Can eating garlic prevent H1N1?

Posted on December 2, 2009
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Online has reported that, at present, Shandong, Henan, Wuhan and many other cities in garlic prices have been soaring, there are people in the trade, mainly with the garlic be able to control a flow of the. So, eat garlic really be able to control a flow?

Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western medicine, director of medicine, said Dr. Wang Dongxu, as early as the late Han dynasty in China’s medicine book “Do not recorded famous doctor”, in relation to the effectiveness of garlic has been elaborated: “San carbuncle swollen sores, in addition to Feng Xie, anti-virus gas. “medicine that garlic spicy, warm in nature, can answer stagnant air, warm the spleen and stomach, eliminate disease product, insecticide detoxification. Therefore, garlic has some role in virus resistance.

Chen Lei, director of the hospital Pharmacy introduced, garlic known as the “natural broad-spectrum antibiotics,” right purulent cocci, staphylococcus, meningococcus, pneumococcus, tuberculosis, dysentery bacillus, typhoid bacillus, Escherichia coli, Helicobacter pylori such as a clear role in inhibiting or killing, but not easy to produce drug resistance. Garlic in the garlic and allicin and other alkyl ene Thiosulfinates has a strong anti-viral activity. Garlic extract can kill the flu virus, the treatment of influenza. Therefore, consumption of garlic A flow control has some scientific justification.

However, experts also remind the effectiveness of garlic are numerous, but the food is also contraindicated: First, do not fasting, and eat lots of garlic, as this will make gastric mucosal damage and easy to cause acute gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer; 2, do not long-term consumption. Garlic contains the colon can harden the material, long-term consumption will weakened peristalsis, causing constipation. Garlic killing intestinal bacteria at the same time, they will kill the beneficial bacteria in the intestines. Third, patients with hepatitis not eat. The volatile oil of garlic make red blood cells in the blood, hemoglobin decrease, causing anemia, hepatitis patients on treatment and rehabilitation of extremely unfavorable. Have kidney, heart and other diseases in patients during treatment should also be fasting garlic.

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