Boil garlic in water to treat cough. What other effects does garlic have?

Garlic is one of the most common condiments in our lives. People who like strong flavors like to eat garlic more. So what are the effects of garlic? Can drinking boiled garlic cure cough?

1. The health benefits of garlic:

1. Prevent and treat tumors and cancer

The sulfur compounds in garlic can promote the production of an enzyme or substance called allicin in the intestines, which can eliminate the risk of intestinal tumors caused by substances in the intestines by enhancing the body's immune system, blocking the formation of lipid peroxidation and anti-mutation. Elements such as germanium and selenium in garlic can inhibit the growth of tumor cells and cancer cells. Among the plants with the greatest anti-cancer potential in the world, garlic ranks first.

2. Anti-aging effect

Certain ingredients in garlic have antioxidant and anti-aging properties similar to vitamin E and vitamin C.

3. Anti-fatigue effect

Some studies have found that pork is one of the foods rich in vitamin B1. Vitamin B1 combined with allicin contained in garlic can effectively eliminate fatigue and restore physical strength.

4. Prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

Garlic can prevent fat deposition in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems, induce fat metabolism in tissues, significantly increase fibrinolytic activity, reduce cholesterol, inhibit platelet aggregation, reduce plasma concentration, increase micro-arterial dilation, promote vasodilation, regulate blood pressure, increase vascular permeability, thereby inhibiting thrombosis and preventing arteriosclerosis.

5. Powerful sterilization

Garlic is the most powerful antibacterial plant found so far. After entering the human body, it can react with the cystine of bacteria to form crystalline precipitation, destroying the styryl in the sulfhydryl amino group necessary for bacteria, causing disruption in bacterial metabolism, thus preventing them from reproducing and growing. In addition, it can kill a variety of pathogenic fungi and parasites such as hookworms, pinworms, and trichomonas. However, it should be noted that allicin is easily destroyed at high temperatures and loses its bactericidal effect.

6. Improve sugar metabolism

Studies have shown that eating raw garlic can improve normal people's glucose tolerance. It can also promote the secretion of insulin and increase the utilization of glucose by tissue cells, thereby lowering blood sugar levels.

7. Anti-allergic effect

Eating raw garlic every day can reduce the severity of allergic reactions, especially those caused by temperature changes. The best way is to start eating raw garlic a few weeks before the allergy season arrives.

8. Detoxify and cleanse the intestines, prevent gastrointestinal diseases

Garlic can effectively inhibit and kill Helicobacter pylori and other bacterial viruses that cause gastrointestinal diseases, remove gastrointestinal toxic substances, stimulate gastrointestinal mucosa, promote appetite, and accelerate digestion.

9. Lower blood sugar and prevent diabetes

Garlic can promote the secretion of insulin, increase the absorption of glucose by tissue cells, improve the body's glucose tolerance, quickly lower blood sugar levels in the body, and kill various bacteria that induce diabetes due to infection, thereby effectively preventing and treating diabetes.

10. Protect liver function

The trace element selenium in garlic protects the liver by participating in the aerobic metabolism of the blood, removing toxins and reducing the liver's detoxification burden.

11. Prevent colds

Garlic contains a capsaicin called "propylene sulfide", which has a good killing effect on pathogens and parasites, can prevent colds, and reduce cold symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat and nasal congestion.

2. Boil garlic in water to treat cough

Method 1:

Garlic on the soles of the feet to treat coughs. Garlic on the soles of the feet is a method for treating internal heat and coughs. Before going to bed every night, wash your feet, cut the garlic into thin slices and apply it to the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of the foot (located 1/3 of the way up from the heel); then use medical tape to stick it firmly. Because garlic is irritating to the skin, it should not be applied for too long, so it is best to remove it when you get up in the morning. This method has a certain effect on coughs, nosebleeds and constipation. The effect will be better if it is applied continuously for 7 to 10 days. A small number of people may develop blisters on the soles of their feet when applying garlic. It is recommended to stop applying at this time and wait until the blisters break and the skin recovers before applying again. In this way, it will generally not recur.

Method 2:

Steamed garlic water: For children with cough and asthma, use 2-3 cloves of garlic, and for adults, use 7-8 cloves. Crush them and put them in a bowl. Cover the bowl and put it in a pot to steam. Bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer for 15 minutes. In severe cases, you can do this three times a day. You can drink the water without eating the garlic. Add rock sugar to the steamed garlic water the next day. Put one for children and two for adults. Garlic is warm in nature and enters the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians. Garlic is often used by the public to treat cough, tracheitis, asthma, and tuberculosis.

Method 3:

Boil garlic and rock sugar in water and drink it. It is much more effective than injections and medicine for children with colds and coughs. Method: Use 30 grams of garlic, 10 grams of rock sugar and 200 milliliters of water. First boil the water over high heat, then simmer over low heat for a few minutes, and finally boil it into a small bowl for the child to drink. When the child has a severe cough, drink it 3 times a day, morning, noon and evening. It will be effective on the second day and will be cured after 3 days.