Why is garlic wine considered a miracle cure?

Despite being a poor country with a harsh climate, Egypt's people are healthy and live long lives. The World Health Organization investigated and discovered that every Egyptian family has a jar of garlic-infused liquor, and this may explain the phenomenon.

Just like ginger, garlic is an indispensable spice in Vietnamese kitchens. Most stir-fried dishes, especially those with vegetables like beef, celery, and water spinach, would be incomplete without garlic. Besides its value in enhancing flavor and stimulating appetite, garlic is also a miraculous medicine—cheap, readily available, yet incredibly effective in preventing and combating diseases.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, garlic has a pungent taste, a warm nature, and is slightly toxic. It acts on the liver and stomach meridians, and its functions include promoting the flow of stagnant qi, warming the spleen and stomach, detoxifying, and disinfecting. Therefore, it is often used to treat ailments such as bloating, indigestion, digestive disorders, abdominal pain due to cold, edema, diarrhea, dysentery, malaria, whooping cough, boils, carbuncles, chronic ulcers, hair loss, fungal infections of the scalp, snake bites, etc.

Scientifically, garlic contains three main active compounds: allicin, liallyl sulfide, and ajoene. Allicin is the most potent and important compound in garlic. Allicin is not present in whole garlic cloves. However, when garlic is thinly sliced ​​or crushed, and under the catalysis of the enzyme alliinase, the alliin present in garlic is converted into allicin.

The more finely chopped or crushed the garlic cloves are, the higher their activity.

Therefore, the more finely chopped or crushed garlic is, the higher its activity. However, allicin degrades easily after production. Therefore, the longer it is stored, the less activity it loses. Cooking accelerates this degradation process. Allicin is a very potent natural antibiotic, which is why garlic has high antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant properties.

Furthermore, regarding the cardiovascular system, recent studies show that garlic helps reduce triglycerides and bad cholesterol (LDL) levels, while increasing good cholesterol (HDL), thus reducing lipid metabolism disorders in the blood. Garlic has the potential to help the body prevent cancer and treat diseases related to bones and joints, cardiovascular system, and digestive system.

That is something many scientists have acknowledged; however, whether cancer can be treated once it has developed into a tumor has not been proven and requires further research.

The best way to use garlic is to chop or crush it as finely as possible and let it sit for a few minutes before using it. Storing it for too long or cooking it will gradually reduce its effectiveness. Ideally, each person should consume two cloves of garlic per day. However, there is a convenient and easy way to use it that is also extremely effective: soaking garlic in alcohol.

How to make garlic wine:

– Chop 40g of dried garlic (peeled) into small pieces.

- White liquor, 40-45% alcohol, 100 ml

– Pour the wine into a bottle and soak the garlic in it, shaking the bottle occasionally. Gradually, the wine will change from white to yellow, and by the 10th day it will turn turmeric yellow, at which point it's ready to use.

Effective ways to drink:

– Drink twice a day.

– In the morning, take 40 drops (equivalent to one teaspoon) before eating;

– Take 40 drops before bed.

-100 ml lasts about 20 days, so you need to soak more every 10 days to have garlic wine available daily. Drinking it continuously for life with such a small amount of wine, even those who abstain from alcohol or cannot drink alcohol can still use it.

Uses:

Through numerous studies and analyses, it has been found that garlic wine can cure the following four groups of diseases:

– Bone and joint problems: Joint inflammation and pain, joint calcification, bone and joint fatigue.

– Respiratory: Sore throat, bronchitis, asthma.

– Cardiovascular: High blood pressure, low blood pressure, atherosclerosis.

– Digestive issues. Heartburn, indigestion, gastritis, and duodenal ulcers.

In 1983, Japanese researchers announced the addition of two more disease groups to the study: hemorrhoids and diabetes. They noted that the drug was highly effective and did not cause side effects.

Especially in today's market economy, where food and drinks are full of toxins, garlic is not only an extremely effective shield but also a cure for modern-day diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, stomach problems, and diabetes.

Note: Garlic wine is a bit difficult to drink and spicy, so those who can't drink alcohol or are allergic to the smell of garlic can, based on experience, dilute it with water before drinking. This makes it much easier to drink and doesn't cause bad breath.

Thu Tra(synthetic)