium) some of it is Satiue & growes in gardens & this in Egypt, being only but of one head as the teeke, sweet, inclining to a purple colour. But elsewhere, it is compacted of many white cloues, the cloues that therein (the Greeks) call Aglithai. But there is another wilde kinde, called Ophioscorodon. (that is Serpent's Garlick). It hath a sharp, warning biting quanitie, expelling of flatulencies, and disturbing of the belly, and drying of the stomach causing of thirst & puffing vp, breeding of boyies in ye outsyde of the body, dulling the sight of the eyes. And the same thinges don also, (as we should say, Hart's garlick). Being eaten, it driues out the broade wormes, and drawes away the vrine. It is good, as none other thing, for such as are bitten of vipers, or of the Haemorrhous, who being taken presently after, or else that being beaten small in wine & soe dranek. It is applyed also by ye way of Cataplasme both for the same purposes profitably, as also layd on upon such as are bitten of mad dogge. Being eaten, it is good against the chaunge of waters (fauces expediende, easdeings asperas leniendo.) It doth cleare the arteries & being eaten either raw or sod, it doth assuage old coughes. Being dranck with decoction of Origanum, it cloth kill lice and nitts. But being burnt, and tempered with bony it cloth cure the sugillationes oculorum, and Alopeciae being anointed on, but for the Alopeciae (it must be applyed) with vnguentum Nardinum. And with salt & oyle it cloth heale ye eruptiones papularum. It doth take away also the Vitiligines, & the Lichenes, & the Lentigenes, and the running ulcers of the head, and the Furfures & ye Lepras, with hony. Being sod with Taeda and Franckincense, & kept in the mouth it doth assuage the paine of ye teeth. And with figge leaues & Cummin it is a Cataplasme for such as are bitten of the Mygale. But the leafes decoction is an insession that brings downe the Menstrua & the Secondas. It is also taken by way of suffumigation for ye same purpose. But the stamping that is made of it and ye black olive together, called Myrton, cloth moue the vrine & open ye mouths of ye veins & it is good also for the Hydropicall."

(Dioscorides, Book 11, pp. 188-91, under the heading of "Sharp Herbs.")

Let's go into some interesting historical facts on garlic, a most revered patriarchal herb:

"Garlic, a cousin of the lily originated in Central Asia or India, where the early peoples enjoyed eating raw garlic as an enhancement to their meals. They also enjoyed longevity, and the lowest incidence of cancer on the planet." (Messegue, 1979, p. 132)

The builders of the pyramids of Egypt were paid in the coin of the realm; onions and garlic, a valuable commodity.

These builders of the pyramids of Cheops, a Fourth Dynasty Pharaoh, consumed great quantities of garlic. It was during these times that garlic was elevated to the rank of a deity.

The Ebers Papyrus, 1500 BC, one of the earliest herbal pharmacological documents we know, mentions garlic used in external applications for wounds.

Here is a quotation from the Bible:

"We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt for Nought, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic." (Numbers 11:5)

According to Helen Noyes Webster, who interpreted the above quotation in her book, Herbs, How to Grow Them and How to Use Them, the Israelites traveling with Moses obviously missed the garlic when they went toward the Promised Land. If Moses had carried garlic, the Israelites may have been able to avoid intestinal putrefaction from eating the desert's available lizards and snakes.

Homer mentions garlic in his famous Odyssey. The deity Mercury, or Hermes, gave garlic to Odysseus as a protection against the goddess Circe's evil sorcery in which she turned men to swine. The athletes of the original Olympic games in ancient Greece traditionally chewed a clove of garlic before participating in the games. Galen, an early Greek doctor, spoke of garlic as the panacea of the common man. Hippocrates prescribed the eating of garlic for uterine tumors. The Vikings and the Phoenicians always carried garlic on their ocean voyages.

The crusaders brought garlic back to France. (In those days, it was a common law that two men's lives could be sacrificed in order to save a 100 lb. sack of peppercorns.)

A French herbalist, Messegue, born in Gascony, France, states that all the children born in that province are baptized with a clove of garlic on the lips. The emperor Charlemagne recommended that his subjects cultivate garlic. King Henry IV of France was baptized with a clove of garlic on his lips, and although he was said to have chewed a clove of raw garlic every morning upon arising, he was still very popular with the ladies.

