Garlic Oil

Common Name:  Garlic Oil

Botanical Name:  Allium Sativum

Other Names:  Allii Sativi Bulbus, Clove Garlic, Lasun, Lahsun, Poor Man's Treacle

Introduction

Garlic oil is obtained from the bulbs of alum sativum plants. Garlic has wider applications in indigenous medicines and is also considered as highly nutritious. The garlic plant is a hardy, round and rooted perennial plant with narrow flat leaves and has small white flowers. The compound bulb consists of 6 to 34 bulb lets called ‘cloves’ which are surrounded by a common, thin, white or pinkish thin sheet cover. Garlic has a strong flavor and sense of taste. Garlic oil is used as a flavoring agent in sauces, soups and even canned food products. Garlic is anti-bacterial, insecticidal and fungicidal. In medicine, garlic is used for various problems of stomach, skin infections.

Uses of Garlic Oil

Aromatherapy: This very strong smelling essential garlic oil might not have the most enjoyable smell, but it will dismiss weariness and is a decent general tonic for the human body. It is very powerful detoxifier oil. It also rouses cell creation and circulation of both of lymph and blood. It comforts gastric suffering and has a controlling effect on diabetes problem. It also fights acne, pimples, ringworm spots, abscesses and ringworm on the skin.

Medicinal Uses: Garlic oil is used to prevent infections and to treat colds and cough, bronchitis disease and flu indications. It is a powerful detoxifying agent and is regarded to revitalize the body and relieve exhaustion. Garlic oil lowers cholesterol levels in the body and therefore extensively used in the treatment of hypertension. It is also successfully used in the treatment of various heart ailments.