Chinese medicine garlic

Plants and plant extracts have been used in the prevention and treatment of medical conditions for many centuries. Ancient Egyptians used opium, garlic, and other plants, and the Old Testament includes references to the use of herbs. The use of herbology has been an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine for more than a thousand years. 

Traditional Medicine. Although not as valued or widely used as garlic, onion is used as antispasmodic, carminative, diuretic, expec-toraut, stomachic, and antihelmintic for many of the same conditions as is garlic (see garlic). Its use in Chinese medicine is of only recent origin and is limited (nanjing). 

Allium sativum (Liliacease) Bulb Garlic has been used in traditional Chinese and Egyptian medicine for many centuries positive controls included isoniazid, streptomycin, ethambutol, ril ampicin... 

Garlic has been a valued commodity throughout history. It has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for more than 4000 years, as a form of currency in Siberia, and as a repellent for witches by the Saxons. Today it is used as a dietary supplement because of its reported health benefits. Allicin, the molecule responsible for garlic s odor, is a rather unstable molecule that is not stored in the garlic bulb, but rather is produced by the action of enzymes when the bulb is crushed or bruised. 

Fuzhisan, a Chinese herbal medicine Galantamine from the snowdrop Galanthus woronowii Garni- Chunghyuldan Ganoderma lucidum Garlic (Allium sativum)... 

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