PROPIERTIES OF GARLIC

[maria angelica sassone]

Properties of garlic

29/10/2009 - Healthy Food

It is perhaps the greatest natural remedy medicinal properties demonstrated experimentally: high-dose hypotensive effect, a blood thinner - often used by people who have suffered thrombosis, stroke or stroke-, lipid-lower LDL cholesterol that is harmful to the the body-general antibiotic and antiseptic, stimulating immunity, worming, corn remedies.

Garlic is considered one of healing plants more important. In recent years, he has been giving much more importance and spreading of this plant, try to educate and spur on consumption, giving us much more information about their properties and above all, it works, as a preventive and curative different diseases. Therefore, once this information is gathered, read many articles in various texts and journals that we consider serious, we believe that the important thing is not to have them saved, but to disseminate them as possible so that these information and knowledge to serve, as aid to anyone who needs it.

Garlic helps to prevent and cure all diseases of the airways.

It is used to eliminate parasites and in these cases the garlic juice is one of the best remedies, and even in species that are difficult to expel, the results are surprising.

Helps people with uric acid acts as a shield in the calcification of the arteries. Prevents hypertension and poor circulation, as it has a hypotensive action.

Stimulant, diuretic and expectorant. Garlic helps to remove old waste that are left in the body, its enzymes promote good synthesis of fatty acids, helping to lower LDL cholesterol.

Has a high content of phosphorus and sulfur, that stands out as a special sedative for the nerves.

Advised to eat raw and cooked over 90% lose their effectiveness.

Garlic causes bad breath and unpleasant perspiration, just for a short period of time, ie while expel accumulated toxins in the body, once released they, and not bad smell, or the breath, or sweating even in the urine and stool. This is because that odor attributed to garlic, it is because the garlic itself, but the accumulated toxins in the body which, when combined with the active principles of garlic eliminators, dismiss the smell unpleasant.

This is easily understood with this example. A person who practices a healthy and natural, where the garlic takes pride of place not so bad off that smell that is attributed to garlic, but this occurs in people who eat garlic, but still a bad turn power, based on fatty foods, meats, alcoholic beverages, etc. In these cases what happens is that the continuous garlic constantly eliminating toxins caused by poor diet, and this is just the constant removal of these substances, which produce the unpleasant odor, no garlic.

We can start getting used to, with one or two cloves of garlic, which can accompany a piece of bread, chewing well. Then, slowly, we will increase up to four or five. The amount depends on the tolerance of each person, some people get to eat up a whole head without discomfort and with great results.

In cases of rheumatism, gives excellent results, raw, grated, crushed or chopped, put it in a cup with a vegetable stock, and we took half an hour before meals.

It is highly recommended as a disinfectant, so if an insect stinging our strange, we rub with raw garlic.

And finally, we say that the body that most benefits from garlic oil, is the heart. If we bear in mind that garlic is the great purifier of the blood, we will draw the consequence that also is a great strengthener of the heart.
Aphrodisiac and energy

Its origin is Central Asia, but the Chinese and Egyptians used it in ancient times, ate garlic to the slaves who built the pyramids because they believed that garlic brought them power. It was also used in the mummification process and as currency.

In Greece and Rome, garlic was considered a powerful aphrodisiac and in the Middle Ages used garlic to get rid of witches, vampires and evil spirits. In other gait, during World War II was divided among the soldiers to have a remedy for wounds.

Why?

A similar mixture, but with baked garlic, soften painful calluses. If boiled with milk (previously stripped without butter), its effect is positive in cases of eczema, ringworm and warts. For these cases simply applied a freshly cut clove of garlic, ah! and those at risk of baldness or hair loss, massage with garlic juice on the scalp, hair state.

In cases of hypertension and arteriosclerosis, just eat two or three cloves of garlic every day, widen blood vessels, which saves headaches, dizziness, insomnia. Its consumption is indispensable for those sedentary occupation, particularly for those engaged in intellectual work, because it stimulates the functioning of the brain, heart and sex glands.

Similarly, inhalation of crushed garlic cure flu, sore throats and colds in their early stages. This treatment is used in more serious cases, such as whooping cough, pneumonia, inflammation of the ear and eye mucosa.

Its most common use is to add food and this relieves infectious gastrointestinal diseases, colitis, bronchitis, and in general any inflammatory problem. The only contradiction is when suffering from inflammation of the kidneys.

And the smell?

That nasty smell coming through the pores is what comes after the garlic, due to sulfur compounds that have and can cause bad breath after having eaten. But still (a) that there are solutions to combat such plagues homemade.

For starters, after a banquet "ajiento" you can choose from the following options, namely, drinking freshly squeezed lemon juice, parsley bite, take a spoonful of honey if it makes it easier or finally drink a glass of milk or red wine.

Beneficial properties of garlic

Raw garlic has antiseptic, fungicidal, bactericidal and cleansing, because it contains a volatile essential oil called alliin which is converted into allicin, responsible for its strong odor and is eliminated through the respiratory tract. Although it has other beneficial properties in the body:

• Stimulates the gastrointestinal mucosa resulting in an increase in digestive secretions and bile.
• Is a diuretic.
• Increased bronchial secretions, so it is said to be expectorant, disinfectant and a decongestant.
• Frequent consumption causes vasodilation (increase in diameter of small blood vessels, arterioles and capillaries) that causes blood to flow more easily and decrease blood pressure.
• Therefore, regular consumption of garlic is highly recommended in case of intestinal parasitosis, infectious process and for those with hypertension and cardiovascular risk.

Precautions

Using an high doses of garlic, either raw or in extracts, is not recommended in trauma or menstrual bleeding. Think you have genuine fluidizing properties and can therefore prevent coagulation.
Also not suitable for use during pregnancy.

Preparation and Use

From the medical point of view more suitable preparations are:

1. Oil:
Chew 1 to 3 cloves in the morning. You hit the body odor and do not control the actual amount of active ingredients with therapeutic effects.

2. Garlic Extract: In capsule or pearls. They have the advantage of not causing body odor. The usual dose to achieve therapeutic effects are 600 to 900mg daily.

3. Decoction of cloves of garlic: Boil a head of garlic in unlitro of water for five minutes. Take three cups daily. You lose part of the properties but partly prevents bad breath.

4. Soaking in vinegar: It's the glue that causes body odor. Besides its active ingredient content is lower than in the previous cases. However, their use for extended periods of time can have cumulative effects on our body. So it is a way to sustain employment over long periods of time.

If what is sought is the prevention, employment modes 1, 3 and 4 will be the ideal, but we must sustain them over time. If we want to further contribute to a treatment already in place by your doctor, the choice of beads or capsules is recommended.

Garlic is considered one of healing plants more important. In recent years, he has been giving much more importance and spreading of this plant, try to educate and spur on consumption, giving us much more information about their properties and above all, it works, as a preventive and curative different diseases. Therefore, once this information is gathered, read many articles in various texts and journals that we consider serious, we believe that the important thing is not to have them saved, but to disseminate them as possible so that these information and knowledge to serve, as aid to anyone who needs it.