BEAR’S GARLIC/RAMSONS (ALLIUM URSINUM) – INTRODUCTION
This outstanding medicinal plant has been wrongfully neglected for a long time and in quite a few books on herbalism it has not even been mentioned. Even in some of the best books only garlic is listed. Allium ursinum, with its distinct pungent smell, is generally called bear’s garlic or ramsons. Its leaves resemble those of the lily of the valley and, as both plants grow in the shade of the woods, one is often mistaken for the other. Bear’s garlic thrives in damp but healthy ground and is sometimes found so plentifully along the sides of streams and brooks that it could actually be cut with a scythe.
Intestinal flatulence, with a burning sensation in the abdomen and an irritation of the bladder, accompanied by a strong urge to urinate, will be alleviated by means of bear’s garlic. So, too, will chronic intestinal catarrh, when the mucous lining of the stomach and intestines has become very sensitive.
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