Garlic Benefits

If you hear garlic, perhaps a vision of the mouth of the disturbing odor. Though garlic is one of the many medicinal plants that benefit, so called "tubers thousand properties". Indeed what substances contained in it? Is the sharper aroma means higher benefit?

Plants with the Latin name "Allium sativum" This includes herbs that are popular in Asia. He provides a unique taste of fragrant cuisine, as well as lower cholesterol contained in foods that contain fat. So do not be surprised if the Chinese, Korean and Japanese use the onions as many main ingredient.

Garlic has been used as medicine for thousands of years. Even 3000 years BC, Chinese poets have been testing and writing the benefits of garlic! Ancient Greek scholar Aristotle also tested garlic in 335 BC for use as an ancient Egyptian pengobatan.Tulisan noted that garlic was given to the workers who built the pyramids to keep them strong and healthy. The Russians made garlic as "replace antibiotics" and known as "Russian penicillin" because it believed to contain 1 / 10 good penicillin.

The benefits of garlic for health was very popular among the people since ancient times. In addition to the levers of sexual stamina, can now also confirmed garlic can ward off colds, stomach worms eliminate, cure rheumatism, and relieve insomnia. Also capable of combating degenerative diseases such as hypertension, stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes, cholesterol imbalance, and cancer. Of the many benefits of garlic, the experts have discovered a new use of garlic can prevent weight gain and even lose weight. A laboratory test showed that rats given a diet of sugar will decrease the weight if they are also components of garlic.

Gynecology Chemistry and its uses



Existing compounds in garlic is aliin. When garlic crushed / mashed, aliin substance which does not smell will decompose. With encouragement enzyme alinase, aliin split into alisin, ammonia, and pyruvic acid. Alisin acrid smell caused by sulfur content of the substance. This unique aroma stung when the substance increases brimstone (sulfur) in ammonia alisin flown into the air, because the volatile ammonia. Alisin potent compounds destroy the formation of blood clots in the arteries, reducing the symptoms of diabetes and reduce blood pressure.

Alisin addition, garlic compounds also have other medicinal, namely Allyl. Allyl compounds are most numerous in the form of dialil-merit trisulfida fight degenerative diseases and enable the growth of new cells.

Selecting Garlic

Garlic is used in the kitchen is just one of many varieties of garlic. There are color purple-colored skin, and there is a pink shade. Popular is the white, namely that we use everyday in the kitchen.

How to choose a good onion? Any variety you buy, choose the tuber skin smooth and dry. Siungnya tubers are small, a stronger aroma. In dry conditions, resistant garlic stored for months, place of origin placed dry and cool. Do not store ice dilemari, because it will grow leaves. If the air is too hot, the garlic will quickly shrink and powdered gray.

Diabetes Disease

As a diabetes drug, garlic harisesudah bias every meal consumed. Morning, afternoon and night of each two or three suing a meal.

From experience, their body weight under 60 kg is recommended to use two doses of suing onions or equal to seven grams a meal. Are for those who weigh more than 60 kg with a dose of three suing onions or ten grams.

How to use the bias is made with chili sauce with sliced onion and chilli for friends eat rice. It could also be crushed and brewed with hot water as much as half a glass and then blended or juiced.

Another way is grated onion, then poured boiling hot water and drink after the next warm-dregs dregs.

For people with diabetes, the laboratory should check first before using this recipe. After using this recipe for a week should check again in the laboratory. If a decline in blood sugar levels enough, the dose should be lowered. If blood sugar levels close to normal, reduce the consumption of garlic again.

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