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Garlic Essential Oil

Garlic is member of lily family Allium Sativum L. famously known as Garlic and is used medicinally way long back 4000 BCE back. It grows easily in every climate as a result it is recognized in whole world. Hippocrates renowned father of western medicines had used Garlic in a few cancer therapies.

During ancient Egypt, Garlic was assessed as general health tonic and was used as currency also. With the passage of time i.e. during Middle Ages it was used to cure victims of the plaque. Even during WW II, Garlic was used as a good substitute for antibiotic replacement.
 
Medicinally it is used for treating Diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant. Many fantastic effects and curing powers have been assigned to Garlic. In addition to its other virtues it owns stimulant and stomachic properties.

It is already recognized as an Antiseptic. Even during late war it was broadly utilized to control of suppuration of wounds. The raw juice carried and diluted with water, was applied on mops of sterilized sphagnum moss that were to be put on wound. This treatment saved the lives of thousand men during that atrocity.

It is sometimes externally applied in ointments and lotions, and as an antiseptic, to disperse hard swellings, also pounded and employed as a poultice for scrofulous sores. It is said to prevent anthrax in cattle, being largely used for the purpose.

In Old times, specifically for leprosy case Garlic was used and also believed that in case of small pox it gives the best results, the only condition was to apply the small piece to the soles of the feet in a linen cloth on daily basis.

In 1722 at Marseilles when plague prevailed there it formed as the principal elements in the ‘Four Thieves’ Vinegar which was successfully adapted for protection.  The story behind is that there were actually four thieves who accepted that they looted dead bodies by applying this aromatic vinegar and without falling in that communicable disease.

Besides all it is necessary to note that these health benefits only goes with the use of raw Garlic. By cooking the active elements in Garlic get destroyed and even they get lost over a period of time. Raw Garlic produces its medicinally strong compounds while chopping or crushing which are sensitive to oxidation. So in order to get highest benefits it is advisable to consume raw garlic very shortly after chopping or crushing.