The Healing Power of Garlic!

Have you ever think about having your foods with healing power?

There is one I know.
What's that?

It is Garlic!



Garlic is an important ingredient in many dishes in different countries – South East Asia, East Asia, South Asia, South and Central America, Middle East, North Africa and Southern Europe etc.

The use of garlic
Garlic is a fundamental cooking component which is widely used around the world for its pungent flavor. Garlic can be eaten raw or cooked. It has been used on breads to create different dishes such as garlic bread & toast, bruschetta and crostini etc. Flavored garlic oils are used to season vegetables, meats, and pastas etc. In Europe, the shoots are eaten as an appetizer. Garlic spears are used in stir frying. Garlic leaves are chopped and stir-fried with eggs, vegetables and meats. Garlic power is also used as flavor for cooking.

Medical usage
Garlic has been used as medicine around the world for over thousand of years. There are records that garlic is used to treat respiratory problems, digestive problems, low energy and parasites. They were also used in treatment of smallpox, dropsy, pulmonary tuberculosis or phthisis in the human history.

The recent medical research proved that garlic is ant-bacterial, antiviral, and anti-fungal in nature. People believed that garlic can prevent or even cure heart diseases and cancer. It can improve atherosclerosis, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Medical research also suggests garlic help to prevent and cure common cold and influenza. Regular use of garlic extracts can lower the blood homocysteine levels and to prevent the diabetes mellitus. It can also regulate the blood sugar levels.

Many people like me love garlic. However, when you eat too much, it’ll stimulate your stomach and might induce stomachache. I also found eating too much garlic might disturb my sleep. From the concept of Chinese Medicine, garlic would induce the “hotness” of our internal organ and disturb the equilibrium of our body.

If you want to have the benefit of garlic and not the side-effects, you can consider to take it together with eggplant. The ratio of eggplant to garlic is recommended as one eggplant to 1/2 bulb of garlic. Using this ratio the ingredient are well balanced. With the addition of some meat or fish, the dish is tasty and wonderful for health.

Let’s stay healthy by eating such natural and healthy food –garlic.