Allium Sativum

Description

Garlic (Allium sativum) is one of the most popular herbs used worldwide to reduce various risk factors associated with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Garlic, a member of the Liliaceae family, is a common food for flavor and spice, and it is one of the herbs most commonly used in modern folkloric medicine. Garlic includes two basic types, that is, hardneck and softneck. Hardneck garlics, which include A. sativum var. ophioscorodon and A. sativum variety pekinense, are characterized by hard, woody central stalks that extend down to the basal plate at the bottom of the bulb.

Garlic has a long history of medicinal use for a wide variety of conditions and was once known as the poor man’s treacle. Block (1992) reported garlic as a rich source of bioactive compounds and as a folk medicine for the treatment of various diseases. Garlic and garlic constituents prepared by various means have been shown to have diverse biological activities, including antidiabetic, antitumorigenic, anticarcinogenic, antiatherosclerotic, antithrombotic, and various other biological actions. (Agarwal, 1996; Augusti, 1996).

In folk medicine, garlic has been used internally to treat bronchitis and respiratory problems, gastrointestinal problems, flatulence, leprosy, menstrual cramps, high blood pressure, and diabetes, and externally for warts, corns, arthritis, muscle pain, neuralgia, and sciatica.

Although garlic is best known for its culinary and medicinal uses, it can also be used in homemade cosmetics and crafts such as garlic braids and wreaths. Recently, science has begun to confirm some of the long-standing medicinal uses of garlic. Medicinal plants such as thyme, onion, blackseed, lemon balm and nettle are intensively used in traditional medicine, today. Garlic is among the most important of these plants. For this purpose, garlic has been extensively used worldwide for centuries, especially in the Far East. Garlic is reported to be a wonderful medicinal plant owing to its preventive characteristics in cardiovascular diseases, regulating blood pressure, lowering blood sugar and cholesterol levels, effective against bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections, enhancing the immune system and having antitumoral and antioxidant features. Garlic exerts these effects thanks to more than 200 chemicals. It contains sulfur compounds (allicin, alliin and agoene), volatile oils, enzymes (allinase, peroxidase and miracynase), carbohydrates (sucrose and glucose), minerals (selenium), amino acids such as cysteine, glutamine, isoleucine and methionine which help to protect cells from the harms of free radicals, bioflavonoids such as quercetin and cyanidin, allistatin I and allistatin II, and vitamins C, E and A which help to protect us from oxidation agents and free radicals, and other vitamins such as niacin, B1 and B2 and beta-carotene. In this article, the information about the characteristics of garlic, the diseases on which it is effective and its use against parasitic diseases will be given. Medical uses: One of the most effective anti-microbial plants available, acting on bacteria, viruses and alimentary parasites. The volatile oil is largely excreted via the lungs and it is used in infections of this system such as chronic bronchitis, respiratory catarrh, recurrent colds and influenza. In general it may be used as a preventative for most infectious conditions, digestive as well as respiratory. Will support the development of the natural bacterial flora while killing pathogenic organisms. In addition it will reduce blood pressure when taken over a period of time as well as reduce blood cholesterol levels. Can be used topically against fungal infections, warts, vaginitis, and otitis media.

Allium Sativum also called garlic is an herb that is grown around the world. it contains sulfur compounds, which have health benefits. garlic is low in calories and rich in vitamin c, vitamin b6, and manganese. garlic liquid soluble extract is used for many ailments related to the heart and blood system. ailments such as high blood pressure, low blood pressure, high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, heart attack, and thickening of the arteries. Garlic Liquid Extract used to prevent colon cancer, rectal cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, and lung cancer. Garlic Liquid Extract is useful in the treatment of fever, coughs, headache, stomach ache, sinus congestion, joint pain, asthma, low blood sugar bloody urine, tooth sensitivity, stomach inflammation, and a sexually transmitted disease named vaginal trichomoniasis.

Benefits

1. Allium Sativum Liquid Extract includes antioxidants that defend against cell damage and aging. It may decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
2. Garlic extract prevents and decreases the severity of diseases like the flu and common cold.
3. Garlic extracts have some benefits for bone health by increasing estrogen levels in females.
4. Allium Sativum Liquid Extract helps to improve blood pressure for people who are suffering from high blood pressure