The "Goods" On Bear Paw Garlic

^AIMBear Paw Garlic^™ is garlic with a difference. It is not derived from Allium sativum, the domesticated garlic found in groceries and used in other garlic supplements. Rather, ^AIMBear Paw Garlic^™ comes from Allium ursinum, a unique wild garlic found in central Europe and also known as alpine wild garlic. Although largely unknown in the United States, in 1989, A. ursinum was called "the new star" of garlic in the German health journal Therapiewoche (Therapy Week) and in 1992, was declared the European medicinal "Plant of the Year" by the Association for the Protection and Research on European Medicinal Plants. What's more, upon digestion, it's odorless!

Alpine wild garlic has high levels of at least three compounds that are known to maintain healthy blood pressure levels. This aspect of wild garlic is under study at Georgetown University Medical Center. And of course, alpine wild garlic also provides the time-honored benefits of garlic as a support for the immune system.

^AIMBear Paw Garlic^™ is a unique form of garlic. It is derived from Allium ursinum, not Allium sativum. Unlike A. sativum, A. ursinum has never been successfully cultivated. Because it is wild and cannot be cultivated, only the leaves are cut; the bulb remains in the earth to ensure future supply. (Apparently the eighth-century ruler Charlemagne attempted to cultivate the plant for medicinal purposes, but there is no record of his success.) A. ursinum is found in areas of damp woods and wooded ravines and flourishes in the hills and mountains of central Europe. A. ursinum is hand-picked and harvested in the spring during a one-week period, particularly in Switzerland.