garden

Garlic

Allium sativum

Food that is also the first cold medicine in the house.

Part used: Cloves, crushed and waited 10 minutes (that makes the allicin)
Gather: Plant October, pull June–July, cure two weeks. See Grow → Onion & garlic.
Tea: One crushed clove in hot broth. Or the honey recipe.
Tincture
Other: Crushed clove on a clean cloth for a stubborn splinter-area infection — it burns. Short contact.

Raw garlic on skin too long raises a blister. Not a substitute for drainage and washing. Go easy in a nursing baby’s diet.

Recipes

Thyme (or garlic) honey

Herb steeped in honey. Spoon for a cough, or into hot water for a sore throat.

Onion cough syrup

The old farm cough pot: sliced onion, sugar or honey, overnight. You already have the onion.