Garlic is a relatively common vegetable. We have all eaten garlic in our lives, but garlic can also be used as medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that garlic has a good detoxification effect, so when cooking we It is recommended that everyone add garlic. Eating garlic also has many benefits for the body. So, what are the medicinal benefits of garlic? What are the medicinal uses of garlic?
Garlic is the bulb of the Liliaceae plant Allium sativum. It is cultivated throughout the country. Dig it in May when the leaves are dry and dry it. For raw use.
The medicinal properties are pungent and warm. Returns to the spleen, stomach and lung meridians.
Efficacy: detoxify, kill insects, reduce swelling and stop dysentery.
Applications
1. Used for carbuncles, boils and scabies. Garlic has good detoxification, insecticide and swelling effects when used externally or internally. To treat the initial onset of sores and boils, slices of garlic can be applied to the swollen area ("Essentials of Surgery"). Folks also commonly use garlic slices to rub or pound for external application to treat itching of the skin or tinea capitis.
2. Dysentery, diarrhea, tuberculosis, and cough. It can be used alone or mixed into compound recipes. For example, the prescription is to cook garlic porridge and take Baiji powder to treat pulmonary tuberculosis and hemoptysis. To treat diarrhea, use it alone or add 10% garlic infusion as a retention enema. Garlic can also prevent and treat epidemic infectious diseases such as influenza, meningitis, and Japanese encephalitis.
3. Hookworm disease and pinworm disease. To treat pinworms, mash garlic, add a little tea oil, and apply it around the anus before going to bed.
In addition, garlic can strengthen the spleen and warm the stomach and can be used to treat cold and painful abdominal pain, loss of appetite or inability to eat.
Usage and Dosage: Apply an appropriate amount externally, pound for application, slice into pieces and rub or use garlic for moxibustion. Take 5-10g orally, either raw or made into syrup.
Usage Note: External application may cause skin redness, burning or even blistering, so do not apply it for too long. It is not suitable to take it if there is a deficiency of yin and a strong fire, or if there are diseases of the eyes, tongue, throat and mouth. Pregnant women should not use this product as an enema.
Summary of ancient books
1. "Famous Doctors": "Disperse carbuncles, swollen sores, remove wind evil, and kill poisonous gas."
2. "Compendium of Materia Medica" ": "Its qi is strong and powerful, can penetrate the five internal organs, reach all the orifices, remove cold and dampness, ward off evil spirits, eliminate carbuncles and swelling, and transform the accumulation of meat and food. This is its function."
Modern Research
1. Chemical composition: Mainly include garlic oil (volatile oil), allicin, sulfinized sulfinic acid lipids, S-alkyl (ene)-L-cysteine ??derivatives. γ-L-glutamic acid peptides, glycosides, polysaccharides, lipids and various enzymes, etc.
2. Pharmacological effects: Garlic has a strong broad-spectrum antibacterial effect, such as Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella dysenteriae, Helicobacter pylori, a variety of pathogenic superficial fungi, Candida albicans, Rickettsia scrub typhus, influenza virus B, herpes virus, as well as female genital trichomonas, amoeba, etc., all have varying degrees of inhibitory effects. The antibacterial effect of purple-skinned garlic is better than that of white-skinned garlic, and the fresh product is stronger than the dried product. It can also lower cholesterol and triglycerides, prevent and treat atherosclerosis, and lower blood lipids may be related to reducing endogenous cholesterol synthesis. Garlic oil can inhibit platelet aggregation and increase fibrin dissolving activity. This product also has anti-tumor, anti-mutation and blocking nitrite amine synthesis. In addition, it has varying degrees of anti-inflammatory, immune-increasing, antioxidant, anti-aging, lowering blood pressure, liver protection, lowering blood sugar, spermicidal, uterine excitement, lead removal and other effects.
3. Clinical research: It is reported that garlic or appropriate combinations can be used to treat dysentery, childhood fungal enteritis, whooping cough, tuberculosis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, childhood fungal pneumonia, acute appendicitis, and acute breast cancer. Inflammation, ringworm and other diseases, the curative effect is satisfactory. In recent years, it has also been reported that 172 cases of infants and young children with Cryptosporidium infectious diarrhea were treated with allicin, 80 mg/day for children less than 1 year old, 120 mg/day for 1 to 2 years old, and 160 mg/day for 2 to 4 years old, divided into 4 times for 17 days. After 1 course of treatment, all patients were cured (Acta Chinese Medical Journal, 1994, 3:177). Pound 100g of garlic (peeled) into a paste; add 50g of plum bark, add 100ml of water, and decoct 20ml; mash 10g of ginger and extract the juice, add 6g of honey and mix thoroughly, mix the above medicines into a paste, and apply it externally around the joints as a bandage Bandage and wait for 30 to 50 minutes until the local area feels hot and tingling. Remove the dressing and expose the affected area. 104 cases of arthritis were treated with a total effective rate of 95.2% (Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1989, 3:33). Adding 60 mg of allicin to 500 ml of 5% glucose injection for intravenous infusion once a day, 101 cases of acute cerebral infarction were treated with an effective rate of 77.23% (Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in Emergency Medicine, 1999, 9:390).
In addition, it can be used to treat various diseases such as hyperlipidemia, prostatitis, alopecia areata, flat warts, acute nephritis, advanced cancer, etc., as well as to prevent and treat lead poisoning.
4. Adverse reactions: Topical application of garlic juice is highly irritating. Applying garlic externally for a long time can cause skin redness, burning, and blistering. Garlic taken orally can irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa. Garlic injection may cause coronary artery contraction and aggravate myocardial ischemia. When using garlic and its preparations in patients with coronary heart disease, the medication should be discontinued immediately if angina pectoris worsens or occurs frequently.
Garlic preservation
1. Oil flooding method
In some countries and regions, garlic is crushed and preserved in oil. In fact, this is also a method of preserving garlic. Common storage methods. Peel the garlic first, put it into a clean box or jar, pour a layer of vegetable oil on top or store the garlic in the oil in a cool place. This can isolate the garlic from contact with air and delay its sprouting. , deterioration. Store garlic in oil, preferably in the refrigerator to prevent bacterial growth.
2. Hanging method
If you want to eat fresh garlic with its original flavor, you might as well buy more at one time and braid them into garlic braids. After that, hang the garlic plait outside the window or in a ventilated place such as the window, so as to delay the germination time of garlic and you can eat fresh garlic every time. If you are worried about trouble, you can also hang the candied haws-shaped garlic in a breathable mesh sold in the supermarket upside down in a ventilated place.
3. Refrigeration method
If you buy less garlic, it is not suitable to adopt the hanging storage method. At this point, it is best to put the garlic in the cold storage compartment of the refrigerator like other vegetables. Never freeze. At a suitable low temperature, garlic can be stored for at least half a month without sprouting or rotting.
4. Salting method
If you do not have high requirements for the freshness of garlic and the amount of garlic is not large, you can peel the garlic and put it in a clean In the box, sprinkle a handful of salt on top. Garlic preserved in this way will not sprout for a long time.