Family- Liliaceae, Alliaceae.
Habitat- Native to Central Asia.Cultivated all over India.
English- Garlic.
Ayurvedic- Lashuna, Rasona,Yavaneshta, Ugragandha, Mahaushadh,Arishta.
Unani- Seer, Lahsun.
Siddha/Tamil- Ullippoondu, Vellaippondu.
Action- Antibiotic, bacteriostatic,fungicide, anthelmintic, antithrombic,hypotensive, hypoglycaemic, hypocholesterolaemic. Also used for upper respiratory tract infections and catarrhal conditions.
Key application- As a supportive to dietary measures for elevated levels of lipids in blood; as a preventive
measure for age-dependent vascular changes. (German Commission E,ESCOP, WHO, The British Herbal
Pharmacopoeia.) Also as an antimicrobial. (The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia). Garlic has been shown to be effective in respiratory infections and catarrhal conditions.(The British Herbal Compendium.)
The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicates the use of the bulb as a brain tonic in epilepsy and psychic
disorders.Heavy consumption of garlic prior to surgery led to increased clotting time or reduced platelet aggregation (in human case reports). Garlic tablets at a dose of 400 mg twice daily for 12 weeks reduced platelet aggregation 59% compared with placebo in 80 patients (in human clinical study). (Francis Brinker.)Garlic cloves are high in sulphurcontaining amino acids known as alliin (no taste, no smell, no medicinal action). With crushing or chewing alliin comes into contact with the enzyme alliinase. Alliinase, in less than 6 s,transforms alliin into allicin (strongly medicinal), which breaks down into a number of sulphur compounds including ajoene, vinyldithin and diallyl disulfide, and trisulfide. The antibiotic effect is attributed to allicin; hypoglycaemic effect to allicin and allylprophyldisulphide (also to S-allyl cysteine sulfoxide); anticarcinogenic activity to diallyl monosulfide; platelet aggregation inhibitory effect to diallyl-di- and
tri-sulphides. Ajoene inactivated human gastric lipase, which is involved in digestion and absorption of dietary
fats. Diallyltetra, penta-, hexa- and heptasulphides are potential antioxidants.AlliumleptophyllumWall. is equated with Vana Lashuna, Jangali Lahsun.
Dosage- Bulb—3 g (API Vol. III.)
Habitat- Native to Central Asia.Cultivated all over India.
English- Garlic.
Ayurvedic- Lashuna, Rasona,Yavaneshta, Ugragandha, Mahaushadh,Arishta.
Unani- Seer, Lahsun.
Siddha/Tamil- Ullippoondu, Vellaippondu.
Action- Antibiotic, bacteriostatic,fungicide, anthelmintic, antithrombic,hypotensive, hypoglycaemic, hypocholesterolaemic. Also used for upper respiratory tract infections and catarrhal conditions.
Key application- As a supportive to dietary measures for elevated levels of lipids in blood; as a preventive
measure for age-dependent vascular changes. (German Commission E,ESCOP, WHO, The British Herbal
Pharmacopoeia.) Also as an antimicrobial. (The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia). Garlic has been shown to be effective in respiratory infections and catarrhal conditions.(The British Herbal Compendium.)
The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicates the use of the bulb as a brain tonic in epilepsy and psychic
disorders.Heavy consumption of garlic prior to surgery led to increased clotting time or reduced platelet aggregation (in human case reports). Garlic tablets at a dose of 400 mg twice daily for 12 weeks reduced platelet aggregation 59% compared with placebo in 80 patients (in human clinical study). (Francis Brinker.)Garlic cloves are high in sulphurcontaining amino acids known as alliin (no taste, no smell, no medicinal action). With crushing or chewing alliin comes into contact with the enzyme alliinase. Alliinase, in less than 6 s,transforms alliin into allicin (strongly medicinal), which breaks down into a number of sulphur compounds including ajoene, vinyldithin and diallyl disulfide, and trisulfide. The antibiotic effect is attributed to allicin; hypoglycaemic effect to allicin and allylprophyldisulphide (also to S-allyl cysteine sulfoxide); anticarcinogenic activity to diallyl monosulfide; platelet aggregation inhibitory effect to diallyl-di- and
tri-sulphides. Ajoene inactivated human gastric lipase, which is involved in digestion and absorption of dietary
fats. Diallyltetra, penta-, hexa- and heptasulphides are potential antioxidants.AlliumleptophyllumWall. is equated with Vana Lashuna, Jangali Lahsun.
Dosage- Bulb—3 g (API Vol. III.)
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