Milk with garlic: properties and recipes
The combination of milk and garlic, of course, can hardly be called an exquisite culinary dish with a pleasant aroma. However, traditional medicine has long used a similar composition for the treatment of a variety of diseases. The reasons for such trust are the effectiveness and rather high safety (minimum side effects) of the milk-garlic drink.
What helps?
The benefits of milk with garlic are due to the positive effect on the body of each of the ingredients of this "dish". Garlic has a pronounced antiseptic effect, which allows it to be used to combat viruses, microbes, and parasites. Garlic is an effective and safe folk remedy against parasites, which is suitable even for pregnant women and children. And in tandem with milk, he demonstrates effective restorative action. The drink has a positive effect on the heart and blood vessels, the respiratory system.
The composition calms the nerves, can be used as an anesthetic.
A wide spectrum of action is due to the richness of the composition of the mixture. It includes B vitamins, ascorbic acid, vitamin D, as well as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, zinc and iron. Essential oils and phytoncides are present here. Vitamin and mineral abundance of the composition has an immuno-strengthening effect, activates the body's defenses, which is important in the treatment of any disease.
Garlic is rich in a substance called allicin, which helps to strengthen the vascular walls and increase their elasticity.Allicin not only prevents the formation of plaques on the walls of blood vessels, but also contributes to the destruction of existing ones. Thanks to the antioxidants present in garlic, there is a decrease and stabilization of blood pressure, removal of free radicals from the body. The latter provoke the formation of cancer cells and the aging process of the body.
Getting rid of cholesterol plaques and strengthening blood vessels, as well as improving blood flow, has a positive effect on heart function. It begins to function better, the heart rate normalizes. Milk with garlic also has a good effect on the condition of the liver. This is made possible by the presence of free sulfur compounds in the product. They help the body get rid of toxins and toxins, which significantly relieves the burden on the body's main filter - the liver.
Garlic-milk mixture improves digestion and absorption of beneficial properties by the intestinal walls. When drinking the drink, gas formation and heaviness in the stomach disappear. Milk contributes to the restoration of intestinal microflora, and garlic eliminates the manifestation of a pathogenic parasitic environment. The mixture is used for helminthic invasion, to get rid of Giardia and some other parasites. With arthritis and other diseases of the joints and ligaments, this composition is recommended to reduce pain. Such a composition will strengthen the cartilage tissue, increase the elasticity of the joints.
Due to the high content of vitamin B, the drink is also used to treat nerves. It helps with stress, experienced unrest and emotional upheaval. The composition drunk before bedtime gives a calm and sound sleep, allows you to fight insomnia and nightmares.
In folk medicine, milk with honey is recommended in the fight against infertility - both male and female. This is due to the ability of the drug to influence the hormonal background of a person, strengthen and heal the body, and improve blood circulation.
Essential oils contained in garlic have been proven to improve male potency and increase libido. That is why the spicy vegetable is often used as an aphrodisiac.
Also components of garlic reduce the risk of developing prostate tumors, protect against prostatitis and prostate adenoma. The selenium included in the composition improves the production of spermatozoa, increases their activity, protects the genitourinary system from inflammation, and the man from impotence due to an increase in testosterone (the main male hormone).
Milk with garlic is no less useful for a woman's body. Essential oils and phytoncides reduce the risk of neoplasms, vitamin E helps maintain reproductive function. The consumption of garlic also has a positive effect on female sexual energy. Women often use garlic with milk for weight loss. Indeed, such a composition cleanses the body, removes toxins, but garlic also whets the appetite, so the effectiveness of this method to reduce weight remains controversial.
Milk is known for its emollient properties, so in a warm form, it is taken to eliminate sore throats, coughs. The addition of garlic makes the dairy product even more effective: garlic demonstrates an antiseptic effect, vitamin C strengthens the immune system, and essential oils help thin and remove phlegm.
Contraindications
Due to its aggressive effect on the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines, a garlic-milk drink is contraindicated for problems with the digestive tract, especially for gastritis and ulcers.Caution should be used in those recipes where milk with garlic is recommended to be taken on an empty stomach. Even in a healthy person, such a drug on an empty stomach can cause heartburn and pain.
Due to the ability to lower blood pressure the drink is contraindicated in hypotension. Its use can cause a decrease in pressure to critical levels that are dangerous to health. Other contraindications to drinking milk with honey include kidney disease, cholelithiasis, diabetes mellitus, pancreatitis, tachycardia, arrhythmia, hemophilia (low blood clotting), tendency or history of internal bleeding.
Refuse the drink should be women during lactation. The fact is that garlic affects the taste of breast milk, making it bitter, and also harms the baby: it provokes colic and indigestion in infants. The period of pregnancy is also not the best time for experiments on health. And although milk with garlic is one of the safest ways to get rid of helminthic invasion, expectant mothers should still use such recipes with caution. In any case, consultation with the attending physician is required.
It is worth remembering the cases individual intolerance to garlic. Rarely, it can still cause allergic reactions. The composition is also not suitable for people with lactose intolerance, because dairy products are contraindicated for them. With the appearance of diarrhea and other problems with the intestines (this is how milk intolerance manifests itself in most cases), drinking the drink should be abandoned.
