Indian curry would not have curry without garlic - such a simple and familiar for us ingredient, and most importantly - very useful. Sharp and bitter, it creates an incredible flavor in the kitchen. Any description of garlic will be incomplete without mentioning its healing properties. Miracle-grass has been used since time immemorial (more than 5000 years of cultivation), not only as a seasoning for food, but also as a medicine for the prevention and treatment of various diseases and conditions.

To date, the healing properties of garlic are justified and proven by science:.

Garlic is useful for people with cardiac pathologies, blood system disorders (high blood pressure, elevated, lowered, cholesterol levels, coronary heart disease, heart attack, atherosclerosis).

Garlic is used as a protector of oncology: prevention of cancer of the colon and rectum, stomach cancer, lactic or prostate cancer, lung cancer. Garlic was successfully tested for the treatment of an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia).

Garlic stimulates the intestine, strengthening the motor and secretory functions of the gastrointestinal tract, contributes to the formation of normal intestinal flora. Garlic is prescribed for internal use in combating the processes of fermentation or putrefaction in the intestine, in the case of colitis. It is recommended to take drugs from garlic to people suffering from diabetes.

Garlic preparations are known for their immunostimulating, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial actions. As early as the XIX century, Louis Pasteur, a French scientist, the founder of microbiology and immunology, discovered in garlic the ability to kill bacteria. It kills bacteria Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, Candida fungi. Garlic perfectly copes with intestinal parasites, for example, with tapeworms. Garlic - an excellent anti-cold and anti-influenza drug, as well as an excellent immunomodulator.

A wide range of his healing abilities is used in the fight against ticks.

In addition, garlic is used in the treatment of fever, cough, runny nose, headache, gout, rheumatism, hemorrhoids, asthma, struggling with stress and fatigue.

Some people use garlic oil to treat skin diseases, for example, ringworm, itching, mycosis, getting rid of warts and calluses.

The miraculous properties of garlic are the variety of nutrients that are contained in this product.

The nutritional value of garlic is the content of proteins, carbohydrates, the content of a wide variety of organic acids. It is also rich in the most important macro and microelements - sulfur, zinc, manganese, calcium, iron, B vitamins, vitamin C, 80% of which is found in the leaves of young garlic. Also in the plant a large content of essential oils and allicin - a strong antioxidant, which has the ability to rid the cells of free radicals.

There are different ways of using garlic: in raw, cooked, crushed form, the use of garlic juice is widespread.

It is interesting and important to note a characteristic feature:

as a result of heat treatment, the useful properties of garlic increase and become more active.

Garlic is widely used in the manufacture of various medicines and biologically active additives.

Avoid the unpleasant smell of garlic possible, if you take its extract in tablets. Garlic is shown to be accepted by everyone, regardless of age and sex, however it is necessary to regulate the dosage. If you consume garlic above the norm, you may experience diarrhea or flatulence.

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