I've been advised to eat raw garlic daily, which is supposed to be the panacea: the cure for everything. Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn't; in either case, chewing a clove is not only a pain in the ass, it is definitely a pain in the mouth. I decided to find a method to eat it less painfully, and succeeded. All you need is a glass of lemon-water and a garlic clove. You may use fresh lemons, but I've found organic lemon juice found in the store works equally well; make sure it's organic though and doesn't contain any additives. Lemon juice in itself is as healthy as garlic. Take a sip from the glass, start chewing the clove a little and when you feel a slight sting swallow the water and quickly take another sip from the glass, continue until you've chewed and swallowed all of it.
Using this method I can eat clove after clove, and stay healthy. At present time I'm eating one or two before breakfast, and before going to bed. Having eaten garlic this way for some time, many problems have disappeared that used to trouble me regularly: I've had no colds or other infections, and impure energies avoid me, I feel warmer and cleaner somehow and more energetic.
Some crush their garlic and drink with water, or even eat garlic-capsules. Although this may work as well, chewing in my opinion is preferable for several reasons: the saliva contains enzymes vital for digestion which we get by chewing; it's quicker and easier to chew than crush; capsules contains an extraction, fresh vegetables are always preferable in my opinion since they have all nutrients, enzymes, oils and so on intact as nature intended, and living garlic cloves also have the life force (qi, prana) which may not be as good in industrialized extractions.
