Products
Wild garlic is commercially available as a medicinal herb, as a tincture (e.g., from Ceres), and as a spice in pharmacies and drugstores, among other products.
Stem plant
Wild garlic, Liliaceae.
Medicinal drug
The wild garlic herb (Allii ursini herba) is used as a medicinal raw material. For example, a wild garlic herb powder (Allii ursini herbae pulvis) and a juice (Allii ursini herbae recentis succus) are prepared from the herb.
Ingredients
Leek oil: alliin
Effects
Antimicrobial
Fields of application
- Mainly used in folk and alternative medicine, for example, for gastrointestinal complaints, high blood pressure, for intestinal disorders and headaches.
- As a spice, eg for salads, wild garlic pesto.
