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Anti-Mycobacterial Activity of Garlic
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 17, 2023 | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
In the garlic studies, they never tell you how much garlic is needed. Proably these studies are all done invitro.
The first year I was diagnosed with MAC I tried and experimented with a lot of different alternatives. I tried cutting up one garlic bulb a day and letting it air for the allicin for about 15 minutes and then eating it on an empty stomach. I did that for a year.
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My MAC cultures were still coming in often at 4+ But clearly the garlic had gotten to my lungs because my dear husband could smell my heavily-garlicked breath…LOL
I suspect you’d need to eat many bulbs or a perfected form of garlic extract to experience the beneficial effects.
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I am new to this group and newly diagnosed. I don’t have a lot of experience but I have a very interesting experience with Allicin. I travelled to visit some friends over the Christmas holiday before I had even had a chance to talk with my pulmonologist about my MAC diagnosis. My friends that I was spending the holidays with were the perfect people to land with. Just by chance their life experience fighting for their lung health had guided them to using Allicin in a very interesting way. I’ll explain the process here and you could give it a try. I tried it for a week and was quite amazed at the difference I experienced in my sputum production. When I got back with my pulmonologist I agreed to put that aside for a while and try all of her recommendations first. I will return to the Allicin therapy after giving some respectful adherence to my doctor’s guidelines.
Here’s what I was taught:
Put three good size cloves of garlic peeled into a Ziploc bag, close it and lay it flat on a solid surface. Using the flat side of a meat pounder (?) Or some blunt rubber or wooden hammer like to tool, smash cloves well. Let stand 10 minutes. This 10 minutes allows the Allicin chemical compound to form. Then, sit comfortably and hold the open plastic bag around your nose and mouth and breath normally for a half hour. Careful not to let the “seal” above your nose become loose because it irritates your eyes. Twice a day.
Good luck if you give this a try! And I will be around. I will post a lot of the links to scientific studies about allicin that have come about recently. To be continued!
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Oh yes, I suspect you are right about the "garlic breath" & probably is about the massive quantity that would be needed.
I am hoping that we will begin to see research projects move forward as more partners are moving into the studies of NTM. It seems finally the community is learning to realize that this is an emerging medical problem.
Thinking back, I am certain I had NTM for several years before it was diagnosed in 2018. And my Mom, who had Bronchiectasis & passed away in 2011, probably had NTM for years. She would get bouts of pneumonia at the drop of a hat, 2-3 courses of antibiotics would get her "a little better", and the next cold would bring the pneumonia or bronchitis back again. But she never had a culture as far as I know...
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