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What is the root of garlic?
It is good for heart health. Medically, it is used to drive away parasites in the intestines. It can relieve toxins in the body, strengthen the immune system to prevent infection, lower blood pressure and help stabilize blood sugar content.

Garlic is an indispensable condiment in human daily life. When cooking fish, meat, poultry and vegetables, it can remove fishy smell and enhance flavor, especially in cold salad, which can not only enhance flavor, but also sterilize. Traditionally, people usually refer to "garlic" as garlic.

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Garlic was sent to the Western Regions from Zhang Qian in the Han Dynasty, and was taken to China to settle down. It has a history of more than 2000 years.

Garlic is a perennial herb and underground bulb of Allium in Liliaceae. The leaves are long, narrow and flat, light green, with wax powder on the surface; The underground bulb is wrapped by a gray-white membranous skin, and there are small bulbs inside, called garlic cloves, which are formed by the expansion of axillary buds in each leaf axil on the stem plate.

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