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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Uses:
1. Resists all types of Poisons;

2. Stops Wind, Clears Damp;

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

4. Warms the Lungs, clears Cold Phlegm:
-Coughs, Chronic Bronchitis (BHP)

5. Clears Cold and Damp, Promotes Urine:
-Edema

6. Benefits the Heart and Circulation:
-Heart disease

7. Warms the Kidneys, Increases Yang

8. Kills Worms

9. Externally:
-bites and stings, cut a thin slice of garlic and apply


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:
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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:
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2. Coldness of the Body:
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3. To protect from Plague and Infectious diseases:
i. swallow a clove of Garlic every morning during epidemics.
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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:
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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