Garlic

"A single bulb of garlic a day, keep diseases away"

Ayurveda considers garlic more like medicines than food items. Because of their Tamasic and Rajasic properties respectively, onion and garlic are known to arouse various negative emotions among people.

For a generation, people are not only using garlic because of its medicinal value but traditionally, people have rubbed their bodies with it, buried it beside their bodies in the coffin, worn it around their necks, draped it on household walls and even prayed to it. This great bulb has a lot of benefits because no other plant has been held out for so long as a cure for so many human ailments. That's why garlic has been considered as the "Wonder Drug". Garlic has been used medicinally for many years for treating bites, tumors, ulcers, snakebite, wounds, headaches, heart diseases, cancer, pimples, measles and many more. It also prevents infections such as the common cold, cough because of its Anti-bacterial, Anti-fungal, and Anti-viral property.

Ever wondered why Ayurveda recommends a no garlic? While there are numerous health benefits of both garlic, why does Ayurveda suggest food without these two basic ingredients? In Ayurveda garlic is more like medicine than food items. Ayurveda categorizes food on the basis of rasas (taste) and gunas. It defines nutritional properties of food based on six tastes - sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent and gunas or qualities, which are Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. Garlic is considered to be Tamasic and Rajasic respectively, which means it's pungent in nature and results in an increase of bile and heat in the body.

Ayurveda specialists suggest that consumption of garlic results in some negative feelings and emotions like anger, aggression, ignorance, overstimulation of the senses, lethargy, anxiety, and increase in sexual desire. Hence, those who practice meditation or choose to follow the spiritual path, live in complete avoidance of consumption of garlic.
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Garlic has often been considered as a "wonder drug". It has been used medicinally for many years for treating bites, tumors, ulcers, snakebite, wounds, headaches, heart diseases, cancer, pimples, measles and many more. 
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Garlic prevents infections such as the common cold and cough because of its anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral properties. 
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Garlic is an antioxidant, which his good for your skin. It also contains flavonoids, which are good for the heart and body. 
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People with high cholesterol level must use garlic in your food. It helps heart patients to deal with increased levels of cholesterol. Because of its anti-carcinogenic bodies, raw garlic helps in reducing risks of cancer. 
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Two raw garlic cloves are recommended daily to help prevent the formation of cancerous compounds development in tumors. In the case of insect bites, you can apply crushed garlic on the affected area to reduce pain and to remove poison. 
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Garlic anti-inflammatory and reduce pain. 
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Garlic helps in the rejuvenating liver, normalizing digestion and relieving constipation.