Speaking of garlic, I believe everyone is familiar with it. As a common condiment in daily life, garlic is also a magical and controversial food.

For those who love to eat garlic, they may never be able to get enough of it, but for those who don’t like it, it is deeply disgusting, even though garlic can enhance the body’s resistance and act as an anti-inflammatory and sterilizing agent. The effect is good for human health.

The magical effects of garlic:

First: it can effectively deal with the threats to the human body caused by bacteria, viruses, molds and protozoa.

Second: Garlic essence has a broad-based bactericidal effect, whether it is aerobic bacteria (tuberculosis bacteria) or anaerobic bacteria, garlic essence has an obvious killing effect.

Third: For some viruses that even Western medicine cannot solve, such as rhinovirus related to nasopharyngeal cancer and sinusitis, herpes virus that causes snake skin herpes, smallpox virus and lip rash, etc., garlic Everything can work.

What’s even more amazing is that allicin can block the reproduction and spread of HIV at high doses.

In short, garlic is a plant with dual uses as food and medicine. It is widely used in our lives. Garlic is rich in polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, proteins, fats and minerals. wait.

Garlic can be divided into large cloves and small cloves according to the size of the garlic cloves. It has high nutritional value and has good dietary and medicinal value, so eating garlic has many benefits.

However, garlic should not be eaten in excess, otherwise it may cause gastrointestinal reactions. In addition, it may cause a peculiar smell in the mouth. Therefore, it is best to rinse your mouth after eating garlic to keep it healthy. Oral hygiene.

Garlic has many wonderful uses in daily life, but we all don’t know it. For example, you can put garlic under your pillow before going to bed. After a period of time, you may gain the following benefits: Three benefits!

Put 2 garlic bulbs under the pillow before going to bed. After a while, 3 benefits may come "uninvited"

- sterilization and mite removal

Garlic contains 2% of allicin. Garlic is also called "natural penicillin". Its bactericidal ability is 1/10 of penicillin. It is effective against a variety of bacteria, such as meningitis, pneumonia, dysentery, typhoid bacilli, etc. Bacteria have obvious inhibitory and elimination effects.

Garlic contains sulfides with strong antibacterial properties. If you place garlic under your pillow before going to bed, you can eliminate mites on pillows and bedding.

——Enhance resistance

Garlic contains allicin, which has the effect of resisting bacteria. After being taken into the body, it can effectively kill bacteria and viruses. Such killing, but also helps to improve immunity.

If there is a lot of cold air in the body, it is easy to cause the body temperature to fluctuate. Of course, immunity and resistance will also decrease. Put garlic under the pillow when sleeping at night, which will help to regulate the body temperature. Killing these bacteria and viruses can effectively prevent colds.

——Improve sleep quality

The garlic essential oil in garlic, also known as allicin, has the effect of promoting sleep. Putting garlic under the pillow can improve sleep. People who have insomnia may wish to Put 2 pieces of garlic under your pillow before going to bed to restore a good night's sleep.

I would like to recommend a method for pickling garlic:

Ingredients: garlic, sugar, pepper, star anise, salt, white vinegar, light soy sauce, etc.

Prepare an appropriate amount of garlic, peel off the outer skin of the garlic, and cut off some of the roots and heads of the garlic. After the garlic is processed, wash the garlic in clean water, and put the washed garlic in a Set aside in a basin.

Take a basin, add a small amount of salt in the basin, stir evenly, stir the salt until it melts, put the washed garlic in and soak it for a period of time. This will not only disinfect and sterilize, but also remove the inside of the garlic. For the spiciness, soak it for about 3-5 hours.

After the time is up, take the garlic out and put it in a basin, clean it, and then dry the water on the surface of the garlic. This step is very important. You must dry the water on the surface of the garlic so that the garlic can be preserved. longer.

Next, make a sauce. Pour an appropriate amount of white vinegar, an appropriate amount of light soy sauce, a tablespoon of sugar, a handful of Sichuan peppercorns, a handful of star anise, and an appropriate amount of salt into the pot. Stir with a spoon. Mix evenly, bring to a boil and let cool.

Take a water-free and oil-free glass jar, put the dried garlic into the jar, then pour in the prepared sauce, cover it with a lid, seal it and place it in a cool place to marinate. It will be ready to eat in about 20 days. The longer it is marinated, the more flavorful the garlic will be.

Do you like it?