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Wild garlic
Allium ursinum L
Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) is a spring bulb with a strong smell of garlic, which covers damp deciduous woods in dense carpets. The leaves and the bulbs are used. It is gathered only where the identification is certain, because it can be mistaken for poisonous plants.
What wild garlic is
the leaf of wild garlic (Allium folium)
Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) is a spring bulb with a strong smell of garlic and broad, lance-shaped leaves, each growing singly from the ground on a long stalk. It grows in dense stands in damp deciduous woods, often beside streams, from March to May.
The leaves are gathered before flowering, when they are at their most succulent and fragrant; single leaves are picked, not whole bunches, so that the plant can come to maturity. Wild garlic is used fresh or pickled, and is not suitable for drying, because it loses its scent.
Care is essential when gathering: the leaves can be mistaken for those of lily of the valley and autumn crocus, both of which are poisonous. A reliable sign is the smell of garlic when a leaf is rubbed, and the fact that every wild garlic leaf grows on its own stalk. In Stična it appears in Ašič's Apple Cider Vinegar with Wild Garlic.
Use and evidence
Use as a food is well established, but the clinical evidence for treating hypertension, atherosclerosis or infections is not sufficient.
Safety and precautions
The greatest risk is a lethal mix-up with autumn crocus, lily of the valley or white hellebore; the smell alone is not a safe enough way to identify a whole gathered bunch.
These notes are general and do not replace advice from a doctor or a pharmacist, above all in pregnancy, while breastfeeding, in children and alongside medicines.
Where you will find it in the range
0 products from Ašič's pharmacy contain wild garlic. The composition is listed with every product.
What people ask about Wild garlic
Which products is wild garlic in?
Wild garlic is an ingredient of these products: .
How do I find out which blend is the right one for me?
Ring the pharmacist on +386 1 78 77 065 (Mon, Wed, Fri 8.00–14.00). Tell him what is troubling you and he will tell you what is traditionally used for it.
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