Australian Garlic Kills COVID-19, Says Doherty Institute
May 31st, 2023The variety of garlic was not named, of course.
Via: ABC:
An Australian variety of garlic could reduce COVID and flu-related infections, according to new medical research.
A study by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (the Doherty Institute) and farming company Australian Garlic Producers has found that extracts of an as-yet-to-be-named garlic, have the ability to stop the spread of viral cells from SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A in the digestive system.
The potentially flu-busting garlic is from a commercial crop grown in Merbein, near Mildura, in north-western Victoria.
Doctor Julie McAuley from the Doherty Institute, which is a joint venture between the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, led the study.
The team tested about 20 varieties of garlic in different forms, but the laboratory trials found only one type of garlic was effective in curbing the infectivity of the viruses.
