Garlic Oil

Botanical Name of Garlic:  Allium sativum

Synonyms: Garlic

About Garlic: Allium sativum is more popularly known as garlic world over and primarily used for cooking and medicinal benefits. Garlic is close relative of onions and is native of central Asia for almost 6000 years. There are two major subspecies of garlic:

Ophioscorodon – Commonly identified as the hard neck garlics.

Sativum – Commonly identifies as soft neck garlics.

Garlic plants can be cultivated and grown all through the year in mild climates and hence they are found to be grown in many different countries. The major producers of garlic currently include: China, India, South Korea, Egypt, Russia, United States, Spain, Argentina, Myanmar and Ukraine.

History of Garlic: Man is known to use garlic for thousands of years now. First historical evidence of use of garlic was while pyramids of Giza were being built. Garlic also gets its mention in the Holy Bible. First mention of use of Garlic in China was around the year 510 AD. Greek and Roman soldiers and sailors are also known to eat garlic as a cure from all major diseases. Though Garlic was a rarity in the traditional English cuisine it was more sparingly used in the European Mediterranean region.

During World War II extensive use of garlic was being made and it was thought that it would work as antiseptic on the open wounds and help them to heal as early as possible. It was also believed to cure other illnesses and increase life span.

Properties of Garlic Oil: Garlic essential oil is obtained from steam distillation of Garlic bulbs. The major chemical constituents of garlic oil include: Vitamins A, B and C, copper, iron, zinc,  tin, calcium, potassium,  sulphur,  germanium, selenium, manganese, phosphorous, beta carotene, Thiamine, Ribo flavin, Niacin, etc.

Health Benefits and Applications Garlic Oil:

Garlic Oil is known to have number of benefits, some of the important ones include:

Diabetes: Garlic Oil is known to help diabetic patients to preserve their kidneys, nervous system functions and eyesight and keep them protected from the negative effects of diabetes.

High Cholesterol levels: People with high cholesterol levels are recommended to include garlic in their daily diet.  Garlic Oil has properties which help to prevent oxidization of LDL cholesterols.

Stress reliever: Ancilin present in the garlic is known to effective on reducing stress levels and is very effective for people with hypertension.

Digestive: Daily use of garlic helps to maintain the digestive system of the body in best of its shape.

Eye Care: Selenium, Vitamic C and Quercetin are present in garlic which are known to be good for good eye sight and can also treat problems such as: swollen eyes and eye infections.

Other therapeutic properties of Garlic Oil which make it useful are; earache, intestinal problems, common cold, infected wounds, asthma, acne, sexual problems, etc.

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