The National Cancer Institute central files show that the incidence of cancer is extremely low in France where garlic consumption is the greatest and that garlic eaters in Bulgaria do not have cancer. It is reported in a textbook on pharmacognosy that a physician in British Columbia has successfully treated malignant situations by prescribing the eating of garlic.

The prophet Mohammed recommend that garlic be applied externally on the sting of the scorpion or the bite of the viper in the 7th century.

"The herb becomes the teacher. Men stray after false goals while the herb he treads (or in these days, stomps upon) knows much much more."

The above quote was written by Henry Vaughn, the early 17th century poet and mystic, as well as Hermetic philosopher during the days when the Doctrine of Signatures was popular. The Doctrine of Signatures was the method by which the ancients recognized the usage of a plant. According to Nicholas Culpeper, the 17th century English Physician and Herbalist, "and by the icon or image of every herb, man first found out their virtues. Modern writers laugh at them for it, but I wonder in my heart how the virtues of herbs first came to be known, if not by their signatures. The moderns have then from the writings of the ancients--the ancients had no writings to have them from."

The 17th century "moderns" felt that garlic, with its hollow stalk, helps afflictions of the windpipe. We know this to be a truth; that garlic is an antihistamine, and has been successfully used in bronchial and pulmonary disorders. As we examine some of the virtues of garlic, we find that the claims of the old Doctrine of Signatures will be far surpassed.

The following material on the chemical analysis of garlic is from Dr. Christopher's personal research on 100 herbs and the constituents thereof: these will be presented in a forthcoming publication.

HERB: GARLIC

PORTION USED: BULB

Other:
Alliim Allisin
Allium Popyl disulhide
Starch Inulin
Sugar Choline
Fibrin Myrosinase
essential oil, mainly allyl disulhide Albumin
catechol Pechins
pyrocatechuic acid
protocatechulic acid
allyl propyl disulhide

The National Dispensatory of 1887 gives us a fine description of the constituents of garlic at a period in our medical history when Syrupus Alli was an official U.S. preparation.

Constituents.--Besides the cellular tissue, garlic contains between 50 and 60 percent of water, 35 percent of mucilage some albumen, sugar, starch, and about 1 percent of volatile oil, to which its odor and taste are due. In its crude state, oil of garlic is of a dark brown-yellow color, heavier than water, of a very interesting taste, and consists of oxide and sulphides of allyl. The rectified oil consists mainly of the sulphide, (C3H5) 2S, is colorless, lighter than water and may be obtained artificially by treating an alcoholic solution of potassium sulphide with allyl iodide. It dissolves easily in alcohol and ether, and sparingly in water ... Garlic, macerated in water or vinegar, yields its virtues to these liquids.--(p. 154)

They also describe its physiological action and medicinal uses:

Physiological action and Medical Uses--Garlic as well as leek and onion, is a stimulant to the part to which it is directly applied and to be the whole system. Its odorous element may be perceived on the breath and its taste in the mouth when the bruised bulb has been applied to the skin. When eaten raw, its odor "hales from many parts of the body, and, given to nursing women, it taints their milk, so that their infants refuse the breast. It reddens the skin, and may even vesicate it. Internally, it stimulates the digestive organs, and is everywhere used, but principally in southern countries, as a condiment for various kinds of food. The odor or garlic is popularly employed to revive persons from a swoon or from hysterical insensibility. It is a vermifuge not to be neglected in the treatment of lumbricoid worms when given by the mouth, and for destroying ascarides when administered by the rectum. Many cases of dropsy, particularly of anasarea produced by cold, have been cured by a diet of bread and raw onions. This regimen will sometimes produce copious diuresis. Onions boiled in milk have been used successfully for a like purpose. Bruised cloves of garlic and poultices of boiled onion are admirable remedies for chronic bronchitis in children. They should be applied over the whole front of the chest. Internally, garlic is a very useful agent in the same affection. It is also a domestic remedy for whooping cough. Onion poultices are particularly applicable to abscesses; the core of a roasted onion relieves earache when introduced into the auditory canal. Onion and garlic cataplasms applied to the perineum relieve strangury. The dose of bruised or chopped garlic or of the expressed juice is about 30 grains (Gm 2). (p.154-155)

Frances Ward published this summary of garlic in her post-World War II book, British Herbs:

"GARLIC Allium Sativum, Amaryllidaceae
Anyone who travels in Italian buses might be forgiven for deciding never to grow this unpleasant smelling plant, and one can quite appreciate the decision of the old Greeks that people who ate Garlic should not be allowed in the temples of Cybele.

