The cosmetic efficacy and function of garlic
1. Reduce stretch marks
It is reported that grinding garlic into juice, adding olive oil, heating and applying it to stretch marks for daily massage can effectively dilute the lines of stretch marks.
2. Eliminating acne
This may not be suitable for everyone, but chopping garlic into granules, pressing it into juice and applying it to acne, and washing it every 5 minutes can effectively eliminate terrible acne.
3. Clean pores
As mentioned above, mix garlic with half tomato juice, apply it on pores for 1 minutes and clean them, then the dirt in pores can be cleaned.
4. Relieve dermatitis
Garlic has always had a soothing effect, so when red spots appear on the skin, you can apply some garlic juice to the affected area to relieve symptoms.
5. Anti-aging
Previous studies have pointed out that garlic not only has anti-cancer effect, but also has anti-aging effect. As long as a cup of honey lemon garlic juice every day can reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
5 hidden beauty effects
1. Wrinkle removal. Some ingredients in garlic have antioxidant and anti-aging properties similar to those of vitamin E and vitamin C, which helps to protect the skin from free radical damage, and its anti-wrinkle effect is comparable to that of expensive anti-aging chemical ointment. This folk prescription has been widely circulated among the people for a long time: after mashing three garlic cloves, apply it to the wrinkles of the skin, and apply it every day, which will help restore the skin's youthful vitality.
2, acne. The antibacterial properties of garlic help to clean the skin and make the skin tone better. You can cut garlic cloves in half, then gently rub them on acne, and stick to them for a few days to get obvious results.
3. Remove stretch marks. Garlic is one of the few secret recipes to remove stretch marks. Mash garlic cloves to get juice, drop it into hot oil, and smear it on stretch marks for two weeks.
4, strong nails. Garlic can not only protect skin, but also strengthen nails and prevent brittle fracture. After slicing or mashing garlic cloves every day, take the juice and wipe the nails for several weeks. The texture of the nails is obviously improved and the strength is restored as before. In addition, garlic is peeled, chopped or mashed, then soaked in old vinegar for 3~4 days, and then applied to onychomycosis (onychomycosis) 2~3 times a day. After a few weeks, the symptoms of fungal infection can be obviously improved.
5, anti-psoriasis. Several garlic cloves are mashed into mud, mixed with cooked vegetable oil and externally applied to the affected part. The anti-inflammatory effect of garlic has a certain effect on relieving psoriasis.
How much garlic should I eat every day
Eat 2-3 cloves of garlic raw, 4-6 cloves of garlic cooked, and halve it for children. Because garlic is warm, pungent and sweet, it enters the spleen, stomach and lungs. It is recorded in Materia Medica Congxin that "garlic is pungent and toxic, causing phlegm and burning fire, dispersing qi and consuming blood, and people who are weak and hot should not touch their lips". Eating more garlic can dissipate qi and consume blood, and it is easy to get angry. Two or three cloves a day are both effective and not harmful.
what is the best way to eat garlic
? 1. Garlic soaked in vinegar
Garlic soaked in vinegar can be made into garlic soaked in vinegar, and then eaten, the taste of garlic will be much reduced, and the nutritional value will be higher, which is more conducive to the human body's absorption of nutrients in garlic. It can be said that it is an ideal way to eat garlic. The practice of soaking garlic in vinegar is also very simple. Just peel garlic and soak it in edible vinegar. After garlic is eaten, the vinegar soaked in garlic can also be used for cooking.
2. Soak wine with garlic
Have you tried soaking wine with garlic? At ordinary times, you can prepare a proper amount of garlic to soak in the white wine. After a period of time, there will be a lot of allicin in the white wine. At this time, you can take out the soaked white wine and drink 2g every day, which can play an anti-inflammatory and antiviral role. Drinking this kind of garlic wine is more conducive to the human body's absorption of allicin and has a better effect than eating garlic directly.
3. garlic powder
Processing garlic in garlic powder is also one of its common eating methods. You can process garlic at high temperature, let it dry, and then process it into powder. When eating, you can take a small amount and take it directly with warm water. However, some nutrients will be lost in garlic powder processed at high temperature. If possible, you can dry garlic in a low temperature environment, so the health care effect of garlic powder will be even better. ?