What if one of the world’s most effective health enhancers is hiding in plain sight – in your kitchen, between a bulb of garlic and a few cloves?
While both garlic and cloves are gifts to cooking for their pungent flavor, their real magic lies in the health benefits you get from using them, especially in combination.
Nature’s Little Healers
Garlic is often referred to as nature’s antibiotic and for good reason. It has allicin, a natural compound that’s known to enhance the immune system, lower cholesterol, and assist in circulation. Cloves contain a lot of antioxidants and vitamins C and K with some significant antibacterial and antifungal properties.
What’s fascinating is that in combination, garlic and cloves do not just double up their health benefits, they exponentially increase them.
How They May Help You
With continued use of garlic and cloves combined, they may help:
- Strengthen your body’s immune system
- Calm inflammation in the body
- Improve your digestion and gut health
- Contribute to clearer and healthier skin
- Enhance oral health and freshen breath
Simple Ways to Use Garlic and Cloves
No complicated recipes or visits to your health store are necessary to reap these benefits. Consider:
- Sip a healing tea: Simmer together crushed garlic and cloves in hot water and sweeten with honey
- Cook with intention: (add both garlic and cloves to soups, stews, or roasted vegetables for a nice flavor and health bonus)
- Prepare a herbal oil infusion: infuse garlic and cloves with olive oil for a salad dressing (with health bonus)
- A natural remedy to freshen your breath: Use a cooled infusion of garlic and cloves as a mouth rinse (to kill bacteria)
- Clear skin benefits: Dilute the paste of garlic and clove to apply to target areas (remember to patch test)
Bonus – Welcome to the Kitchen Wellness Bevy
In a world of supplements and superfoods, it is easy to forget simple solutions. Garlic and cloves remind us that sometimes the best medicine lies in our kitchen. As they are simple to use, affordable, and have proven health benefits – from generation to generation – this natural duo may be a small change but could lead to a substantial difference.
