Garlic
| Garlic in TCM:Explore the properties of Garlic according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Temperature: hot
Channels: LU, ST, SP, HT, LV
Flavors: sweet, salty, pungent
Tonifies: yang
Special Properties:
circulates qi, circulates blood, clears damp, eliminates toxins, disperses wind, expels parasites, resolves phlegm, resolves food stagnation, reduces swelling
In terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Garlic is known for its ability to tonify yang. It also helps to promote qi and blood circulation, resolve dampness, eliminate toxins, expel wind, and resolve phlegm. It is specifically good for treating wind-cold.
In general the ancient Chinese medical texts cite that it enters the Lung, Stomach, Spleen, Heart, and Liver. The flavor of garlic is sweet, salty, and acrid, and it is considered to be hot in temperature. Take special care when consuming especially hot foods like garlic, in order to prevent disharmony from developing use sparingly.
Garlic is anti-fungal, anti-viral, helps to detoxify meat and seafood, and kills worms. [22]
For vaginal infections boil a bulb of garlic and cool to lukewarm temperature then douche with the liquid. For coughing or vomiting of blood apply crushed, peeled, raw garlic to the soles of both feet at the depression behind the ball of the foot (kidney 1) and change the poultice every four hours. For dysentery mash 3-5 raw cloves of garlic, mix with warm water, and drink every two hours. For vomiting cook a bulb of garlic together with three slices of ginger, mix with a teaspoon of honey, and some water. For crab poisoning cook garlic with crabs or other seafoods. For ear ache or ear infection put a few drops of garlic oil, or garlic juice, in the ear several times daily. For intestinal worms eat cooked garlic on an empty stomach and resume eating three hours later. [22]
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