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Garlic: Multipurpose Herb for All Common Health Problems

Garlic is an ayurvedic herb that is havingis very helpful in maintaining the normal
such a diversified field of action. Sincelevels of blood pressure and also facilitates
prehistoric times, garlic has been used inthe proper circulation of blood throughout
treating number of diseases. You would bethe body. It is also helpful in cleaning the
surprised to know that garlic is part ofplaque formation that occurs in the arterial
every Indian kitchen due to its healingwalls in the body and is the root cause of
properties. Garlic is supposed to be aheart attack. It is also very helpful in
divine herb and is a part of many classicaldecreasing the increased lipid in the body
ayurvedic medicines. It is considered as onetheir by manages triglycerides and
of the best herb that helps in maintainingcholesterol  in  the  body.
the  digestive  tract  to  the optimum level.
· Natural mosquito repellent - garlic
Below are the some of the various applicationcontains a very peculiar smell that is due to
of  garlicpresence of certain chemical agents that acts
as repellent to mosquitoes. This properties
· Cholesterol - garlic is very helpful inof garlic was widely used in India in ancient
lowering the cholesterol levels. It assiststimes to avoid mosquitoes interfering in the
in lowering the LDL (low densitylife of hum causing disease like malaria,
lipoprotein). LDL is considered as the badsickle cell anemia and various other
cholesterol as it deposits in the arteriesdisorders
that might lead to a condition known as
atherosclerosis. Arthrosclerosis is a· Powerful antibiotic - garlic is known
disorder in which plaque gets deposited infor its antibiotic activities. Garlic is very
the arteries thereby blocking the normal flowhelpful in suppressing any kind of infection
of blood eventually leading to heart attack.that gets prevailed in the body. It is a
Garlic is responsible for increasing thepowerful antibacterial agent that is very
levels of HDL (high density lipoprotein). Iteffective in fading away any kind of
is known as a good protein that helps ininfection that is present in the body
pacifying the affect of bad protein and helpsespecially in the blood. Though researches
in protecting us from major heart relatedhave also proved the action of garlic as a
troubles.broad spectrum antibiotic but it has been
seen that it has antiviral activities also.
· Common cold and flu - garlic is one ofThere is one of the classic properties of
the best remedy in treating cold and flus. Itthat as per the antibiotics of the
is being time tested remedy and has been putcontemporary medicines garlic does not gets
to application since centuries. Garlic is hotresistant to the bacteria's thereby we don't
in potency and is a powerful agent that helpshave to change the antibiotic again and
in suppressing any kind of infectionagain.
flourishing the body. It improves the
immunity of the body thereby is very helpful· Skin related ailments - garlic is also
in protecting body from various ailments. Ithelpful in treating the skin related problems
is also blessed with the properties that makeas it is a good agent that curbs the
it a mucolytic agent thereby expelling outinfection in the body. It is also helpful in
the extra mucus that gets accumulated in thereducing any kind of pathogens in the blood
body.and also improves the circulation. Due to
this increased blood circulation the vital
· High blood pressure - garlic istissues and the skin gets fully nourished
considered as the boon for people sufferingthat leads to the good and glowing skin.
from hypertension or high blood pressure. It



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