Garlic, a powerful natural wonder drug

[Guest guest]

I belong to northern India and my grand parents did not eat onion or garlic.

They were of belief that these were food of demons. Garlic was not very much

used at my home also as my parents did not have habit of eating garlic and did

not like the smell.

 

More I read about garlic, more I think we should consume it. It's medicinal

benefits can not be overlooked. To gain more insight into medicinal properties

of garlic, please read:

http://www.knowabouthealth.com/garlic-a-powerful-natural-wonder-drug/

http://www.knowabouthealth.com/the-secret-therapeutic-benefits-of-garlic/

 

Thanks

Pankaj

[Guest guest]

Dear Pankaj,

You are right. But there is another aspect.

Health is very important. But you should see the Guna also.

Garlic will not give satva guna.

In my proposed herbal garden I will not produce garlic.

With Best Regards,

N.S. Parasuraman

 

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[Guest guest]

This is because garlic is said to dull the mind and is not good for the

development of consciousness, for meditation, spiritual advancement. Garlic,

chillies and onions are too irritating, interfering with the subtle effects

of Yoga. However, at times it is recommended e.g. in Vata conditions, if

not grounded and strong, but only in a purified form. Even Triguna-ji then

recommends it. I herad he or his son recommended it for some elederly

ladies. to purify the garlic take the clove, peel it and then cut it into 2

halfs. Remove the little sprout or the beginning of a sprout in the lower

end of the clove. Then cut the clove and fry it a little in ghee.

 

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my grand parents did not eat onion or

garlic. They were of belief that these were food of demons.

[Guest guest]

It is a good thing to use to worm your cats and dogs with. Maybe it is very

strong for everyday use and should be reserved for when strong medicine is

needed. We use a lot of it here in Louisiana; years ago there were lots of

parasites and stuff till people mostly quit going barefoot, and it seems to

help. We eat lots of cayenne peppers too. I wonder if the usage started out

as a way to get rid of parasites? I know the yogis avoid it, but what about

those of us who aren't quite so healthy?

Darla

 

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Health is very important. But you should see the Guna also.

Garlic will not give satva guna.

[Guest guest]

> This is because garlic is said to dull the mind and is not good for the

> development of consciousness, for meditation, spiritual advancement.

 

Something contradictory here, when garlic is used in a different way:

When garlic is boiled in ghee, its tamas softens and it

becomes an anxiety medicine[Post#13868]. This statement is based on

pulse test. Another example described in post#13868 is Syrup of

Garlic, an invaluable medicine for symptoms of anxiety, asthma,

hoarseness, coughs and inflammation of the throat, chronic

bronchitis, difficulty breathing and most other disorders of the

lungs.

 

> However, at times it is recommended e.g. in Vata conditions, if

> not grounded and strong, but only in a purified form. Even Triguna-ji then

> recommends it.... Then cut the clove and fry it a little in ghee.

 

Yes. Garlic alone is pitta enhancing, but when taken with sufficient water

(esp. copper water), butter, ghee, black dried grapes, crystal sugar,

jaggery, buttermilk....its heat is killed.(Post#14932)

 

For a disease which requires more than a year of antibiotics, the garlic is

offered as home remedy:

 

Put 10 to 20 drops of garlic juice in 25 to 30 gm of Ardusi leaves

juice and drink it daily in morning and evening to cure T.B.(Post# 11434).

Garlic is considered blood thinner. For paralysis, take garlic early morning,

starting from 1 clove, adding one clove everyday, till one reaches 40, then

reduce 1 clove everyday till zero. Garlic is not to be chewed, but whole is to

be swallowed. A remedy for such difficult diseases, needs to be studied without

bringing in Tamas (bias) in mind.

 

Child learns alphabets, while an adult reads novels. In the same manner, the

patients or sophomore students look at individual herbs and properties. The sum

of the parts is more than the mathematical sum.

[Guest guest]

My yoga master advocated using garlic. It is used as a sexual stimulant to help

raise the Kundalini. In fact, he has one recipe for cancer calling for equal

parts (I think) rice, milk and garlic for a pudding. There are different

outlooks on this.

 

GB

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This is because garlic is said to dull the mind and is not good for the

development of consciousness, for meditation, spiritual advancement. Garlic,

chillies and onions are too irritating, interfering with the subtle effects

of Yoga.

[Guest guest]

GARLIC

Garlic possesses all tastes but sour, is predominately pungent and hot. It

decreases Vata and Kapha but increases Pitta. It is a stimulant, diaphoretic,

expectorant, antispasmodic, antibiotic and antiseptic.

