Garlic is a natural immunomodulator
What you need to know about this miracle plant.
Garlic is one of the oldest crops that people began to use in cooking and medicine. Four thousand years ago it was cultivated in Central Asia, Iran and Pakistan. It was an obligatory product in the diet of the ancient Egyptians. It was also fed to slaves engaged in hard labor to give them strength and prevent diseases. During the excavation of the ancient tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, garlic heads were found.
However, not everyone likes the pungent odor of the vegetable. Indians widely used its valuable properties for medicinal purposes, but with all their love for spices were not used in cooking. The Greeks and Romans at first also did not complain about the plant - very sharp and persistent odor was.
Healing properties of garlic:
- Helps get rid of pathogenic microflora in the intestines, improves the secretion of enzymes and secretion of gastric juice, improves digestibility of food and accelerates metabolic processes. Garlic is used as a remedy for flatulence, colitis and enterocolitis, constipation.
- Strengthens the immune system. With colds, runny nose, sore throat, infectious diseases of the upper respiratory tract, including influenza, garlic will be your reliable assistant in the fight against the disease. Also, the active substances of garlic liquefy phlegm and promote its rapid excretion.
- Heals the cardiovascular system. Reduces the level of "bad" cholesterol, makes the walls of blood vessels more elastic and thus prevents atherosclerosis, blood clots, heart attack. It is used in hypertension, reduces the load on the heart, increases the efficiency of the heart muscle and improves blood circulation.
- Due to the presence of allicin, garlic is able to serve as a cancer preventive. The substance removes free radicals from the body, which can negatively affect cells and provoke their improper development.
- It is used in diseases of the liver and gallbladder, as it promotes cell regeneration, liquefies bile and prevents the formation of stones.
- For men and women equally, garlic is useful for problems in the genitourinary sphere. Due to its disinfectant qualities, it quickly eliminates inflammatory processes.
- Useful for normalizing the nervous system and mental stress. In the elderly prevents the appearance of senile dementia and the development of stroke.
- It is used as an antihelminthic agent. For children, this method of prevention and treatment is the most acceptable.
- It is worth noting that garlic is also used to remove calluses and warts, baldness, treatment of abscesses and purulent wounds.