But from early times it has been considered a very useful medicine, and in the Middle Ages in Britain it was believed to be, either by itself by itself, as a 'simple', or mixed with other herbs, one of the cures for leprosy. Lepers were often called 'pilgarlics', as they were made to peel their own garlic, certainly a mark of identity and a means of segregation!

Throughout the ages it was held to have antiseptic properties, and during the 1914-18 War, sterilized Sphagnum Moss soaked in Garlic juice was used for suppurating wounds, a reminder of the old method of treating leprous sores. From time to time, even in modern days, Garlic has been claimed to have marvelous properties; now, in addition to its stimulating powers, it is held to be beneficial in digestive complaints and for coughs, colds and asthma.

Cultivation of Garlic is a fairly easy matter, though it needs a finely sifted soil similar to that of an onion-bed. The cloves should be set about 2 in. in the ground about February or March, and lightly covered with soil. The bulbs may usually be lifted during August. There is generally a demand for Garlic from druggists, and good prices have been paid for it." (Ward, 1949, p. 159).

It in the medical literature we find several references to garlic as a therapeutic agent.

Garlic has been known as "Russian Penicillin." The next excerpt was found in the publication, Abstracts of Soviet Medicine.- Cancer research, 1953-1956, published in 1959:

"357. The influence of phytocides of garlic on the activity of proteolytic enzymes of malignant tumors of man and experimental animals. Vliyanie fitontsidov chesnoka na aktivnost proteoliticheskikh fermentov zlokachestvennykh opukholei cheloveka i eksperimentainykh zhivotnykh. ROMANYUK N.M. From the book: Voprosy izmenchivosti zlokachestvennykh opukholei (The abnormalities encountered in malignant tumors) (Uch. Zap.Kiev.Rentg.-Radioli Onkol. Inst., Kiev) 1953, 4 (246-250)

Phytocides of garlic suppress the proteinases (cathepsin) in malignant tumors of humans (postoperative material) and of experimental animals. These phytocides also inhibit cathepsin in the liver of cancerous animals, the activity of which increases during malignant growth. This action was detected by adding garlic extract to inoculated Ehrlich carcinoma. The results may be useful in further studies on garlic in the diet of cancer patients." (p. 140)

Joseph A. Di Paolo and Christopher Carruthers of the Roswell Park Memorial Institute of Buffalo, New York, wrote an article in Cancer Research, 1960. The title is, "The effect of Allicin From Garlic on Tumor Growth." By the way, Allicin is responsible for the odor in garlic, so the new odorless garlic isn't quite as effective as regular garlic. For those fortunate souls who can ingest raw garlic; the garlic breath can be obliterated by chewing on a raw clove (not a garlic clove, but the spice clove), or putting a drop of peppermint of spearmint oil on the tongue.

Chester J. Cavallito and John Hays Bailey writing in the Journal of the Chemical Society, Volume 66, November, 1944, discuss the antibacterial principle of garlic, allicin. They isolated allicin, a colorless oil, from garlic cloves and found it to be effective against the following bacteria strains both gram positive and gram negative:

Organism
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
STREPTOCOCCUS HEMOLYTICUS
STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS
B. SUBTILIS
B. TYPHOSUS
B. PARATHYPHOSUS A
B. PARATHYPHOSUS B
B. PARATYPHOSUS KUNZENDORF
B. MORGANI
B. ENTERIDITIS
B. TYPHI-MURIUM
B. DYSENTERIAE SHIGA
B. DYSENTERIAE FLEXNER
B. DYSENTERIAE SONNE
V. CHOLERAE

(P. 1951)

H. Dold and A. Knapp, German Researchers writing in Chemotherapy section of Biological Abstracts in the 1950's discovered that garlic was effective against Streptococci, Escherichia coli, Bacillius prdigiosis, B. proteus, B. Subtilis, Shigelia paradysenteriae Flexner, Eberthelia typhosa, Salmonella enteritidis and Vibrio cholerae. It was more effective when crushed than sliced. It in addition, garlic exhibited some bacterial action even through the air. Bacteria could not be made resistant to the garlic either. The antibacterial action of garlic juice became somewhat weaker after having been stored in the ice box for 8 days and after boiling for 10 minutes. Remember, too, that when garlic is cooked above 130 degrees F., the enzymes in it are destroyed, and the organic sulphur in the garlic now becomes a harmful form of inorganic sulphur.

