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The immense medicinal value of garlic

Many people use garlic to flavour food but not all of them know that the bulb, which belongs to the onion family, has immense health benefits.

Garlic has been used for centuries by the Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans and the Chinese as medicine. The medicinal value of garlic is mainly as a result of the sulfur compound known as allicin, which is formed when a garlic clove is chopped, crushed or chewed. Allicin is also responsible for garlic’s distinct smell.

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