Medicinal botany has been the way to go medicine for thousands of years, yet today in our modern medical system, natural medicine isn't seen as what it ones was. I had the opportunity to work in Medicinal Plant Biochemistry and trust me the field is everyday expanding. There are many questions left unanswered and some of them who already are. I worked in researching the antimicrobial effects of garlic (Alium sativum}. The research took me about 4 months to finish and it was long, and tiring yet fruitful. My lab and I found that garlic and its hybrid forms, have compounds that inhibit the growth of fungi in in vitro. Meaning that by consuming garlic regularly you are less prone to fungal disease like candida. The research model was small and we didn't get to test many fungi, but all the ones that where tested, all where inhibited by garlic.
So eat garlic bread, marinate your veggies in garlic sauce and enjoy this enticing herb. Do it for your health.
P.S and always remember to take some mints with you just in case. ;)
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