Garlic is rejuvenative and aphrodisiac for both Vata and Kapha. It strengthens

the reproductive organs but may over stimulate sexual activity. It is good for

hypertension and arteriosclerosis and strengthens the heart. It treats

infections, chronic sores, parasites, yeast infections, chronic indigestion. It

is good for colds, flu, asthma and bronchitis. It strengthens the immune system;

it counters edema and depression but is also good for hysteria and vertigo.

It is good for antidoting cold and raw food like salads. It is Rajasic

(turbulent) or irritating and not recommended for yoga and meditation.

[Guest guest]

 am a big fan of garlic for its medicinal benefits. I use it I ask people to use

it but if your yoga teacher has advised you for kundalini then i think you

should change your yoga teacher. he is taking you on the wrong path. as Garlic,

onions,asafoetda,and even brinjals are not advised for meditational yoga. If it

was only yogasanas then garlic was ok.

 

 

 

My yoga master advocated using garlic. It is used as a sexual stimulant to help

raise the Kundalini.

[Guest guest]

Binds sexual energy to the lower chakras though....

 

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It is used as a sexual stimulant to

help raise the Kundalini.

[Guest guest]

This is Kundalini Yoga. Garlic is used to stimulate the lower chakras. Ginger

is used to stimulate the ojas so the Kundalini rises. My teacher calls ginger,

garlic and onions the trinity roots. I do realize that this flies in the face

of most hatha yogis. It is a different paradigm.

 

GB

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Binds sexual energy to the lower chakras though....

[Guest guest]

Garlic have the properties already discussed here by many experts . But is

it necessary to consume it by for these types of diseases ? As it has been said

that it is pitta enhancer & is truley rajasik , is it worth to take it ?

 

There can be ajwain , asafoetida , black pepper , tulsi for the simple

cough problems . These r truely pitta enhancers & might be termed as rajasik due

to it ! But there is a difference in these & garlic . Garlic is a root . It

grows beneath the ground . It cant be devoid of the oil in it even after many

days of taking it out . It does not get the sunlight . And we know , sunlight

have the most effective health benefits on every living being either human or

plants ! Just remember for the remedies of Swine flu in recent post of vitamin D

& massage of coconut oil . Just remember the use of sunlight in vitiligo . Due

to sunlight many things becomes easier , simpler & lighter for the consupmtion .

 

Even all the yogis also avoids garlic for better yoga or to activate

kundalini . If garlic was such a best medicine , y the Yogis don't use it to

activate the Kundalini ? Y many sanyasis avoid it in eating ? There should be

some point which might be hidden or religious which today's Sharp doctors won't

accept it !

 

Ayurveda always insist that all the things can never be tested in

laboratory & we have to keep faith on the great acharyas who wrote the gunas of

these herbs .

 

There is not any data of any person got rid of cholesterol or

arteriosclerosis with the use of only garlic , & that too for the lifetime ! If

the today's living person can have the lifestyle of 100 years old era , I am

sure the health of everybody will be perfect without any supplement other than

satvik food !

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Something contradictory here, when garlic is used in a different way:

When garlic is boiled in ghee, its tamas softens and it

becomes an anxiety medicine[Post#13868].

[Guest guest]

I think you can say most but " all the yogis " is untrue. One of the main reasons

garlic is not used by yogis is because it stimulates the sexual organs. Most

yogis and all celebates feel this is counterproductive to their objective of

reaching higher consciousness since sexuality is a lower chakra.

 

Kundalini Yoga(KY) uses a different mindset and has for centuries. Since garlic

stimulates the sexual organs, it is advocated in KY. The kundalini resides at

the base of the spine in the lower chakras, including the second chakra of

sexual organ. It says in the ancient yogic scriptures that 80 drops of food

makes 80 drops of blood, 80 drops of blood make 80 drops of semen, 80 drops of

semen make drops of ojas. IN KY, the garlic helps create semen. The semen

helps create ojas. The " trinity roots " of garlic, onions and ginger are advised

for this. Onions are used to purify the blood and ginger is used to help create

ojas. The semen is transmuted into ojas and carried by the ojas to the brain to

open up the higher centers. Turmeric is also indicated as it helps with the

joints and flexibility.

 

I am not saying either is right or wrong. Garlic can help yogis or disturb

their objective. It is up to each to decide.

 

GB

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Even all the yogis also avoids garlic for better yoga or to activate kundalini.

If garlic was such a best medicine, y the Yogis don't use it to activate the

Kundalini? Y many sanyasis avoid it in eating ?

