the Garlic

 the Garlic

Onions are hardly mentioned until the name of another food, garlic, comes to mind, as the two are associated, in minds, with one bond, which may be caused by their sharing of some characteristics and features, especially the great benefit, and the pungent smell.

 And garlic is similar to his colleague onions in drowning it in the foot, and the first two mentioned it, coupled with admiration and respect, and the giving of titles and honorary names to it. The reverence of the pharaohs reached him that they offered him as sacrifices to their gods, and their priests forbade them to chew, considering that a crime that detracts from their prestige. Herodotus said that the workers who participated in the construction of that pyramid ate 1,600 talons of onion and garlic (old weight) and that these two substances are the reason for the strength that made those workers construct this colossal building relying on their physical strength almost alone.

The ancient Greeks participated in honouring garlic and believing its benefits, so they offered it on the altar of "Hecate", believing that this altar was inhabited by evil spirits, as they believed that garlic protects against those spirits. In the "Apollon" mihrab, matches were held between people to bring the largest head of garlic, and the winner was given a plate of the gods' food.

 Aresnovan included garlic in his plays, and the Roman scholar Blaine praised it and recognized its healing properties. He recommended placing a braided garlic wreath around children's necks as a talisman.

 The ancients also knew of the medicinal properties of garlic, so they used it as a tonic, appetizing, sneezing, and presently vocal, and an intestinal cleanser. But his foul smell that emanates from the breath of his eaters made many hesitate to eat it, and he narrates on the authority of Caliph Umar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, that he sermoned one day and said: - What about people entering the houses of God after they were hit by this tree? I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: Whoever eats of this tree does not enter our mosques.

 There is a story that tells about the news of the plague that swept the city of Marseille in 1776, and which killed tens of thousands of its people since it was said that four thieves were arrested while alerting the stricken city’s markets without fear of injury from the plague, and they were sentenced to death with a promise to exempt them from punishment. If they revealed the secret that made them avoid being infected with the plague, and here - the novel says - the four thieves revealed that they had taken a "magic" medicine consisting of garlic and vinegar, then that was the reason for the emergence of the recipe for "sterile garlic vinegar" against wounds and infections Although the original source of garlic was - as it is believed - the Donkaria region, which is located between China and the Soviet Union, and which is called today "Kazakhstan", the whole world now believes in the benefits of garlic and benefits from its healing and nutritious properties alike.

The richness of garlic with phosphorous and lime makes it a tonic for the body, and a reason for prolonging life, and chewing it well and mixing it with saliva makes it an excellent appetite stimulator, if it moves the walls of the stomach and stimulates the gastric juice, so it combats satiety by eating a soup made from it.

Garlic's superior ability to kill germs was the focus of scientists' research in various eras, as they wanted to know the substance that gives it that ability until it was in 1944 when he was able.

Alicine Scientists Isolate Allicin.

It is the main substance behind the garlic's rare medicinal qualities and a special aroma.

We notice that the tooth of garlic is soft and not powdered, only a weak smell appears from it. If we crush it or divide it, it emits its pungent, special smell. This phenomenon is due to the contact of allicin with the air. If we want to get the benefit available in this material. We must carefully crush garlic before putting it in the mouth or during chewing, and if we know that the allicin substance needs a temperature of no more than thirty-seven degrees, it becomes clear to us that the human body - naturally prepared automatically - to benefit from the properties of this main substance in the texture of garlic. And this means, on the other hand, that cooking garlic destroys that substance or deprives us of benefiting from it.

Garlic is considered at the lowest fungi level as penicillin and streptomycin and similar antibiotics. What do you know what these antibiotics are and their critical therapeutic role in the modern era.

 An Indian researcher says that garlic helps the formation of lactobacilli, these bacilli that play an important role in protecting our bodies.

 In the period of spread of filtrates, garlic is considered an effective anti-weapon in prevention. Slowly biting a tooth of garlic prevents infection and protects the tonsils and pharynx from infection.

 And harmful to the presence of volatile oils in garlic, garlic helps the lungs to breathe, especially diseases such as bronchitis, asthma and whooping cough. Garlic has been shown to be effective protection against atherosclerosis because it prevents the presence of cholesterol on the walls of the arteries. A little garlic oil was added to her food, and then it was found that this oil prevented cholesterol deposition.

On top of this, garlic is an excellent deterrent for worms, so it is recommended to add a tooth to the soup that children eat. Adults who are grateful for the presence of worms in their intestines are recommended to take a boiled 65 years of garlic in a cup of water or milk or mix grated garlic twice its size with fine sugar. To expel the single worm, a large garlic head is taken, peeled and grated, then its cloves are boiled for twenty minutes, then the soaked is taken in the morning on an empty stomach, and refrained from eating until noon .. This recipe is repeated until the worm is expelled.

 In cases of high pressure, a clove of garlic is taken in the morning, but in the case of severe diarrhoea, a mixture consisting of one hundred grams of garlic, two hundred grams of water and two hundred grams of sugar is taken. This mixture is a wonderful treatment for stomach and intestinal pain caused by diarrhoea.

Finally, garlic can be used as a treatment for nails in the legs, and if crushed and applied to the bottom of the legs or the spine, it is useful in the case of whooping cough, as it is useful in sterilizing wounds.

As for the caveats that make people reduce their use, and we mean the unpleasant smell that it emits from the mouth, it can be avoided by eating a few leaves of a green plant, or by taking a pill of concentrated chlorophyll taken once every eight hours.