Anti-Mycobacterial Activity of Garlic

Umm! Weird response! I am really interested in natural remedies and I seriously wanted to know. Can you go out after, does it last long? I can’t reiterate enough that was a serious question. I’m not trying to be funny or witty!

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!

I’m sorry. It was such an unexpected question I assumed you weren’t serious. But, yes I can imagine smelling of garlic will be part of this Allicin treatment but I wasn’t aware of it at the time.

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!

I posted in the original thread but I wanted to include the information here as well. According to research, one hour twice a day was effective for successful treatment. I'll have to do some more back tracking through my notes, but I recall that doing this for 2 months was the duration of treatment.

"There are historical precedents for the successful treatment of lung infections by garlic preparations. Thus, Minchin [21] used a specially designed mask to treat tuberculosis patients twice daily by one-hour inhalation periods with crushed garlic preparations containing ‘oleum allii’. Minchin also reported using oleum allii inhalation prophylactically “in the homes of, and by the members of, families notably affected by pulmonary tuberculosis”. These pioneering studies dropped out of focus as streptomycin, without the unpleasant smell of allicin, was introduced in 1944 and used as a treatment for tuberculosis."

Hi Everyone...
My hubby and I were chatting, and he suggested that maybe since garlic has anti toxic properties..perhaps it could erradicate MAC.
Soooo. I looked it up and read below....
"Historically, garlic is known to kill mycobacterial strains, and its active compound, allicin, kills various microorganisms. Here we have shown that allicin not only reduced the bacterial burden in the lungs of mice infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), but also induces strong anti-tubercular immunity."
I'm wondering why the drug companies don't pursue this possibility. Could it be about money? Just wondering?????
I can tell you that starting tomorrow I'm grinding up fresh garlic cloves/raw and sprinkling it on my food on a daily basis. Lots of it.
I just wanted to bring this to you all's attention. It's certainly worth looking into! I was shocked when I read this....I suspect using fresh raw garlic would be most beneficial. Nothing to lose....I love garlic!
Google it for more info.......Wouldn't that be a miracle?????? Bon