Garlic - Use and Benefits As Herbal Remedy

From several centuries ago Garlic has been serving mankind with its extraordinary medicinal properties. Its botanical name is Allium Satvium and accounts in the family Alliaceae. Simply, it is a bulbous herb, naturalized widely. Garlic has a number of varieties, which are again divided in two groups - single clove and multiple cloves. Being common, most of the varieties of garlic fall into the later group. Terms like wild-garlic, elephant-garlic and pearl-garlic, etc. are generally used to refer to the Garlic varieties of both groups. Single-clove garlic which usually grows in Yunan province of China and elephant-garlic are often referred as the best in Garlic. 

Properties of Garlic: It has important properties like Vitamin C, Iron, Calcium, Potassium, Zinc, and so on. Besides, when squeezed, Garlic yields a compound called - Allicin, which is again proven to be as an effective antibiotic as well antifungal. Moreover, it has several sulfur compounds like Aillin, Ajone, Dithiin, etc. Another important compound available in Garlic, known as Alixin has been considered as anti-tumour in recent medical studies. It may show good results in cancerprevention too in upcoming days! Garlic as an herbal remedy: 

Garlic being a medicinal compound rich herb can be used to treat a number of different disorders of our body. Therefore, now it is time to have a look at its uses and benefits 

- Rheumatism:- This is a very common medical complaint of people who are at their old ages. However, it can be treated at home with the help of garlic cloves. To use, you just have to take the minimum one clove of it along with rice daily. Applying garlic oil on the affected area will also give you relief. Gas:

- In order treat gas problem that we often face, garlic can be useful. Just crush two garlic cloves in a cup of water and drink the solution every morning at an empty stomach. Here the sentence of caution is - do not use more than two cloves, or it will be the cause of gas itself! 

Illness:- Garlic is also very effective in preventing physical illness. If you take two cloves in one cup of milk, and drink it daily; you will recover the strength soon. 

Headache, migraine:- Another common as well annoying medical complaint is the headache. To treat it quickly, just use two drops of Garlic juice as nasal-drop. 

Emphysema:- It is an abnormal condition of lungs that hinders the ability to expel air; due to excessive smoking or chronic bronchitis. Use of Garlic in such conditions will heal emphysema as well raise bodily immune against it. For this just mix 2-3 drop of garlic juice in cold milk and drink the solution regularly. 

Arteriosclerosis:- It means hardening of the arteries and Garlic is one of the best herbal remedies of it. To use, just eat one clove of Garlic at a regular basis.

Besides the above mentioned usage, Garlic is also helpful in many other disorders like fever, past injuries, strep throat and so on. However, it has some cons too. As for example, it produces a strong odor due to the presence of one compound called Allyl Methyl Sulfide (AMS). This smell is very annoying and therefore, measures should be taken to reduce it before use. One of the effective ways to get rid of this Garlic odor is to use it with curd. Likewise, too much use of Garlic can produce skin irritations as well digestive problem. Diabetic patients using insulin must avoid the use of Garlic. 

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