[Guest guest]

I am a great advocate of garlic but for kundalini yoga it is obstructive as it

is rajasic in nature apart from onions and garlic, asafoetida, brinjals and

tamarind are also not good. This is for higher yoga. The attempt is not to

create more semen the attempt is to preserve it.may be vaam panthis advocate the

use of it

 

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Kundalini Yoga(KY) uses a different mindset and has for centuries. Since garlic

stimulates the sexual organs, it is advocated in KY....

 

80 drops of semen make drops of ojas. IN KY, the garlic helps create semen. The

semen helps create ojas.

[Guest guest]

In the ancient sutras, all the herbs have a 'story', to teach.

The story about garlic (paraphrase) was the gods were protecting the cauldron of

the nectar of immortality (I think it needed to be moved) from the demons. One

demon disguised himself and got in...a battle insued and where drops of the

nectar of immortality fell to earth, mixed with drops of the demons

blood....that's where garlic grew.

 

Personally, I find that anything in the garlic/onion family disrupts my heart

gem - mind connection and I loose my bliss! When I was chelating from mercury, I

tried the recommended 'Bear Garlic' as a binder...and it was far too disturbing.

I used foods to do the binding instead.

 

Also, besides ojas being formed from the most refined tissue shukra, I learned

we get it directly from Soma, the cooling, nurturing part of prana that goes on

to make Kapha in the body.

 

All Best,

Nancy

[Guest guest]

Garlic is an ultimate natural health protector. why sanyasies r not useing it's

a different thing. it is a essentional food for our body if, such group of

belivers r not eating, they know the cause. that doesn't mean garlic is not

important. if owl says sun is not there at the day time, what we can do ?

dr kamaldutt  

 

 

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One of the main reasons garlic is not used by yogis is because it stimulates

the sexual organs....

 

Kundalini Yoga(KY) uses a different mindset and has for centuries. Since garlic

stimulates the sexual organs, it is advocated in KY.

[Guest guest]

Garlic has an interesting religious anecdote as to how it came into being

After the churning of the ocean (amrit manthan), when finally the amrit

was obtained and Vishnu in the form of Mohini was distributing it to the Gods,

Rahu the commander of the demons sat amidst the Devas to obtain it

 

As soon as he had swallowed it, The Sun and the Moon pointed him out to vishnu

who while still in the guise of Mohini tapped Rahu on the head with the ladle,

an action which resulted in two drops of it falling out of his mouth

 

Filled with the potency of the amrit, the two drops immediately sprang forth

two plants (Garlic and onion) ..

 

Because they came from inside of a demon, they were classified as having

tamasic qualities (viz. inflaming sexual passions) but because of the amrit's

effect, they also acquired medicinal aspects ..

 

Of course, the story goes on to say that Rahu's head was cut off which became

Rahu while the body came to be known as Ketu ...

 

To those whom it matters, knowing the reasons behind a belief

helps them to hold the belief in the right perspective

 

Just sharing what  know with you all ..

 

 

 

 

 

With best wishes from

 

Rahul,

(bruntno1

Cybugle)

Owner/Moderator - The CYBUGLE & 60seconds

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why sanyasies r not useing it's a different thing. it is a essentional food for

our body if, such group of belivers r not eating, they know the cause.

[Guest guest]

But people who eat garlic have a a foul breath and oder

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> Garlic is an ultimate natural health protector. why sanyasies r not useing

it's a different thing. it is a essentional food for our body if, such group of

belivers r not eating, they know the cause. that doesn't mean garlic is not

important. if owl says sun is not there at the day time, what we can do ?

[Guest guest]

Peel the skin few garlic loves, chop them and keep it open for 5 minutes. Then

gulp it with water.

 

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> But people who eat garlic have a a foul breath and oder

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[Guest guest]

Everything in the universe is essential . Earth , water , air , fire &

space . It doesnt mean that we can eat earth ! Though the base of any herb is

earth as it is the generator of it . But we dont consume it as it is not eatable

.. Some people might eat it as a bad habbit & we know what is the ultimate return

gift ! Worms , indigestion , anaemia etc r some of the forms of the gift . What

i wanted to say is there should be Satvik ahar for perfect lifestyle . Garlic is

not Satvik . So we can avoid it .

 

> if owl says sun is not there at the day time, what we can do ?

It is always essential for an owl to be awake in the night . Thats is the

reason why we know it as an Owl ? It will never be awake in the daytime & wont

see the Sun ! It is its nature & cant be changed as it is natural . If it is

natural for anybody to eat Rajasik & Tamasik food , they will surely consume it

& would certainly suggest others to do so ! Try to think about what i wanted to

suggest !

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it is a essentional food for our body if, such group of belivers r not eating,

they know the cause.