THE LEAVES AND STEMS ARE ANTIASTHMATIC, ANTISCORBUTIC, ANTISEPTIC, DEOBSTRUENT, DIAPHORETIC, VERMIFUGE AND VULNERARY. EXTERNALLY,THEY HAVE BEEN USED AS AN ANTISEPTIC POULTICE ON ULCER ETC. AND ARE EFFECTIVE IN RELIEVING THE ITCHING CAUSED BY BITES AND STINGS.THE LEAVES AND STEMS ARE HARVESTED BEFORE THE PLANT COMES INTO FLOWER AND THEY CAN BE DRIED FOR LATER USE.THE JUICE OF THE PLANT HAS AN INHIBITORY EFFECT ON BACILLUS PYOCYANEUM AND ON GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA OF THE TYPHOID-PARATYPHOID-ENTERITIS GROUP.
IN GENERAL IT MAY BE USED AS A PREVENTIVE FOR MOST INFECTIOUS CONDITIONS,DIGESTIVE AS WELL AS RESPIRATORY.FOR THE DIGESTIVE TRACT IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT GARLIC WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATURAL BACTERIAL FLORA WHILST KILLING PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS.GARLIC IS BEING USED FROM ANCIENT TIMES FOR THE CURE OF SEVERAL DISEASES INCLUDING DIABETES, ANEMIA,HEART DISEASE ,ANTIBACTERIAL,CANCER,ANTI VIRAL,IMMUNE SYSTEM , SKIN CARE AND ANTI OXIDANT.GARLIC IS ABLE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE BLOOD BY RAISING THE LEVEL OF HAEMOGLOBIN AND THE RED BLOOD CELL COUNT-THIS IS VERY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE OF ANEMIA.THE MAGICAL COMPONENT OF IN GARLIC IS ALLICIN, WHICH IS PROVEN TO BE ANTI-MICROBIAL AN CONTAINS ANTI FUNGAL PROPERTIES.IT INHIBITS THE GROWTH OF PARASITES IN THE INTESTINES, AS WELL AS INHIBITS SYNTHESIS OF FATS (LOWER BLOOD LIPID AND CHOLESTEROL LEVELS).ALLICIN CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO AJOENE , WHICH HAS ANTI-CLOTTING PROPERTIES AND THUS HELPS REDUCE HEART AILMENTS.GARLIC'S SULFUR COMPOUNDS ,IN ADDITION TO CERTAIN SELENIUM CONTAINING COMPOUNDS,ADD UP TO MAKE EXTREMELY POTENT ANTI OXIDANT.
USED OF GARLIC IN DIFFERENT DISEASES
COMMON COLD: GARLIC SOUP IS AN OLD REMEDY TO REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF A COLD, AND SHOULD BE TAKEN ONCE DAILY. GARLIC CONTAINS ANTISEPTIC AND ANTISPASMODIC PROPERTIES, BESIDES SEVERAL OTHER MEDICINAL VIRTUES. THE OIL CONTAINED IN THIS VEGETABLE HELPS TO OPEN UP THE RESPIRATORY PASSAGES. IN SOUP FORM , IT FLUSHES OUT ALL TOXINS FROM THE SYSTEM AND THUS HELPS BRING DOWN FEVER.FIVE DROP OF GARLIC OIL COMBINED WITH TEASPOON OF ONION JUICE, AND DILUTED IN CUP OF WATER , SHOULD BE DRUNK TWO TO THREE TIMES A DAY. THIS HAS ALSO BEEN FOUND TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE IN THE TREATMENT OF COMMON COLD.
DIABETES:GARLIC IS HELPFUL FOR DIABETES BECAUSE IT HELPS TO STABILIZE BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS AND ENCOURAGES PANCREAS TO PRODUCE INSULIN. IT ALSO A FINE ANTI ALLERGY FOOD THAT HELPS TO EASE HAY FEVER,ASTHMA,ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND FOOD ALLERGIES.
ANEMIA:GARLIC IS ABLE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE BLOOD BY RAISING THE LEVEL OF HAEMOGLOBIN AND THE RED BLOOD COUNT- THIS IS VERY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE WITH ANEMIA.
HEART DISEASES: REGULAR INGESTION OF GARLIC CAN HELP TO LOWER BLOOD CHOLESTEROL LEVELS SIGNIFICANTLY.THIS IN TURN CAN DRASTICALLY REDUCE ANGINA AND IN SOME CASES MAY EVEN HELP TO PREVENT HEART ATTACKS.GARLIC MAY ALSO REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE. NUMEROUS STUDIES HAVE REPORTED THAT ORAL GARLIC IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE.
ANTIBIOTIC: GARLIC IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST SPECIFIC BACTERIA THAT ARE NOTORIOUS FOR DEVELOPING RESISTANT STRAINS,SUCH AS STAPHYLOCOCCUS,MYCOBACTERIUM,SALMONELLA, AND SPECIES OF PROTEUS GARLIC IS A BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTIC,KILLING WIDE VARIETY OF BACTERIA.
ANTIVIRAL: GARLIC OR ITS CONSTITUENTS DIRECTLY KILL INFLUENZA,HERPES,VACCINIA(COWPOX),VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS(RESPONSIBLE FOR COLD SORES) AND HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (A COMMON SOURCE OF SECONDARY INFECTION IN AIDS ).
IMMUNE SYSTEM:ALTHOUGH GARLIC ATTACKS BACTERIA, VIRUSES AND OTHER MICRO ORGANISMS DIRECTLY,IT ALSO STIMULATES THE BODY'S NATURAL DEFENSES AGAINST THESE INVADERS. FOR INSTANCE, DIALLYL TRISULFIDE,A CONSTITUENT OF GARLIC, WAS FOUND TO ACTIVATE NATURAL KILLER CELLS AND MACROPHAGES DIRECTLY, AND INDIRECTLY TO INCREASE B-CELL ACTIVITY TO MAKE ANTIBODIES.
