Garlic - Biblical Cure

Garlic is among the oldest first uses vegetables occurred at about 5000-6000 years BC. In Egypt cites the use of garlic in food workers that lifted the Giza pyramids as invigorating and protect against pests. Talmudul recognizes a property anthelmintic. Greek authors, led by Aristophanes, they praised for its many therapeutic properties. Dioscorid described as a good anthelmintic, like Galen, for the Romans.

Horace wrote that "if, one day, a son wants his father's death, will be able to make it to perish with garlic. For even smoother hemlock is like that. "
The rich patron, envious of the great poet Horace success that you have in front of the beautiful Lydia and knowing that it hated garlic, to entice before a meeting at a table on the brilliant love with this spice rich leisure. It is easy to understand what happened then ...

Arabs have recommended as an antidote against rabies and bites of vipers and school in Salerno recognized the antiseptic qualities. During the Renaissance, Paracelsus and famous surgeon Ambroise Pare considered him as a true panacea. For centuries it was the only way to combat the terrible plague ravaging entire regions reaping world. We use the famous "vinegar of the 4 robbers' says that during the epidemic of 1628 in Toulouse, which has reaped 50,000 lives in three years, were caught four thieves who robbed the homes of dead or dying without fear of contamination. In exchange for saving their lives, they confided that contained recipes flavored vinegar and garlic in large quantities.

About garlic is said to have magical virtues and with the ability to ward off evil spirits. A possible explanation of this story is that in Central Asia, in the past it was a rare form of the disease prevalent called porphyria. Symptoms include pale color and total intolerance towards the sun. Some of these symptoms were alleviated due to the medicinal properties of garlic.

In Muslim culture there are many superstitions about the miraculous garlic. Islamic beliefs say that garlic has a demonic origin. Leaving the Garden of Eden, Satan would have left, they say, footprints on the ground and left footprints grown magic bulb, hence the "virtues" satanic garlic subsequently awarded by Muslims.

The Balkan lands, are found habits and quality of garlic to scare evil spirits. So wear the neck, in your pocket or rub with garlic frame house to be safe from evil spirits, ghosts, evil eye or spells and negative events and more.

Garlic has therapeutic effects in various diseases and conditions:

Diabetes
The regular use of garlic therapeutic doses (less than 5 grams per day) has the effect of prevention of arterial diabetes, and heart disease caused by this disease.

Myocardial infarction

Greatly decreases the risk of heart attack in people who regularly keep a garlic cure, according to an Italian study. Besides normalizes blood pressure and stave thickened blood vessels cholesterol deposits, garlic is an excellent protector of the nervous system directly involved in triggering heart attacks leading to the heart. Especially people over 50 should do at least four times a year a cure for a month with garlic consumed fresh or as a sauce prepared with olive oil and lemon.

Atherosclerosis
A German study conducted on 280 people for 4 years shows that garlic prevents plaque formation in the arteries and fat can actually reduce the existing atheroma size. People who consumed approx. 7.6 g of garlic daily were 18% less cholesterol deposits in arteries at the end of the study than those in the control group. In women, the effect was more pronounced, leading to reductions of up to 25% of cholesterol following treatment with garlic.

Thrombosis, thrombophlebitis
There are no less than 10 studies, done in university hospitals in Germany, the US, China and Korea, who watched the effect of garlic on Thrombosis and all showed a significant reduction in the tendency of blood clots in patients treated with it. Eating 4-6 cloves of garlic per day are a safe remedy for preventing and even treating thrombosis and thrombosis.

Colon cancer and gastric cancer
More epidemiological research shows that garlic enter populations where the diet, there is a much lower risk of developing cancer of the colon and stomach. The dose of garlic consumption is less than 2 cloves a day.

Rectal Cancer
A team of American doctors from the University of North Carolina, led by Dr. Lenore Arab, analyzed several studies conducted regular consumers of garlic. The report shows that regular consumption of garlic reduces the risk of colon and rectal cancer by 10%.

Cancer of the esophagus and larynx
Nanjing Cancer Institute researchers compared the incidence of cancer in China several thousand people who consumed 1 to 2 cloves of garlic daily with the garlic among those who consumed more than once a month. The study results indicate that the first batch of subjects experienced 69% fewer cases of cancer compared to group two. Interestingly, those who eat garlic and onions in addition, the rate of immunity to these cancers reaches the record figure of 83%.

Effeminacy in men
Garlic added to food stimulates the tests of males have a higher endocrine secretion, increasing testosterone levels. Testosterone is a male sexual hormone even, which causes muscle growth to the detriment of fat, female specific.

Contraindications
Overdose eating garlic or yellow or cornered causes vomiting, heartburn, dyspepsia, bleeding or nausea.
Eating garlic is contraindicated in nursing mothers as it changes the taste of milk and can cause colic baby.
It is also contraindicated in people with digestive intolerance to garlic and those taking anticoagulants.
It is contraindicated or if you cough blood, it can get worse, physical condition, irritating those areas.