Garlic contains protein, fat, sugar, B vitamins, vitamin C and other nutrients, as well as sulfur, selenium, organic compounds (allicin) and a variety of active enzymes. In addition, garlic is rich in elements such as calcium, phosphorus and iron.
Garlic has been used to treat some diseases for thousands of years. Pliny, a great scientist in ancient Greece, described the 6 1 therapeutic effect of garlic in his book Natural History 2000 years ago. These include cooking garlic to treat asthma, soaking garlic in red wine to treat snake bite, gargling with vinegar to treat tonsillitis, mixing garlic with honey to treat blisters, rubbing garlic extract on temples when you have a headache and so on. Pliny the Great also mentioned the aphrodisiac effect of garlic, which can be crushed together with coriander and mixed in red wine.
Some treatments that sound strange do work. For centuries, many treatments containing garlic have been found in many cultures. Scientists began to pay attention to garlic in 1858, when French biologist pasteur was studying antibacterial drugs. In recent 40 years, scientists have found that garlic has more and more health functions. Garlic contains about 100 kinds of active chemical components, including powerful antioxidants, which can reduce the damage of human cells. Although it is not completely clear how the ingredients of garlic work in the body, garlic does have antioxidant, congestion relieving, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antifungal and even antiviral effects.
These effects are part of garlic's natural defense system, just like the human body's own defense system. The research on the curative effect of garlic mainly focuses on the study of allicin. Garlic releases allicin when it is crushed or sliced. It is a natural weapon for plants to resist bacteria and fungi. Some studies also believe that it can lower blood pressure, and the effect of garlic on blood pressure can make people more energetic in sexual life.
But in daily life, many people think that germinated garlic is poisonous and can't be eaten any more? Garlic germination is actually that some plants will temporarily stop growing when they encounter unfavorable environmental conditions during their growth. This phenomenon is called "dormancy", which changes protoplasm, lowers metabolic level and stops growth. But it will germinate when it meets the suitable growth environment, which will make the tuber lighter and lower the quality. The consumption of nutrients in stems leads to the atrophy and shriveled of phosphorus stems, which greatly reduces the edible value. Therefore, although germinated garlic can be eaten, its edible value will be greatly reduced because of nutrient consumption. Cancer prevention is also greatly reduced.
Although garlic is good, it is sometimes inedible.
People who often have symptoms such as red face, low-grade fever in the afternoon, dry mouth, constipation, dryness and heat should not eat garlic. People with gastric and duodenal ulcers, eye diseases, oral and tongue diseases should not eat garlic. Besides, don't eat garlic with honey.