It is not a "medical" treatment unless it treats, prevents, or otherwise modifies some actual disease or state of health.
I agree it is important to know what ridiculous, non-evidence-based dietary supplements people are taking.
Regardless, you can't get out of your extremely irresponsible claims by arguing about semantics.
Please stop giving anyone your incompetent and potentially harmful medical advice. Luckily most people with COVID won't try to treat it with garlic supplements alone because they aren't stupid, but you have to realize that in panic-inducing times like this people might actually take your advice and you could end up with blood on your hands.
How does saying "there is a plausible mechanism of" qualify as either irresponsible or medical advice?
> you have to realize that in panic-inducing times like this people might actually take your advice and you could end up with blood on your hands.
What advice? I literally haven't offered any advice.
You have claimed 1) there is plausible evidence for garlic (no) 2) garlic is a widely used medicine (no)
On the basis of those claims it is quite easy to see how you are suggesting people take garlic. Classic motte-and-bailey argument strategy.
Convenient that you also dropped discussion of “beet root”
Knowing what people are using medically is critically important, regardless of whether you think they should be using it or not.