Article: Garlic: Powerful (pungent) medicine

GARLIC, PUNGENT GARLIC. IT'S COME A LONG WAY SINCE ITS FAME AS A NECKLACE WARDING OFF DRACULA'S DEADLY BITE. GARLIC, TODAY, IS AMONG THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR HERBS, REVERED BT MILLIONS AS A FOOD AND AS A TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL. FOR A PLANT ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS AUDACIOUS, PIQUANT, OFFENSIVE SMELL (TO SOME), THAT'S PRETTY GOOD NEWS.

Surprisingly enough, garlic, botanically referred to as Allium sativa, is a member of the Liliaceae or lily family of plants. Like its more come-Iv cousin, garlic grows from a bulb, sending a tall green stalk up from the earth to catch sunlight and to flower. garlic is indigenous to the Mediterranean part of the world, and is today easily cultivated during dry-, ...