This product is the dried bulb of Lily Bulb family garlic (Garlic Allium Sativm L.). Harvest in spring and summer, remove the outer skin and dry in the sun.

[Property]

Acrid, warm.

[Efficacy]

warming the middle strengthens the stomach, digests food and regulates qi, removes toxin killing worms.

[Indications]

abdominal cold pain, food accumulation stagnation, vomiting diarrhea caused by unclean diet or food poisoning; enterobiasis, hookworm disease; lung subcutaneous node, whooping cough; external contraction wind-cold common cold headache; carbuncle boil poison , tinea sores, etc.

Eat raw, simmer, cook, decoction, puree into pills or syrup. For external use, pound for application, slice or use garlic for moxibustion.

[Precaution]

Those with yin deficiency with effulgent fire and those with eye, tongue, throat, mouth, armpit odor and other diseases should not eat.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Contains protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin C, carotene, sugar, and volatile oil. The main ingredients are garlic capsaicin and garlic neocin. In addition, it also contains garlic glycosides. This product can prevent cancer. The allicin in garlic can stimulate gastric juice secretion, increase appetite, and help digestion. Taking large amounts can reduce gastric juice secretion. It has antibacterial and antiprotozoal effects. Generally, purple-skinned garlic is stronger than white-skinned garlic, and raw garlic is stronger than cooked garlic.

In modern times, it is also used for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, influenza, meningitis, etc.