SKIN CARE: IT CAN BE USED EXTERNALLY FOR SKIN PROBLEMS AND FUNGAL INFECTIONS.GARLIC HAS BEEN USED TO TREAT THE ACNE PROBLEM BY SIMPLY RUBBING IT ON AFFECTED AREA.THE ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF GARLIC HELP IN HEALING ACNE. THE EXTERNAL USE OF GARLIC HELPS TO CLEAR THE SPOTS AND PIMPLES FROM THE SKIN.
ANTIOXIDANT: GARLIC IS RICH IN ANTIOXIDANTS,WHICH HELP TO DESTROY FREE RADICALS THAT CAN DAMAGE CELL MEMBRANES , INTERACT WITH GENETIC MATERIAL , AND POSSIBLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE AGEING PROCESS AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS, INCLUDING HEART DISEASE AND CANCER ANTIOXIDANT COMPOUNDS NEUTRALIZE FREE RADICALS AND MAY REDUCE OR EVEN HELP TO PREVENT SOME OF THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSE OVER TIME.
EFFECTIVE ANTI PARASITIC : IT HELPS TO DISPLACE PARASITIC INFECTIONS SUCH AS GIARDIA LAMBLIA AND ENDAMEBA HISTOLYTICA. THESE ORGANISMS ARE SENSITIVE TO THE THE SULFUR COMPOUNDS (PARTICULARLY ALLICIN) IN GARLIC.
BLOOD IMPROVER: SOME OF GARLIC'S HEALING ABILITIES ARE DUE TO IT'S FIBRINOLYTIC ACTION,WHICH INCREASES THE SPEED OF AT WHICH BLOOD FLOWS AROUND THE SYSTEM,MAKING IT LESS LIKELY TO CLOT AND RESULTING IN FASTER CIRCULATION AND BETTER METABOLISM OF OXYGEN.
LUNG MEDICINE: THE SULFUR COMPOUNDS IN GARLIC WORK TOGETHER TO GIVE THE HERB AN EXPECTORANT ACTION. GARLIC REDUCES EXCESSIVE MUCUS LEVELS IN THE LUNGS,THUS ALLEVIATING MANY BRONCHIAL DISORDERS SUCH AS CHRONIC CATARRH AND BRONCHITIS.THE ROOTS ARE CHOP UP TO SMALL AND THEN HEATED IN OIL TO MAKE AN OINTMENT TO RUB ON THE CHEST IN ORDER TO BRING RELIEF FROM BRONCHITIS.
MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION: GARLIC IN CERTAIN FORMS CAN STIMULATE THE PRODUCTION OF NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE , WHICH IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MECHANISM OF PENILE ERECTION.
ANTI CANDIDAL: GARLIC HAS LONG BEEN A TRADITIONAL CURE FOR CANDIDA INFECTIONS,THRUSH AND ATHLETE'S FOOT.AGAIN IT IS THE ALLICIN IN GARLIC THAT HAS STRONG ANTI CANDIDAL PROPERTIES.WASH THE FUNGUS INFECTED SKIN WITH AN INFUSION OF GARLIC AND WATER AND INCLUDE PLENTY OF GARLIC IN YOUR DIET.
LIVER: PROTECTION OF THE LIVER FROM TOXIC SUBSTANCES;GARLIC ACTIVATES THE CELLS OF THE LIVER AND THEIR PROTECTS THE LIVER FROM TOXIC SUBSTANCES; IT ALSO REJUVENATES A TIRED LIVER AND PROMOTES ITS NORMAL FUNCTIONING. FOR FOR THE DIGESTIVE TRACT IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT GARLIC SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATURAL BACTERIAL FLORA WHILST KILLING PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS.
REGULATION OF STOMACH FUNCTION: ALLICIN PROMOTES THE SECRETION OF GASTRIC JUICES BY STIMULATING THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES OF STOMACH; FURTHERMORE, IT COMBINES WITH PROTEINS WHICH CAN REDUCE EXCESSIVE ACTIVITY OF THE STOMACH. IN ADDITION. ALLICIN REGULATES THE FUNCTIONING OF THE STOMACH BY ACTIVATING THE LARGE INTESTINE AND THUS CURE BOTH CONSTIPATION AND DIARRHEA.
CANCER: GARLIC CONTAINS ALLYL SULFUR AND OTHER COMPOUNDS THAT DECREASES OR PREVENT THE GROWTH OF CANCER CELLS.GARLIC INHIBITS THE FORMATION OF NITROSAMINE (CANCER-INDUCING COMPOUNDS) BY STOPPING NITROSAMINES,WHICH ARE TOXIC CHEMICALS FOUND IN FOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT,FROM BINDING TO HEALTHY CELLS.GARLIC ALSO STIMULATES LIVER ENZYMES THAT ARE THOUGHT TO BE PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANTI CARCINOGENIC REACTIONS.IT CONTAIN TWO COMPOUNDS KNOWN AS DIALLYL DI SULFIDE (DADS) AND DIALLYL TRI SULFIDE(DATS) THAT HELP IN THE PREVENTION OF LUNG,SKIN AND COLON CANCERS.
SOURCE: GARIMA MISHRA , KUKDEEP BAUDDH AND SANJEEV MISHRA( RESEARCH SCHOLARS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE,BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR , UNIVERSITY. LUCKNOW)
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