Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Garlic the “Wonder Herb”

Thanks for the comments which have started to trickle in slowly.......


And I am quite aware of the fact that we cannot possibly talk everything about Garlic just in one
post. So...... we will take it easy and one use at a time.



Garlic has kept on fascinating and helping the mankind for a long long time and the history of its use as food and medicine can be traced back to Ancient Sumeria ( 3000 B.C.).
Garlic has been universally used in all forms of traditional medicine: Chinese, Ayurvedic, Unani, Naturopathy, European Herbalism and Contemporary Folk Medicine.


Scientific evidence now confirms traditional use, and accepts Garlic has extraordinary medicinal
powers. Like i have mentioned earlier, GARLIC is really the king of Food Medicine and it is truly a “Wonder Herb”.

Enumerating a few uses of GARLIC :

  • Natural Antibiotic
  • Antimicrobial
  • Anti carcinogenic
  • Cholesterol lowering agent
  • Anticoagulant
  • Immune Boosting
  • Anti asthmatic
  • Anti spasmodic
  • Blood Detoxifying
  • Diaphoretic
  • Diuretic
  • Expectorant and Decongestant
  • Anti flatulence
  • Anti helminthic
  • Aphrodisiac.............................


Phew............... I am sure i must have left out a few of the uses already!!!
Anyway, i hope to further elaborate on each of the use one by one.
But I am sure you will wait for my next post...............
Bye and happy reading!!!!





2 comments:

Unknown said...

Great... I was not aware that there are many such uses of "Garlic". Worth reading...

Dr. Amol Javdekar said...

Is there any danger of consuming excess quantities of garlic unknowingly in a patient already on " blood thinners "" like aspirin with additive effects leading to bleeding tendency?
Dr. Amol Javdekar