Allium, Garlic, Da Suan 大蒜 Da Suan (TCM) Lashuna (Ayurveda) Lehsun (Unani) Sgog skya, སྒོག་སྐྱ  (Tibetan)

Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485

Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491

New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563

Krauterbuch, Rihel, 1565

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Botanical name:

Allium sativum

Parts used:

Bulb

Temperature & Taste:

Hot, dry. Pungent. Ayurveda says Garlic has all tastes except Sour.

Classification:

2A APERIENT MEDICINES.   2B ATTENUATERS.   2C INCIDERS.
2G. CLEANSING.   2M. DRAWING
3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.   3E. DIURETIC.   3G. EMMENAGOGUE
3J. INCREASE SEMEN.   3P. ANTHELMINTIC
4e. STOMACHIC.   4k. ARTHRITIC
TCM:
S. Worms and Parasites     T. External Medicines

Uses:

1. Resists all types of Poisons;
-Plague, Infection, Epidemic diseases (with vinegar)
-used to prevent infection during Epidemics.
-Cold, Flu; Cholera, Typhoid
-internally and topically for venomous Bites
-“Garlic taken with wine, is useful in Insect sting and Snake-bite cases; we have personally tested it.” (Avicenna)
-Poison of Aconite and Henbane (Pliny)
-acute Gastroenteritis; Dysentery

2. Stops Wind, Clears Damp;
-Apoplexy; Epilepsy

3. Warms the Stomach:
-internally and externally for Wind and Colic

4. Warms the Lungs, clears Cold Phlegm:
-Coughs, Chronic Bronchitis (BHP) (juice can be applied to the Navel and soles of the Feet)
-Asthma, Consumption
-“The decoction of Garlic clears the Throat and is also useful in Chronic Cough”. (Avicenna)

5. Clears Cold and Damp, Promotes Urine:
-promotes Urine, for Stones
-Edema
-Rheumatism, Arthritis, Lumbago, Sciatica

6. Benefits the Heart and Circulation:
-Heart disease; Coldness from Heart weakness
-Hypertension, Arteriosclerosis (WHO Monograph; Commission E)

7. Warms the Kidneys, Increases Yang
-Impotence; Aphrodisiac
-Tonic in Ayurveda: increases Intellect; benefits Memory; Rejuvenates; promotes Longevity

8. Kills Worms
-Roundworm, Pinworm, Tapeworm, Threadworm, Hookworm
-a peeled clove of Garlic has been inserted as a suppository
-also taken orally for Lice

9. Externally:
-Cramps
-strong infusion or tincture applied to Baldness
-Piles
-Herpes, Eczema, Dandruff, Acne, Boils
-“Ash of garlic, if applied with honey, is useful in Pityriasis and ecchymosis”. (Avicenna)
-Retention of Urine, apply a poultice over the bladder
-Pneumonia in infants, apply a poultice over the chest and upper back
-Hoarseness, crush garlic and apply to the soles
-childhood Convulsions, crush and apply to the soles
-Genital Itching, make a strong decoction and use as a wash
-Bites and Stings, cut a thin slice of garlic and apply
-Nasal Polyps, sniff the juice or paint it on
-Earache, drop the juice in, or cut a clove of Garlic to form a plug and place in the ear
-Rheumatism, the juice is applied or a cut clove of Garlic is rubbed vigorously to relieve pain
-Facial Paralysis, apply Garlic topically

Dose:

One clove of Garlic can be peeled and swallowed, 2–3 times daily; 2 cloves every 2 hours at the beginning of acute infection of Cold or Flu, or gastroenteritis until 4 or 5 doses have been given often cures. Not suitable in people with excess Heat.
Garlic Powder: 200–500mg
Tincture of Garlic (1 in 10): 5–20mls

Corrective:

… available in PRO version

Substitute:

1. White Onion (Unani)
2. Asafetida is used as a substitute for Garlic by some Hindus as Garlic is believed to be too heating to the mind.

Main Combinations:

1. Arteriosclerosis, hypertension:
i. Garlic with … available in PRO version
ii. Garlic with … available in PRO version
iii. Garlic with … available in PRO version
iv. Garlic with … available in PRO version
2. Coldness of the Body:
i. Garlic with … available in PRO version
ii. Garlic with … available in PRO version
3. To protect from Plague and Infectious diseases:
i. swallow a clove of Garlic every morning during epidemics.
ii. Garlic with … available in PRO version
iii. Garlic with … available in PRO version
4. for Tuberculosis and Consumption, decoct Garlic in Milk (Ayurveda)
5. Cough and Cold, take Garlic with … available in PRO version
6. Poor digestion, colic, decoct Garlic with … available in PRO version
7. Obesity:
i. Garlic with … available in PRO version
ii. Garlic with … available in PRO version
8. Lumbago, … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:

Four Thieves Vinegar
Powder Against Obesity

Bi Ma La (Tibetan Medicine)
Garlic Milk (Lasuna Kshira) (Ayurveda)

Cautions:

1. Not suitable for Hot (Choleric) bodies.
2. Not used in Yin deficiency
3. Culpeper warns that it ‘breeds corrupt blood’; Langham, 1579 said ‘Garlic causes thirst, dryeth up the whole body, especially in hot seasons; causeth frenzie and doth more harm raw’. This is likewise realised in the East. In rejuvenation, it is usually only used during Winter.
4. Hippocrates warned Garlic was bad for the eyes.

Main Preparations used:

Electuary with Honey, Garlic Syrup, Elixir of Garlic, Garlic Milk