Garlic is most commonly used as a condiment and for flavouring and seasoning of food products such as soups, dals, pickles, etc It is also used for flavouring vinegar or oil for dressing. Incorporatio...

Garlic is most commonly used as a condiment and for flavouring and seasoning of food products such as soups, dals, pickles, etc It is also used for flavouring vinegar or oil for dressing. Incorporation of garlic in the diet at moderate levels is likely to shift the balance of the microflora in the intestines in favour of lactic organisms, which generally have a favourable effect on the absorption of minerals present in the diet. Garlic is endowed with several medicinal properties. It is stimulant, diaphoretic, expectorant, diuretic and tonic. It is rubefacient when applied externally.It is used as an anthelminitic and emmenagogue. The juice of garic is used for various ailments of the stomach including amoebic dysentery. It is also used as an anti-tubercular drug, and in the treatment of epilepsy. It is reported to be anticholeric. Garlic reduces the blood sugar levels. It is an anti-fertility drug showing oxytocic activity..