Other Names: Ail des Bois, Ail à Feuilles Larges, Ail des Ours, Ail Pétiolé, Ajo de Oso, Ajo Silvestre, Allium ursinum, Bear Garlic, Broad-leaved Garlic, Ramsons, Wild Garlic, Daslook<br>Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) is the wild European cousin to Allium sativum, the domesticated garlic found in grocery stores and used in most garlic supplements. Both Allium ursinum (wild garlic) and Allium sativum (domestic garlic) come from the same family and share the same active substances and benefits. However, Allium ursinum (wild garlic) has three distinct advantages over domestic garlic: Wild garlic contains higher quantities of many active substances, wild garlic has active substances not found in other garlics and wild garlic is odorless after digestion.
==Special Precautions of Bear’s Garlic==
The leaves of A. ursinum are easily mistaken for Lily of the Valley, sometimes also those of Colchicum autumnale and Arum maculatum. All three are poisonous; potentially deadly incidents occur almost every year. Grinding the leaves between the fingers and checking for a garlic-like smell can be helpful, but if the smell remains on the hands, one can easily mistake a subsequent poisonous plant for bear garlic
==Health Benefits and uses of Bear’s Garlic are==
Wild garlic has a long medicinal history dating back 5,000 years and has long been considered a herbal "wonder drug." While many people today recognize the benefits of garlic in general, less are aware of its superstar cousin, wild garlic. That is changing. Allium ursinum re-emerged in the early 1990s as "the new star" of garlic. In 1992 Wild garlic earned the title of "Medicinal Plant of the Year" by the Association for the Protection and Research on European Medicinal Plants. Wild garlic popularity continues to grow as more people become aware of its similar health benefits in an odorless "package."
Bear’s garlic has chemicals that might help protect against heart disease, by reducing blood platelet activity and lowering blood pressure.
* Protect against plaques and blood clots.