A most unique article appeared in the Chinese Medical Journal in May of 1977;
"GARLIC SLICE IT IN REPAIRING EARDRUM PERFORATION" by Hsu Wei-cheng

Teaching Research Group of Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Inner Mongolia Medical College, Huhehot

"Clinical use of fresh garlic was satisfactory in repairing eardrum perforations in 18 cases (1 having perforation in both ears) except 1 with irreversible chronic otitis media. The time required for healing by this method was 16 days in 12 cases with perforations smaller than half of the eardrum pars tensa and 28 days in 6 cases with perforations larger than half of it. 10-19 db hearing was gained after treatment.

Of the 18 cases, 6 had increased exudate in the middle ear during the latter part of the garlic treatment. Exudation stopped quickly after treatment was discontinued and anti-inflammatory measures were taken. It in 4 of these, healing took place soon after exudation was checked and in 2 it was necessary to repeat garlic application before the wound healed completely...

This method is indicated in adult's traumatic eardrum perforations within 3 weeks of injury provided there is no infection, perforation is not larger than half of the pars tensa and there is sufficient eardrum left around the perforation edges. It in cases where the duration of perforation is over one month and its edges have already become cicatrized, repairing with fresh garlic slice can only be started after 50% trichloro-acetic-acid has been used to cauterize the edge (repeat the cauterization every few days, if necessary), until the formation of whitish ring (0.1-0.2 mm width) and reddish granulation.

Prepare a fresh clove of garlic carefully, peel it but leave the transparent epithelium-layer tightly attached. The external auditory canal is sterilized routinely. Slice off a very thin piece of the garlic clove (about 0.2 mm thick) shaping it just large enough to cover the perforation. Keep the epithelium-layer attached to the garlic slice and insert it into the ear canal and carefully push it against the eardrum so that its cut surface hugs the peroration while the epithelial layer covered surface faces the external auditory meatus. Pack the external auditory meatus with an alcohol moistened cotton ball. Forceful blowing of the nose is prohibited and water should not be allowed into the ear canal in order to prevent infection. Usually the garlic slice should be replaced once or twice a week until healing is complete. Stop treatment when the middle ear becomes inflamed with excessive exudate and start anti-inflammatory treatment.

Garlic is a strong stimulant which hastens growth of new granulation, contains allin (C6H11O3NS) which rapidly breaks down to yield the antibiotic allicin (C6H10OS2) in the presence of enzyme allinase and water." (Chinese Med. Journal, 3 (3); pp. 204-205).

"With garlic, the patient himself is doctor, pharmacologist, nurse, and pharmaceutical manufacturer all in one."
--Yoshio Kato

Yoshio Kato of the Oyama Garlic Laboratory in Japan has written a very comprehensive booklet entitled, Garlic, The Unknown Miracle Worker. It in it he describes a unique process of garlic juice therapy known as FLOW-LEBEN. in his own words:

"FLOW-LEBEN is a total therapy system of medical application, particularly the external application of garlic. Application for the patents has been made in ten countries. Already the patents have been granted in four countries. (The Republic of China, Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.)

It is very well known that garlic contains all the elements except Vitamin D. It is also known that garlic essence warms the body and promotes better circulation of the blood .... Aillin, an oily substance contained in garlic, diluted as much as 200 times can kill typhoid germs.

Another study reported that garlic juice diluted 30-40 times stops the growth of certain types of bacteria in a nutrient media--garlic has strong germicidal properties which are not found in other plants. When aneurinase bacteria grow in the body, the majority of the internally produced vitamin B1 is spoiled by this bacteria--garlic shows antipyretic effects when it, diluted with water, is applied externally to a person's body at times of high fever.

FLOW-LEBEN is the only system in the world by which we can obtain the maximum effects from garlic. The first unit was completed in 1970. It in this clinic, various concentrations of garlic-water solution are sprayed on the bodies of patients by means of atmospheric pressure compressed air (2 to 7 lbs.) shot through atomizing nozzles. Hydraulic pressure is employed in the newer models. This process stimulates the body's metabolism and removes cholesterol from the blood. Various functional disorders are eliminated and skin diseases are also cured by the germicidal effect of garlic."(Kato, 1973, pp. 173-175)

The unique and very deluxe treatment has been effective in treatment of ringworm, skin cancer, frostbite, and other skin disorders using a 100% solution of garlic juice.

