Garlic versus Manufactured Antibiotics

This is an excerpt from Bill Sardi's Knowledge of Health, an excellent source of health news and information:

Researchers in the Netherlands report that garlic is capable to eradicating vancomycin-resistant enterococci bacteria, a germ that is a growing cause of mortality in hospitals. [8] A broth of 2% garlic juice has been shown to completely eradicate ampicillin-resistant E. coli. [9] E. coli infections are widespread, originating from fecal material, and a resistant strain of E. coli (clonal group A) is accounting for more than half of all the female urinary tract infections. In some parts of the country about 20% of these infections now only respond to a combination of powerful drugs, drugs that encourage even more drug resistant strains. [10]

A 1% solution of garlic from fresh cloves has been shown to have antibacterial activity against E. coli and antibiotic-resistant (methicillin) Staph aureus, Salmonella, a common cause of food poisoning, and Candida albicans, the most common yeast infection. [11] Researchers at Georgetown University report that oil of oregano (not the kitchen cupboard variety of oregano) was recently tested against drug-resistant Staphylococcus bacteria and was found to be equally effective as streptomycin, penicillin and vancomycin.

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