Garlic is a grassy perennial plant which belongs to family of onions. The bulb at garlic consists of separate Zubkov which eat and use in the medical purposes.
Advantage of garlic
The following elements are a part of garlic:
- cellulose; - proteins;
- fats; - ascorbic acid; - minerals; - macrocells; - vitamins; - phytoncides; - connections are gray; - essential oil. Garlic has positive impact at treatment of diseases of a large intestine. Garlic juice reduces fermentative and putrefactive processes in intestines. Therefore it is recommended to use as additive to meat and fish dishes.
Consumption of garlic helps to regulate cholesterol level in blood and stimulates blood formation and also reduces the increased arterial blood pressure. Use garlic for treatment of arthroses, gouts, rheumatism.
Because of contents in garlic of a small amount of poisonous substances, its use has to be limited 3-4 cloves in day.
Contents in garlic of phytoncides gives it powerful bactericidal properties. Fractions which are allocated from the pounded garlic gloves destroy barmy mushrooms. In the same way they influence various microorganisms, the lowest mushrooms, staphylococcus, streptococci, causative agents of dysentery. Drugs on the basis of garlic help to improve digestion, promote the best digestion of food and increase appetite. Infusion of garlic is used as antivermicular means. Garlic stimulates formation of bile and digestive enzymes. Medicines with an extract content of garlic apply to treatment of chronic hepatitis and cholecystitis as bile-expelling and depletive.
It isn't necessary to use crude garlic to the feeding women as it can impact to breast milk a peculiar flavor and a smell.
Contained in garlic аллицин is fine means for fight against catarrhal diseases. One more unique property of this substance is an ability to prevent formation of malignant tumors. Therefore constant consumption of garlic is effective anticarcinogenic prevention.
For treatment and prevention of viral infections garlic needs to be used in the raw as at heat treatment it loses the anti-virus properties.
Harm of garlic
Despite the mass of advantages, garlic has some contraindications. It isn't necessary to use crude garlic sick gastritis, sharp pancreatitis, ulcer of stomach and duodenum and also at some diseases of kidneys.