Richard Lucas in Nature's Medicines, published in 1966, presents the history of the Four Thieves Vinegar:

"It in Marseilles, a garlic-vinegar preparation known as the Four Thieves was credited with protecting many of the people when a plague struck that city (1722). Some say that the preparation originated with four thieves who confessed that they used it with complete protection against the plague while they robbed the bodies of the dead. Others claim that a man named Richard Forthave developed and sold the preparation, and that the "medicine" was originally referred to as Forthave's. However, with the passing of time, his surname became corrupted to Four Thieves." (Lucas, 1966, p. 38)

We now have the modern version of the formula. It is known as the anti-plague formula. It consists of fresh garlic, apple cider vinegar, pure vegetable glycerine, U.S.P., honey, garlic juice, fresh comfrey root, wormwood, lobelia, marshmallow root, oak bark, black walnut bark, mullein, skullcap, and uva-ursi. We recommend that you have several gallons of the preparation on hand in storage and hope that you will not need it. But, at the time of writing this article, a radio broadcast informed us of a case of Bubonic Plague with ensuing death in Lake Tahoe, U.S.A. The medical authorities were trying to locate all of the persons with whom the late subject came in contact in hopes of isolating the infection so the general public would not become exposed to this disease. The plague, related to the Black Plague in Europe during the 1300's, left people dead in their tracks and hanging out of windows waving goodbye to their friends. According to Herman Hesse, a German Writer, Goldmund was a young man who left a 14th century monastery and became a vagabond. He enjoyed the merriment of the wanderer as he traveled through Europe tasting the pleasures of love and life. All this was to change as Hesse describes the character's feeling of powerlessness and horror as he wanders throughout plague-stricken towns, cities, and rural areas observing the Hand of Death had reached everywhere; striking people regardless of their social standing or age. He describes a grotesque scene in a farm cottage where an entire family lay frozen after the throes of death.

Anti-Plague
The best insurance in the world against the "predicted coming plagues" and "killing diseases" is to have the body in a good healthy condition. Disease germs are merely scavengers and can only live on toxins, mucus and residue from junk foods. They cannot and will not be damage healthy cell structure. Therein lies the key! Have a healthy, clean body and disease germs will by-pass you--wanting nothing to do with your body, because it would be "obnoxiously clean" (in their language) and no filth for them to live on.

If the plague, or some other epidemic hits before you are in a good healthy condition, it is good to have an aid for a fast cleaning.

While lecturing in Snowflake, Arizona one night, one of the group asked if we had an anti-plague formula, and I was prompted to give them a "certain combination" of herbs to use.

The people there were very impressed to go right to work and prepare this liquid, having it ready for use. We had told them that plagues come at unexpected times and it could be tomorrow or maybe even years away, but expect the unexpected and be ready now. If the formula was still unused, from "no need" years later, we could all be happy but "TIS BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY".

These good people made it up in gallon lots and had it on hand. Months later while speaking in Tucson, Arizona, someone asked for the "anti-plague remedy." I was surprised and asked where they had heard of it, as we had only given it out once. We were informed that a plague-like condition or flu had hit the Snowflake area and when other aids failed, this combination of herbs in liquid form performed its job with amazing speed.

At our next series of lectures in Snowflake, some time later, we heard one testimony after another about the many different types of ailments that were given quick relief by using this formula. The formula has now spread in many areas from coast to coast and is being used with good results. A man picked us up at an airport on the west coast a short time ago, and on the floor of his car was a bottle with liquid in it. When asked what it was he said, "oh, that's your anti-plague remedy, we never travel without it as it works good on about any sickness that comes up while we are traveling. We are also never without a bottle of it at home."

Anti-Plague Formula
Mix well the following liquid ingredients:

8 parts apple cider vinegar
5 parts glycerine U.S.P.
5 parts honey
2 parts garlic juice, fresh
2 parts Comfrey root concentrate
1 part wormwood concentrate
1 part lobelia leaf and/or seed concentrate
1 part oak bark concentrate
1 part black walnut bark concentrate
1 part mullein leaf concentrate
1 part skullcap leaf concentrate
1 part uva ursi, hydrangea, or gravel root concentrate
1 part marshmallow root concentrate

To Make Concentrates:

Each concentrate should be made individually. Start by soaking the herb for four hours or more in enough distilled water to cover it completely. After soaking, add more distilled water so that the total added equals 16 oz. (.5 litre) water per 4 oz. (113 grams) herb. Use a multiple of these amounts for a larger quantity of formula. Using these amounts approximately one gallon (3.75 litres) of the formula will be produced.

