What is Garlic?
Garlic, a species in the onion family Alliaceae, is used as a spice and for medicinal purposes it is used to treat hyperlipidemia, hypertension, atherosclerosis, cancer, and infections. In addition to raw garlic extract there are oral preparations available in pill form.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Improve immune function | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 2 | 0 | |||||
| reduce viral load | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Treat my HIV | 1 | 0 |
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 50% |
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Other
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1 | 50% |
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Report created on November 21, 2009.