Ransoms – wild garlic

The green shiny broad leaves of ransoms are very similar to those of lily-of-the-valley but the pungent garlic odour that has given them the name of wild garlic is smelled long before the plants are sighted and stops them from being mistaken for lily–of–the–valley! Wild garlic can be found throughout the UK in woods and on river banks.

Wild garlic has similar medicinal properties to those of garlic but possibly greater because the leaves are rich in healing chlorophyll. The chlorophyll molecule is responsible for trapping the sun’s energy and is the life-force of the plant and this force provides life-giving materials for the human body. Green leaves provide us with important nutrition and are best eaten every day.

Wild garlic can be used to inhibit the common cold virus, promote circulation and sweating, eliminate worms and promote the growth of healthy intestinal flora.

If you are able, cultivate wild garlic in a damp, shady part of your garden.