I thought it was eredicated, but lately, the polio virus, that terrible virus that caused paralysis and imobility in children , was mentioned in the news as being active again in certain areas.
These news took me back to a period in my childhood when everyday was a day of panic for parents and tragedy for this or that kid who got the virus. Kids, like me, who were still fortunate not to have got it, were wearing garlic around their neck.
To this day, garlic (Allium satum), closely related to onion, is not just a matter of superstition and folklore, but considered as having high medicinal properties: anti- microbial, anti- viral, anti- inflammatory, warding off chronic disease.
Over the years, some of the properties have been researched showing good results, most of them, though, not scientifically based, have been passed on from generation to generation, from culture to culture bringing us relief and healing along the way.
We keep garlic in our kichen to flavor with it our dishes. As it does miracles to our cooking, we believe it also does miracles to our health .
