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I couldn't tell you about manmade antibiotics, but it sure wouldn't hurt to chow a lot of raw garlic; and your Chinese neighbors would agree with you. Garlic, when eaten fresh -- and I'm talking about several cloves a day -- has both antibiotic and antiviral properties. It's not especially strong, but it helps you fight both the initial viral infection and any followup bacterial infections. I worked in a class of second-graders for several months over the cold and flu season, and chowing garlic in the morning and evening kept me basically healthy all winter while the kids were sneezing and coughing all over me. Your breath _will_ smell like garlic all the time. But it works.
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