A side effect of the use of the composition may be an increase in the mucus produced by the body.As a rule, this is evidenced by nasal congestion, difficulty in nasal breathing. The appearance of unreasonable swelling is also a symptom that milk is most likely not suitable for your body. It should also be understood that with a tendency (even a slight one) to an allergy to one of the ingredients, this reaction will manifest itself when it is combined with the second component of the composition. This is due to the fact that milk and garlic enhance each other's action.
It should be understood that milk with garlic is not a panacea and not a replacement for traditional treatment. Attempts to treat yourself exclusively with this composition can lead to complications of the disease.
Before using milk with garlic, it is better to consult with your doctor.
Cooking methods
Despite the small number of ingredients, there are many recipes for making milk with garlic. For the treatment of each of the ailments, you should choose the appropriate method.
To prepare a decoction for cough boil 250 ml of milk and put garlic pressed through a press (2 cloves). The drink should be cooled to 40 degrees, pour in a teaspoon of honey and add the same amount of butter. Drink warm sips, preferably before bedtime. Honey and warm drinks will help warm up the body, so after drinking the drink, you should not go outside.
You can increase the effectiveness of the drink, boiled garlic with onions. To do this, take 3 heads of garlic and 2 medium onions. Vegetables need to be peeled, chopped and pour 600 ml of milk. The composition is boiled over low heat until the garlic softens. Then the drink is cooled, filtered.
For taste and benefit, you can add honey or mint juice. Drink a glass three times a day.
With a strong cough and accumulation of sputum you need to combine 500 ml of milk and 250 ml of water. Put 10 minced garlic cloves into the liquid and bring the composition to a boil. After that, the fire must be reduced and the mixture boiled down until its volume is halved. Next, the milk should be cooled, filtered, and then add 3 tablespoons of honey and 0.5 teaspoon of turmeric to it. You need to drink a drink 2-3 times a day half an hour before meals.
To reduce pressure you should use the following recipe. You should take 2 cloves of garlic and a glass of milk, combine the ingredients and boil them over low heat. When the garlic becomes soft, the process must be stopped. Then the composition must be filtered and cooled. A decoction is taken 3 times a day for a tablespoon. The course of treatment will be 2 weeks, after which a week break is made. The finished drug is kept in the refrigerator for no more than 2-3 days.
Due to the antiseptic and antihelminthic properties of garlic, a drink based on it is used to fight worms. For 150-200 ml of milk, you need to take 5 cloves of garlic. The latter is finely chopped, added to milk. The composition is brought to a boil, after which it is boiled over low heat for another 10 minutes. The next step is to remove the composition from the fire and insist under the lid for 30-40 minutes.
The filtered and cooled drink is taken 1/3 cup 3 times a day. The last reception is necessarily carried out at night. The treatment course lasts 1.5-2 weeks. It is recommended to combine ingestion of milk with honey with garlic enemas. Boiled pumpkin seeds can also be added to the enema composition.
To prepare an enema 3 peeled garlic cloves are ground or passed through a press, then poured with a glass of milk. The temperature of the latter is 10-12 degrees. The composition is mixed and left to infuse for 3-4 hours.Then it must be filtered and poured into a syringe, after which the mixture should be injected into the rectum for several minutes. Repeat enemas 2-3 times a week.
For the treatment of insomnia and neuralgic diseases 2-3 cloves of garlic should be ground in a blender or coffee grinder. The resulting gruel is diluted with a glass of warm milk (40 degrees), add a teaspoon of honey, preferably meadow.
The drink should be mixed and drunk in small sips 30-40 minutes before going to bed. This composition can be used daily.
Application features
We already wrote that the garlic-milk mixture should not be taken on an empty stomach. In addition, it is good to know that garlic improves appetite, so drinking milk with this product can cause increased appetite, and consequently weight gain. This is worth remembering for people prone to obesity.
It is undesirable to combine this method of treatment with the use of certain drugs, primarily those that are incompatible with dairy products.. Adults should be aware of the recommendation not to drink alcohol during treatment, as this reduces the body's immune forces.
Caution should be given to milk with garlic to children.. Usually, this remedy is used to remove worms, treat cough. You can give garlic with milk as a prophylactic during flu and cold season. The reviews allow us to conclude that it is enough to give the child a drink at bedtime every 2-3 days to avoid the disease or get sick with it in a mild form.
However, it is important to remember that children under 5-7 years old are not recommended to put an enema, you will also have to reduce the amount of garlic in recipes in order to reduce its aggressive effect on the walls of the stomach.The use of milk and garlic formulations is allowed for children from 3 years old. To improve the taste of the drink and kill the unpleasant aroma, you can add a teaspoon of honey to it.
It should be understood that the drink demonstrates effectiveness during the course. The duration of the latter is at least a week, after which you should take a break for several days. According to Tibetan treatment, sweeteners should not be added to milk with garlic: this provokes fermentation processes in the intestines and reduces the healing properties of the drug. Also, you should not drink a spicy milk drink with water or tea, this will lead to a decrease in the concentration of nutrients.
For the preparation of a healthy drink, it is recommended to use whole, rather than skimmed milk. The optimal fat content is 1.5-2.5%. If you are using farm milk, it is important to remember that it is only safe for the first 1.5-2 hours after milking. Then such milk must be boiled.
Garlic is best taken young, juicy. It contains the largest number of healing components.
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