After adding the appropriate amount of distilled water to the soaked herb, simmer the herb on very low heat in a covered pan or double boiler for thirty minutes. Then strain the liquid into a clean pan. Put the liquid into a double boiler or on very low heat (uncovered) and simmer (steam) it down to one-fourth of the original volume (4 oz. 125 ml.) Only after all ingredients have been prepared should the liquids be mixed.

DO NOT USE ALUMINUM, TEFLON, OR CRACKED PORCELAIN. Glass corning ware or stainless steel or whole porcelain are best.

(Dose: 1 tsp. 3 times a day; or 1 tablespoon every 1/2 hour if infected).

As you will notice, in this formula there is a goodly amount of garlic juice. An eight ounce measure of pure juice mixed in with other wonderful healing herbs is a "power house!"

Because of the wonders we have told you about in this article of the greatness of garlic, it is easy to see how it fits in this formula. Drop a culture of almost any known disease germ into "apple juice" or "apple cider vinegar" an it will die immediately. The ingredients found in "black walnut" are one of the few-known herbal-destroyers of fungus. Marshmallow is the enemy of gangrene and peritonitis. It is a "softening emollient" that will aid in removal of the inorganic deposits broken up by the "solvent" gravel root. Wormwood relieves pain and kills pin-worms and other unwanted parasites, etc. Oak bark tones and firms up the cells in the muscles, cartilage, and flesh. It is also an aid in rebuilding the circulatory system and feeding it. Scullcap is one of the finest nerve repairing and rebuilding aids. It works especially well on the spinal cord--the trunkline for health to the entire body. Comfrey is the cell-proliferant that causes the good cells to multiply rapidly and push out the waste and dead-cell structure, being supplied with the wonderful allantoin. Lobelia is the Lord's great catalyst to combine the herbal entities to a "smoothly-operating whole."

Here we have the amazing anti-plague formula built around garlic.

Garlic is a handy herb that will grow right in your own yard, taking very little space, but which should be in everybody's yard. Any time of the year it is needed, one can go out and dig up the bulb. This can be done in spring, summer, or fall, in an emergency, but the best harvest time is autumn, when the leaves have died down. After shaking off the dirt, the bulbs can be put into a mesh bag and hung in the shade where the cool air can circulate through the bulbs.

The single buttons or cloves, that make up the bulb, can be planted in the fall and by going through the winter will come up the following year in the form of a bulb, with a number of cloves or buttons. When planted in the spring, they will generally be just a larger button by fall and not become a bulb. Some people will put the garlic buttons into the refrigerator (not freezer) and keep cold for a few weeks, bring them out into room temperature for several weeks, and repeat this process several times. Thus, the garlic now believes it has gone through several winters and it mature enough to develop from a clove into a bulb. Rather sneaky we would say, but if it works, fine!

Garlic can be planted around rose bushes and other aphid infested plants and the aphids will disappear. Gardeners have reported to us that they plant garlic between the rows of cauliflower, tomatoes, etc., and the garlic will discourage plant-destroying bugs, cut worms, etc. Here "you can have your cake and eat it too" for you can get the value of garden-assistance from this herb during the growing season, and then thin them out in the fall to use as a food and a healing herb during the winter.

The reason for garlic's miraculous type of healing is in its creation, and this will be explained in more detail further along in this article. Briefly now, this is what happens: The garlic clove contains a very high amount of sulphur; sulphur is one of the best minerals to be used as an oxygen carrier. Oxygen is the breath of life and sulphur will carry the oxygen in the body directly to the infected area. Germs cannot live in a good supply of oxygen, therefore, the infection is cleared quickly. This is an organic wonder, so garlic may be termed 'a wonder herb'.

Medical science discovered that sulphur caused this rapid healing, so in World War II, flowers of sulphur (an inorganic mined-mineral) was substituted for the garlic. The army used sulfa for practically every ailment from "falling hair to fallen arches." Wonderful results were reported to us and we were told to use it in ever increasing amounts.

