Garlic has long been considered a healing food with multiple medicinal properties. It is a vegetable native to India. Consumed at Jeun, garlic is a natural antibiotic, according to several studies. Why fasting? Because at this precise moment, the bacteria are less resistant and its action is therefore facilitated.
Its thousand and one virtues
By consuming it on an empty stomach, it will act as a detoxifier of the body; to the point of expelling parasites and intestinal worms and providing protection against diseases like typhus, diabetes, depression and certain types of cancer. It is also good for blood circulation. It lowers hypertension and aids digestion. Work in 2001 on 146 patients, who received either 1.8 g of garlic, showed that subjects who had absorbed garlic were 3 times less affected by colds. It promotes the proper functioning of the heart, liver and gallbladder. Also effective against diarrhea, nervous problems, upset stomach, lack of appetite, stress, acne …
It is a preventive and curative treatment of diseases such as tuberculosis, pneumonia, colds, gout, bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary congestion, asthma hemorrhoids, colds, constipation and ear infections and whooping cough. Large studies have shown that people who eat enough garlic are much less at risk of certain cancers. Also, garlic has been shown to protect liver tissue from toxic substances. It promotes fertility, reduces blood sugar and delays aging…
How to consume it for maximum benefits
The two healing components of garlic are allicin and diallyl disulfide. If its consumption is frequent and regular, every morning on an empty stomach, we can live healthier naturally!
If you can not stand its smell, it is possible to take it on an empty stomach as a dietary supplement, in tablets, available in pharmacies.
- Some people use it to treat a toothache by placing a small piece of garlic on the sick tooth.
- You can also use it, in external application or in poultices on the belly, to treat the bite of certain poisonous animals and to remove warts.
- As a treatment for colds, boil water with a good amount of garlic and pour this infusion into a suitable container which will allow inhalations.
- If you have rheumatism, grind garlic in olive oil and massage into the solution each morning.
- To treat otitis media, grind the garlic to get some of its juice and pour a drop or two into the ear.
- When it comes to treating chronic bronchitis: 40 grams of well rinsed and chopped garlic in small pieces, as well as 100 grams of 90º alcohol. Macerate for 6 days in a well-closed bottle, then filter. It is recommended to take a glass of this extract on an empty stomach every morning!
- In case of senile dementia: chop 1 kg of garlic to mix it with the juice of 24 lemons and leave to macerate for 24 days in a well-closed container. Then, the patient drinks on an empty stomach, a teaspoon of this preparation.
- Against kidney stones, let infuse for 20 min two tablespoons of chopped garlic in a 1/4 liter of boiling water. Have a drink in the morning on an empty stomach and another in the evening before going to bed.
- To relieve painful menstruation: Take 2 to 3 cloves of garlic per day on an empty stomach during the first days of the menstrual cycle.