Although garlic is good, there are five types of people who should avoid eating it

We often hear from the elderly that eating more garlic is good for the body. Garlic can kill toxins and bacteria. Although it makes your breath smell bad, it does have many nutritional benefits. However, not everyone can eat garlic. There are five types of people who cannot eat garlic.

1. Patients with eye diseases

Chinese medicine believes that long-term and large-scale consumption of garlic can "damage the liver and eyes". Therefore, patients with eye diseases should try not to eat garlic, especially those with poor health and weak qi and blood. Otherwise, they will experience vision loss, tinnitus, heavy head and light feet, and memory loss over time. Some people suffer from myopia or other eye diseases and need to take Chinese medicine for treatment. At this time, they must avoid eating garlic, otherwise it will directly affect the treatment effect.

2. Weakness and fever

The ancients believed that eating too much garlic would dissipate one's Qi and blood. The "New Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "Garlic is hot and toxic, it can generate phlegm and fire, dissipate Qi and consume blood, so people with weakness and heat should not touch their lips with garlic." Therefore, people with poor health and weak Qi and blood should be careful.

3. Patients with liver disease

Many people believe that garlic can fight bacteria and viruses, so they eat garlic to prevent hepatitis. Some people even continue to eat garlic every day after contracting hepatitis. This practice is extremely unfavorable for hepatitis patients, because garlic has no effect on hepatitis viruses. On the contrary, some components of garlic have a stimulating effect on the stomach and intestines, which can inhibit the secretion of intestinal digestive juices and affect food digestion, thereby aggravating nausea and other symptoms of hepatitis patients. In addition, the volatile components of garlic can reduce the red blood cells and hemoglobin in the blood, and may cause anemia, which is not conducive to the treatment of hepatitis.

4. Patients with spleen deficiency and diarrhea

Raw garlic is very irritating. Eating a small amount on a normal basis can promote digestion. However, if you eat garlic when you suffer from non-bacterial enteritis or diarrhea, the strong stimulation will cause congestion and edema of the intestinal mucosa, promote exudation, and worsen the condition.

5. People with serious illness should be careful when eating

Garlic is an irritant, which means food that is particularly likely to induce certain diseases or aggravate existing diseases. Eating spicy foods such as garlic and chili peppers may cause obvious side effects for people with serious illnesses or who are taking medications. Not only may old diseases be triggered, but medications may also become ineffective or cause a chain reaction with medications, affecting physical health.