The difference in the healings of the garlic and the inorganic, manmade remedies is that garlic does its job and the excess of the organic materials not being used in healing the infection is easily passed as harmless vegetable fiber from the body. No harm and certainly nothing but good could result from using this powerful, yet harmless, herb. But, with the man-made sulfa drug we used, (this 'wonder drug' healing or the infection), the inorganic flowers of sulphur remained in the body. This inorganic mineral eventually combined with the urine and formed a substance that cut up the urinary tract, causing bed wetters. Many soldiers and other servicemen were given medical discharges, because of "bed wetting". This habit was acquired while in the service after the use of sulfa drugs. It is a well-known fact that too much sulfa drug has also caused other problems. The sulphur in the garlic will assist in healing the urinary tract after its infection-clearing job, instead of damaging it.

Following are various other uses of garlic. Many people have been helped in ridding the body of worms by inserting a peeled button of garlic as high as possible into the rectum. Do this just before retiring at night and it will come out with the first bowel movement in the morning. (This is also a fine aid in adjusting high blood pressure and low blood pressure). Many mothers find it easier to insert the peeled button of garlic (into the child's rectum) after the child is asleep at night.

Here is a very successful routine for removal of these unwanted growths called moles, or warts. Take a button of garlic, slice or cut in two, and placed the cup area over a wart of mole. Tape it on, and as it dries out put a fresh piece. Many users have reported good results.

Massage painful joints and areas with Oil of Garlic, massage it thoroughly.

Blend well together one tablespoon, more or less, of honey, an averaged-sized grated garlic clove (use garlic press if obtainable), and 1/4 teaspoon or more of cayenne. Hold ½ teaspoon or more of this combination in the mouth and let it trickle slowly down the throat. Use every 15 minutes or ½ hour until complete relief is obtainable. Of course it is understood that the food intake during this time must be of a mucusless type.

Massage in thoroughly oil of garlic a number of times a day for rough hands.

To make oil of garlic place chopped or grated garlic in a bottle, glass servicing dish or baking dish, (an inch or more of the garlic), and cover with olive oil so that the oil is a half inch or so above the garlic. Keep in a warm place or in the sun two to three days. Strain with muslin or any good cotton material (no synthetics) and bottle the oil. Keep in a cool place.

I remember one time we were called out to a house in the wee hours of the morning. This call was to see a little boy, under the age of two years, that had double pneumonia. The physician on the case had informed the parents that nothing more could be done and he would come back in the morning to sign the child's death certificate. Seeing as it was well under forty degrees below zero and nearly fifty miles from ambulance service, the parents were told that the boy, if taken by car to a hospital, would surely die. These parents tried to get other doctors, but at that time of night, and in such a remote area, no one would offer help. A friend told them about us, then living in Evanston, Wyoming, and to try to call us. Having been told of the boy's condition we went expecting to give him the cold-sheet treatment. Upon arriving there we found that the plumbing was frozen and there was not running water in the house. We found enough in the toilet tank above the bowl to give the little chap an enema. We were not able to give the cold sheet treatment (no water) so only the garlic paste was made up and applied. This was done after a complete massage of the body and the feet. After oiling the feet up to the ankles, thoroughly, and massaging the olive oil in well, a half-inch thickness of the garlic paste was applied to the soles of his feet. (This is put on only the soles and not up onto the sides). Then gauze was placed over to cover the paste, bandages to hold it into place, and a loose white cotton sock was pulled over the bandages to hold them securely.

Garlic paste is made by taking freshly peeled buttons of garlic and garlic about half and half with Vaseline. This amount can vary, according to the toughness of the feet, more Vaseline for tender feet, less for thicker skin. Many of the health minded readers will be shocked by our using a low-vibration ointment like Vaseline instead of using anhydrous lanolin or some lighter more organic type. The reasoning for this is that the lighter type ointments will penetrate more quickly into the skin, but the Vaseline will hold the garlic on the ointment form. This will also keep the garlic from blistering as easily. (A garlic blister looks bad, but does not hurt and heals back quickly.) The little boy was running an extremely high fever and was delirious when he was covered and put back into bed. (This was well after 2:00 a.m.). We assured the parents the child would be all right and would get well. A few days later we were called again by these parents. They told us that the doctor came back to sign the death certificate that next morning, but the little boy was sitting in his high chair, drinking some juice and breathing normally as if nothing had happened the night before. The doctor became so angry and demanded to know the name of the other doctor who had taken over the case before it had been released by him. He wanted a hearing by "the board" to have the other doctor thrown out of practice for going "against procedure" by taking over a case without written release. The parents asked if his "release" was the death of their child? He probably changed his mind because we were not brought before a hearing.

