Before 5000 BC, the king of Babylon was addicted to garlic, and the whole country was proud of eating garlic. In 4000 AD, in order to build the Great Pyramid of his mausoleum and prevent slaves from catching the plague, the ancient Egyptian King Kuff ate some pieces of garlic at dinner. During the Tang and Song Dynasties in China, when the official emissary went out of town, he would take garlic to drive away diseases and eliminate disasters.
The consumption of garlic in the world has greatly increased. Only the United States imports 1 14000 tons per year (199 1 year). China has formed export bases such as Yongnian in Hebei, Pingyao in Shanxi, Jiaxiang in Shandong, Cangshan in Jiangsu, Taicang in Dongtai, Jiading in Shanghai, Qishan in Shaanxi, Chengdu in Sichuan and Bijie in Guizhou.