Amaryllidaceae · bulb
Garlic
Allium sativum
Mapped to modest blood-pressure and lipid meta-analyses and mixed cold-prevention lore. Food garlic is not an aged extract.
Safety first
Culinary bulb is food-like. Concentrated extracts have antiplatelet signals and matter around surgery.
Tradition vs trials
Traditional record. Culinary medicine in Europe, TCM (da suan), and Ayurveda.
Trial literature. Meta-analyses of powder and aged extracts report modest SBP/lipid shifts. Not stroke prevention by itself.
Practical ranges
Educational ranges — not a prescription. Culinary use is not an extract.
powder (adults)
Often about 600–900 mg/day dried bulb or aged equivalent in monographs/trials
ESCOP / NCCIH — Educational range only — not a prescription. A licensed clinician individualizes product, dose, and duration.
Pregnancy, nursing, children
- Pregnancy. Culinary amounts are food-like.
- Nursing. Culinary amounts are food-like.
- Children. Culinary food.
Contraindications
- known allium allergy
Key interactions
- anticoagulants / antiplatelets · caution
Additive bleeding signal with concentrated products.