Wild garlic (Allium ursinum), also known as ramsons or wild garlic, is a true spring medicine that we can gather directly from nature.
It can also be found at local markets alongside other beneficial seasonal greens: nettle, dandelion, spinach, lettuce.
From wild garlic, we can prepare many remedies with preventive and therapeutic effects: tinctures, oil, infusion, juice.
It has an impressive purifying effect. It cleanses the blood, stomach, and intestines. Therapist Maria Treben suggests that it is good to keep this plant in tincture form to benefit from its purifying action even after the season ends, throughout the year.
Another preparation method we want to present in this article is wild garlic tea, which can be successfully consumed by those who have heart problems, suffer from skin conditions, or need a natural detoxification of the body, for which conventional treatments do not yield optimal results.
Researchers at the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington state that wild garlic has a greater efficacy on cardiovascular system disorders than garlic.
A study conducted on rats showed that animals fed with wild garlic had a greater decrease in systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol compared to those fed with garlic.
Bulgarian researchers discovered that the flowers and leaves of wild garlic from Bulgaria have a high concentration of sulfur compounds. Wild garlic has demonstrated antimicrobial and antifungal properties.
A recent study from 2016, published in the International Journal of Molecular Science, showed that wild garlic has complex cardioprotective effects on animals. The authors of the study suggest that it could be used in the future for the prevention and therapy of atherosclerotic disorders.
According to an article published in the magazine Healing Remedies, wild garlic tea is also useful for regulating heart rhythm in individuals with palpitations or cardiac arrhythmia or with fluctuations in blood pressure.
Use 1 tablespoon of dried wild garlic leaves for 1 cup of boiling water. After 10 minutes of infusion, strain and add 1 tablespoon of honey. Drink 1 cup per day for one month. Over time, palpitations will disappear, and blood pressure will stabilize.
