Medicinal Importance of Garlic
Garlic is useful for health
• English name: Garlic
• Marathi name: Lasun
• Hindi name: Lahsun
• Producing countries: India, China
Appearance:
Garlic is white in color. Inside the thin white peel, there are many small cloves. These cloves are used for reproduction as well as for consumption.
Leaves:
Garlic is a cultivated crop grown in fields. It is a type of underground bulb. Its leaves are similar to onion leaves.
Smell:
Strong and pungent
Constituents:
Calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron, vitamin C, vitamin A, and vitamin B-complex.
Medicinal Uses of Garlic:
• If there is long-standing cold and cough, peel and crush garlic, cook it in milk, and drink the milk. It helps reduce cough.
• Consuming a mixture of garlic juice, amla juice, rock salt, and roasted asafoetida daily helps reduce abdominal fat.
• In whooping cough, mixing garlic juice with olive oil and rubbing it from the chest to the stomach helps cure the condition.
• Garlic helps reduce cold formed in the respiratory tract and phlegm in the throat, improves the respiratory system, and removes unwanted toxins from the body.
• In cold, cough, and asthma, eating garlic and inhaling its smell is beneficial.
• In acidity, stomach pain, gas problems, piles, and diarrhea, including garlic in the diet helps reduce these problems and related discomfort.
• Garlic contains a compound called allicin, which has antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and antioxidant properties. It helps increase insulin and prevents diseases.
• In paralysis, eating garlic cloves fried in oil helps recovery and reduces slurred speech.
• Consuming garlic reduces bad cholesterol in the blood and helps thin the blood. To reduce cholesterol and control blood pressure, eating garlic boiled in milk or roasted in ghee daily is beneficial.
• Eating garlic fried in cow’s ghee helps reduce arthritis and back pain.
• If any part of the body is painful, crushing garlic and applying it with turmeric provides relief.
• After menopause, women experience weakness and brittle bones due to bodily changes. Regular consumption of garlic is beneficial in such conditions.
• Garlic is beneficial in mental stress and migraine.
• In tuberculosis and pneumonia, boiling one liter of water with one-fourth liter of milk and drinking this milk two to three times a day is beneficial and helps cure TB.
• Garlic helps repair degeneration of bones, skin, and internal glands and improves intestinal activity.
• Eating garlic on an empty stomach helps reduce cancerous lumps; therefore, consuming garlic on an empty stomach is beneficial.
• In headache, crushing garlic and applying it on the head helps stop the headache.
• Garlic helps increase semen quality and acts as an aphrodisiac. If worms develop in a wound, applying a paste of garlic and pepper helps expel the worms.
• In case of bruises or injuries, applying a paste of garlic, jaggery, and turmeric reduces swelling and pain.
• If a person becomes unconscious, crushing garlic and giving its smell helps regain consciousness.
Disadvantages of Eating Garlic:
• Excessive consumption of garlic increases tamasic tendencies and may cause irritability.
👉 Compared to its disadvantages, the benefits of garlic are much greater.
