The evidence for the beneficial effect of garlic use on blood pressure is lacking 3. Hypertension is a common chronic disease with significant adverse health and economic consequence for the patient and the health care delivery systems. A cheap and simple measure such as the increased use of garlic in the diet, if proven to be effective may go a long way in reducing morbidity and mortality from this chronic condition in the developed and the developing countries. However, we must not forget that the possibility of toxicity resulting from acute and chronic ingestion of large amounts of garlic remains unresolved’. Further studies are needed in this area. The use of herbal therapies is on the rise in the United States. Potentially safe herbs include garlic for hypertension. hyperlipidaem ia and infections 6. We expect the use of garlic to go up in the developing countries as well and therefore evaluating the place for the use of garlic in prevention and treatment of hypertension needs validation. In an interventional study tlìe supine diastolic blood pressure in the group having garlic treatment fell from 1 02 to 9 1 mm ug after eight weeks (p