(Mohammad Aryan, Multan)
In ancient times, during the construction of Egyptian buildings the king of Egypt (PHARAOH) carved pictures of garlic on them and illustrated its merits below it. He also wrote that all the labor of this building will take garlic every morning so they may protect themselves from diseases. According to Egyptian literature when many people in that time died due to plaque only four men were left behind and they were those who kept using garlic and vinegar.
Garlic is one of the precious blessings of ALLAH, according to a famous scientist Henry Ford in 1926, garlic is one of the greatest gifts of nature as it develops mental and physical status of a person, and it also makes the body strong more powerful. It helps in blood making; it has 3 times calories than in carrot. In 100g of garlic, there are 120 calories.
Garlic is very beneficial in intestinal diseases, coquetry, respiratory problems, body worms, skin diseases and in old age diseases. It also helps in rejoining of the broken joints or bones, it clears chest and throat; it helps in flatus and making the complexion fairer.
If somebody is suffering from headache due to any reason, use sweet oil by burning garlic in it and massage it on head and on temples.
If somebody is suffering from paralysis, he should be given tea without milk, add garlic water in it and honey instead of sugar. Using this tea five days regularly by controlling hunger will soon relief the patient. Remember: the patient should not be given anything to eat other than this tea.
If you put a necklace of garlic in the neck of the patient of whooping cough, it will not only stop cough but also will soon cure it as garlic excretes special essence in air and when this air enters in the lungs it helps in curing cough.
Taking garlic with sugar in asthma attack is very beneficial.
Garlic also helps in low blood pressure. After eating garlic, to get rid of its odor from mouth one can eat few grains of peas, a piece of chapatti or an apple as they soon help in getting rid of its smell.
Basically garlic contains sulphur, silica and iodine in big amounts, which helps in preventing against diseases. Keeping garlic near honey hives helps in keeping the honey bees away (bees soon leave the hive). Rubbing garlic on bees bite will soon recover the infection.A patient of toothache due to its decay should use grinded garlic mixed in salted butter and rub on the effected tooth for relief.
To keep away insects away from wheat and rice sacks keep small bags in them containing garlic.