When we take name of garlic a bulb of cloves comes in front of our eyes.Several cloves come together to form a bulb.These cloves are called as garlic cloves and and are attached to each other.Each clove has outer cover.All these cloves are same in size and attached in circular manner.Garlic has pungent odor.Garlic is spicy and is used daily in our home and in restaurants.More the pungent garlic more is the medicinal values.Nowadays we get tablets of garlic.Garlic paste is used in many vegetables.The paste is now available in many grocery shops.Garlic should be available in our food.It is very good for our health.Like onion garlic is also a type of vegetable and ancient is cultivated since ancient period.Garlic is used in cosmetics also.
In ancient Egypt garlic was eaten daily to maintain good health.Hippocrates an ancient Greek physician used garlic to cure many health problems.Garlic is available everywhere.There is no seed in garlic.Garlic are cultivated usually in rainy season from its cloves.Like onion the sapling of garlic is also 1-1.5 feet in height but the garlic has many cloves to form a bulb.The leaves are flat.Production of garlic is more in India.There are two types of garlic- reddish garlic and white garlic.Medicinal values of both the garlic are same.In many soups garlic is used.In winter it is good have garlic regularly to heat in our body.Garlic is used externally also as an ointment.
Nutritional value :
Garlic contains Potassium, Carbohydrate, Vitamin C and E.
Medicinal uses :
- Garlic works good to control the level of cholesterol.From our body to remove unnecessary and harmful fat (LDL-Low Density Lipoproteins) garlic is very much important and it controls the level of LDL.The beneficial and necessary fat (HDL-High Density Lipoproteins) is stored successfully because of garlic.Garlic controls high blood pressure.The clotting of blood also reduces by garlic.To avoid he heart diseases garlic plays a very important role.For all these problems take 2-3 garlic cloves with lukewarm water every morning.
- Many people fall ill regularly.For such people immunity of the boy is very much important.Vitamin C and E which are present in garlic protects yes, liver, brain, heart, eyes, liver, skin of our body.These Vitamins resists the toxins.Zinc in garlic maintains proper working of white blood cells and helps to form new WBCs which protects our body.This results to fight against infection.So it is important to have garlic in our diet regularly.
- In winter season problem of arthritis increases.Joint swells and cells shrinks.This creates the problem of blood circulation and it starts paining.Due to swelling the adjacent parts face problems and pressure comes on it.There is improper movement of joints.In such problems massaging with garlic oil is very useful.Garlic is anti-inflammatory.Rub this oil in circular motion on joints and on swellings.
- In winter due to cool atmosphere there is problem of cold & cough.It creates problem of sore throat and pain in body.In such problems it is good to have soups containing garlic and gargling with hot water by crushing 3-4 garlic cloves into it.
- In garlic there is oil which has pungent odor.This oil has one substance named as Allin.After cutting or crushing garlic this Allin converts into Allicin.This Allicin is considered as natural anti-biotic.Allicin is also anti-viral and anti-fungal.That is why garlic is used in abdominal infection, throat infection, respiratory system problem and in skin problems also.
- While digestion of food there are some food materials which creates gas.These food materials are heavy to digest especially pulses and high protein food.If garlic is eaten with such food materials then there will be no problem of gas.Garlic pushes out the gas and there is proper digestion of food and our belly remains properly maintained.
- Garlic is useful in asthma.Take 3 garlic cloves with hot milk.Crush the garlic cloves and mix with hot milk.
- Garlic increases sexual power of our body and it also removes nervousness of our body.
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