Evidence supporting the use of: Bear Garlic
For the health condition: Blood Poisoning

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Source of validity: Traditional
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Bear garlic (Allium ursinum), also known as wild garlic or ramsons, has a long-standing history of use in European folk medicine, including for “blood purification” and as a general health tonic. In traditional contexts, “blood poisoning” often referred to various ailments involving fever, sepsis, or infection, rather than the modern medical definition of sepsis. Bear garlic was valued for its presumed antimicrobial and detoxifying properties. Historical herbal texts, such as those from Hildegard von Bingen and other medieval sources, mention its use for treating infections and as a spring tonic to “cleanse the blood.” However, there is no strong scientific evidence supporting bear garlic’s effectiveness in treating true blood poisoning (sepsis) as defined by contemporary medicine. While some in vitro studies have shown that Allium ursinum extracts possess antimicrobial and antioxidant activity, clinical studies in humans for sepsis or blood poisoning are lacking. Therefore, its use is primarily justified by tradition, and the evidence supporting its efficacy for this condition is weak.

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