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Indian Recipes : Food
Guide : Garlic Medicinal Uses
Garlic Health Benefits
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This write up explains the health benefits
of garlic. Garlic has many medicinal uses and is good for health.
Read and find more about garlic.
Nature has gifted us lots of things to keep our self healthy. One
of those gifts is Garlic. There are lots of saying & proverbs
about Garlic which reflects its importance & quality such as
Garlic is as good as 10 mothers & Garlic a day keep
sickness at bay. Moreover, it is regarded as a miracle by naturopaths
& herbalists. Various researches have proved it that Garlic
is good for health and is beneficial in curing various health problems.
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The garlic clove contains various nutrients as water soluble nutrients
include vitamins, enzymes, amino acids and natural sugars & oil soluble
nutrients includes sulphur compounds originating from an amino acid named
alliin which is converted to a pungent compound called allicin which has
natural antibiotic properties. Presence of sulphur in garlic is the cause
of its pungent smell. However, the quality of Garlic cannot be over hidden
due to this smell. In several scientific studies it has been found that:
Garlic Medicinal Uses
- Garlic acts as an antiseptic & helps in curing the wounds very
quickly.
- One of the health benefits of garlic is that it helps in fighting
against various infection & acts against inflammation and infection,
including colds, coughs by adding a freshly cut raw clove to food three
times a day or take kyolic garlic capsules but raw is always best.
- In certain studies in China it has been shown that it contains chemicals
that prevent cancer. They suggest that eating garlic on regular basis
provides some protection against cancer.
- Fresh or cooked garlic or 500 mg garlic capsules twice daily helps
in lowers down the blood pressure & cardiovascular problems. It
increases the levels of high density lipoproteins & reduces harmful
cholesterol in the blood & keeps arteries and heart healthy.
- It thins the blood, reduces clotting and helps in controlling blood
pressure and poor circulation.
- Garlic stimulates the immune system of body & helps in fighting
against various diseases.
- Prevents & relieves chronic bronchitis, respiratory problems,
and catarrh.
- It acts as a nasal decongestant & expectorant.
- It is also helpful for hum oral asthma, hysteria, dropsy & scurvy.
- Garlic works as a cleanser of the digestive system, helps in curing
flatulence, kills internal parasites and is an excellent internal antiseptic.
- Researcher recommends daily dose of fresh garlic of about 4 gm, equivalent
to one or two small cloves for each & every person who wants to
keep himself healthy.
There are various historical facts which prove that Garlic has been used
from centuries for its medicinal uses. From around 3000 B.C. Chinese scholars
are praising garlic. Moreover, workers who were engaged in constructing
the Great Pyramids of Giza lived mainly on garlic & onion. During
World War I, Garlic was used to control infections in wounds. It was also
used for controlling a raging epidemic of flu in 1963 in Russia. So
now start taking garlic as a diet in your food & enjoy your life without
lots of disease. Most important thing is that it doesn't have any side effect.
So you can take it without any doubt. I know now you can't avoid such a
nice gift of nature which can help you out in various ways. Oh! I am very
sorry I forgot to tell you one of the most important things that, it
is also helpful in getting rid of VAMPIRES.
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