good garlic

Garlic

Synonyms and Regional Names:- Sans. Lehsum; Hi. Lasun; Guj. Lasan

Biological Source:- Ripe bulbs of Allium sativum L. Belonging to family Liliaceae containing not less than 0.1 % of allicin.

Geographical source :- Cultivated in India, Russia,U.S.A.,Italy and other south eastern European countries.

Characters:- The drug of the main ovate bulb and 5-15 secondary bulbs, both being surrounded by common white dry scaly leaves.

conctituents:- The bulbs contain water soluble sulphur compound 'allin' whch as such is an odourless compound but during crushing, heating or distillation an enzyme allin-lyase present in garlic gets activated and converts allin into 'allicin' which is highly unstable and in thr pressence of water and oxygen gets decomposed into polysulphides whch are responsible for the unpleasant smell.

Uses and Benefits:-

Garlic have certain health benefits as well as medicinal properties. Garlic has long been considered a herbal drug that can cure common cold and flu to the Plague

Raw garlic is used by some to treat the symptoms of acne as well as helps in managing high cholesterol levels.

A stronger tasting clove of garlic has more sulphur content and therefore have more medicinal value.

Garlic is a powerful antibiotic, albeit broad-spectrum rather than targeted. The body does not appear to build up resistance to the garlic.

Aged garlic - have a powerful antioxidant effect. Antioxidants help to protect the body against damaging free radicals

WORLD WIDE FACTS ABOUT GARLIC USE

Arabs inhale steam from boiling water with garlic for tuberculosis.

Arabs suggest eating cloves daily for colic, diabetes, diarrhea, enteralgia, and swellings.

Arabs warm skinned cloves in cow's milk, add fat, heat until thickened; add ground ginger, laurel, pepper, and senna; take for colds, cough, nephrosis, and improving memory.

Arabs use ashes from burnt cloves to treat eye infections.

Bolivians suggest a clove garlic for arteriosclerosis, cerebral congestion, high arterial pressure; garlic soup for circulatory and kidney problems.

Bolivians suggest three cloves garlic mashed in one cup of milk with honey for arteriosclerosis, gastric, respiratory, or pulmonary problems.

Bolivians suggest a glass of water with 20 drops garlic tincture for hemorrhage, high blood pressure, palpitations, varicose veins.

Dominicans suggest rubbing garlic onto rheumatism.

Haitians take bulb decoctions, juices, or teas for bronchitis, dermatoses, gas, itch, pneumonia, and other pulmonary problems; they eat the bulbs for worms and hypertension.

Mexicans suggest taking three cloves in milk each morning to prevent malaria and tuberculosis.

Mexicans take a leaf decoction as emmenagogue.

Peruvians eat the cloves for arrhythmia, arteriosclerosis, cardiopathy, catarrh, diabetes, embolism, hysteria, hypertension, malaria, menopause, smoker's syndrome, splenosis, and thrombosis.

Peruvians suggest rubbing cut garlic on corns, dandruff, infection, itch, rheumatism, sores, vitiligo, and warts.

Trinidadans take garlic decoction for dyspepsia, enterosis, hypertension, stomachache, strangury, and rubbing the crushed cloves on the belly to facilitate childbirth.

Yucatanese suggest three chipped bulbs in milk or tomato juice for diabetes, malaria, or rheumatism, or steeping in alcohol 5 days and taking up to 20 drops a day for asthma, atherosclerosis, or hypertension.

Disadvantages:-

Raw garlic is very strong, too much take of it can cause irritation/damage to the digestive tract . some allergy symptoms associated with Garlic are :-

1.skin rash,

2.Temperature and headaches.

3.Garlic could potentially disrupt anti-coagulants, so it's best avoided before surgery.