I had forgotten this case until nearly twenty years had passed. One evening, after a lecture in another state, a fine-looking young fellow in his early twenties came up to the podium and shook my hand vigorously, saying he had always wanted to meet me. His mother had told him of our long trip in sub-zero weather at night to their house, of using the natural methods on, and saving his life. He stated that he enjoyed living so much he had been looking forward to meeting me.

That paid off for a cold night out on a house call by far more than the small fee that was charged.

"Addendum: Body Slants and How They are Used"

According to the tenets of an ancient practice known as yoga, the body can be revitalized best through a position called the "headstand." This process reverses the flow of gravity in the human body, and permits an increase of circulation in the bloodstream to critical areas such as the brain, eyes, ears, face, gums, scalps, etc; It also uplifts sagging organs in the chest and abdominal region; aids in correcting sway backs, varicose veins, swollen ankles, fallen arches, compacted spinal columns, and the like. The reversal of gravity removes the stress upon the hips and legs.

For most people, however, the headstand is too drastic and uncomfortable. A modified version of the headstand has been developed. It, also, reverses the flow of gravity in a more comfortable manner. We called it the "Slant Board," and it consists of an inclined plane on which the body lies, head downward, in order to increase the circulation as described above.

Since the year B.C.S.B., (Before Commercial Slant Boards), we have recommended the use of such an inclined plane in lectures and classes. An article by Bernard McFadden appearing in a health journal in 1949 recommends the use of a "slant board" as it has come to be known, and issues directions for the construction of a homemade device. It is a board about 12 inches in width, one end of which is raised up off the floor about two feet. It was then suggested that the person using this invention lie upon the board with their head slanting downward for several minutes a day.

After 1949, many health-minded carpenters have designed variations on the slant board theme. There were different types of hinged, portable, and collapsible slant boards for patients and students of health to use for their exercises.

At this time there exists an ingenious and highly sophisticated form of the old slant board. It's called the BODY SLANT. The BODY SLANT is composed of three three-dimensional fabric covered foam shapes: two wedges and one rectangle hinged together enabling a variety of forms in addition to the standard inclined plane of the slant board.

The BODY SLANT is constructed of super firm foam on the inside and sturdy decorator zip-off fabrics on the outside. It also folds into an ottoman, (36 x 22 x 14 in) an extra bed (72 x 22x 7 in) and a lounge chair. It weighs only 14 pounds. You can keep it in any room in view so that you are reminded to do your slant board exercises. It is available in rust, beige, and brown. We feel that this Body Slant is one of the best possible pieces of home furnishing that a person can obtain. It is a valuable health aid that we have taught the principles of for years. The body slant will give you a younger and more healthy feeling than you can imagine.

Now your slant board exercises can become as easy as lying on a bed.

Over the years we have developed an herbal formula to accompany the use of the body slant. It is known as the "slant board combination" and is described in our small booklet Dr. Christopher's Three Day Cleansing Program and the Mucusless Diet on page 24.

"As an aid in prolapsed uterus, bowel, or other lower cavity organs, to assist in giving relief, make concentrated tea (simmer down to half its amount) of oak bark, mullein, yellow dock root, walnut bark or leaves, comfrey root, lobelia, and marshmallow root.

Inject with a syringe (with head down on the "Body Slant") into vagina, 1/4 to 1/2 cup or more, and rectum, one cup or more; for prolapsus or hemorrhoid problems and leave as long as is possible before voiding. Oral dose, in addition, suggested is one fourth to one cup one to three or more times a day, (drink in proportion of one fourth cup of the "Dr. Christopher's Yellow Dock Combination Tea" to three fourths cup of distilled water.) when the tea is injected into the abdominal area, and while on the "Body Slant", knead and massage the pelvic and abdominal area to exercise the muscles, so the herbal tea (food) will be assimilated into the organs.

The principle of this program is this: While on the Body Slant the act of kneading and massaging the abdominal area requires muscle energy in the organs. The muscle demand for nourishment is satisfied by the herbal food having just been delivered (via syringe of Yellow Dock Formula) right into place for assimilation.

During this period of massaging the abdomen, the old dried-up fecal matter which has been collecting over a period of time in the sagging transverse colon and other areas of the bowel can be loosened and dispersed. This process gradually reduces the abdominal bulge, "pot," or "spare tire", to the desired normal size.

I feel that the Body Slant should be in every home. This rejuvenating aid can be used by the small child as well as other family members with the idea of maintaining youth as a goal throughout life.