Health Benefits : Leeks

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Leeks have been cultivated in the West for at 4000 years, the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans all prized them for their medicinal value.
Member of the same great healing family as onions and garlic, they have much the same therapeutic properties, though in a milder form.
In French traditional medicine they are prescribed for respiratory cleansing, diuretic powers, and their ability to eliminate uric acid, so the gouty and arthritic should eat plenty of leeks.