Bio Health Garlic Whole Powdered Clove

Advantages: 100 percent health benefits
Disadvantages: Smelly stinky breath

...I hope to show you how beneficial garlic can be to your health. Also tips on growing, drying and a recipe for chesty coughs ♣Growing your own Garlic Take a Whole Garlic clove and separate into segments Plant each clove approx 9-12 inches deep anytime between September and February pointed end upwards. Leave all winter to establish roots Water frequently from spring onwards. Dig up in August ♣Drying your Garlic Spread the garlic heads on thick layers of newspaper or wire racks. Or plait them and hang in a warm room Or place them in a warming oven of a Rayburn. Keep out of sunlight in a well-ventilated area. Dry for approx 2-3 weeks until the skins are papery ♣Preserving your Garlic Submerge peeled garlic cloves in oil and freeze. 6 months maximum. Freeze without peeling. These need to be used immediately once... Read review

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Advantages: easily available, versatile
Disadvantages: caution needs to be exercised.

...Review of Clove (bud) ***What is it and where does it come from?** Clove is well known as a cullinary spice, it has also been used for centuries as a natural medicine.Clove is available in three main formats. Whole clove or Buds. These knobbly, woody little stems are the dried flower buds of myrtle bloom (Eugenia Caryophyllata), these are widely recognised as cullinary cloves. Ground or powdered clove Ground cloves are also available. Oil of Clove The oil is an essential oil produced from the pressing of the Myrtle flower buds. The main clove oil-producing countries are Madagascar, the Phillipines, East and West Indies and Indonesia. ***History*** The spice was first introduced to Europe circa 4-6 ad, it was imported from the East. In China, clove has been considered an aphrodisiac since the 3rd century B.C. ***Medical... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to swallow and no odour
Disadvantages: Cost

...before using garlic supplements. Which Brings Me To Kwai. Kwai High Strength One-a-Day garlic tablets are made from Chinese garlic cloves and are guaranteed to contain a high level if allicin. (Each tablet contains 100mg of dried garlic and yields 0.6% allicin.) The tablets are coated to help avoid odour. The tablets are free from salt, yeast, gluten, gelatine and added starch and are recommended as safe for use by diabetics. I take my Kwai garlic tablet after breakfast with a glass of water. It is preferable to take the tablet with food. Swallow the tablet whole; do not be tempted to chew! Kwai One-A-Day garlic tablets are available from Boots, Holland and Barrett and Superdrug.They cost £13.95 for a pack of 100.There is also a Giant Economy pack of 560 tablets for £19.95.I know they seem pricey, and there are cheaper garlic tablets... Read review

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