Recipe: Garlic Milk, A Powerful Health Bomb – Cures Cough, Asthma, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Cardiac Problems, Arthritis, Insomnia…

…And Many Other Diseases!

Many years ago many different kinds of fruits, vegetables, and culinary spices were used to help with a variety of health complaints without the need for any other treatment. One such medicated drink, good for overall well-being, is the preparation of garlic milk, made with the goodness of garlic mixed in warm nourishing milk.
Here is how you can make this remedy:

Ingredients:

– peeled and minced garlic cloves – 10 pieces;
– milk –500 ml;
– water – 250 ml;
– honey – 2-3 teaspoons.

Preparation:

At first put the milk with water in a saucepan. Then add garlic cloves and boil this mixture in an open saucepan in moderate heat, stirring continuously, until the mixture reduces to half its quantity. After that, strain the milk, let it cool until it’s lukewarm and add honey.

Health Benefits of Garlic Milk

1. Cough

Garlic together with turmeric is a great remedy for persistent cough. You can make garlic turmeric milk for treating this condition. The antibacterial properties of garlic make it an excellent remedy for cough. A mixture of honey and garlic makes an excellent expectorant to provide relief from cough.

2. Asthma

You can use only three cloves of garlic every night for excellent results in combating asthma.

3. Tuberculosis of Lung

Garlic is highly effective in certain diseases of the chest. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is receptive to numerous sulphur components present in garlic. Only a decoction of garlic boiled in milk is considered a wonderful drug for tuberculosis. One gram of garlic, 240 ml of milk and 1 liter of water are boiled together until only one fourth of the decoction remains. You should take this remedy thrice a day.

4. Pneumonia

Garlic milk decoction taken thrice a day is also an effective remedy for pneumonia.

5. Cholesterol

If you drink warm garlic milk for over a week it will help you reduce the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol known as “bad” cholesterols thereby increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the good cholesterols in the body.

6. Cardiac problems

Mix skimmed or low fat milk with the garlic cloves to relieve cardiac disorders. It can prevent the formation of clots and enhance circulatory health.

7. Digestive health

Garlic is an effective antiseptic and immune booster. It is one of the foods beneficial for the digestive health. It also has an important effect on the lymph, facilitating removal of lethal waste matter in the body. Garlic can also stimulate the secretion of the digestive juices producing marked effects on the intestine providing soothing relief on various forms of diarrhea. So, garlic milk is ideal for treating all kinds of digestive disorders. The drink is an excellent remedy for infectious diseases and inflammations of the stomach and intestine.

8. Curing Jaundice

Garlic helps the body get rid of unwanted toxins by activating the liver enzymes. The liver needs sulphur to detoxify the body from toxins. Since garlic is a great source of sulphur, it is a healthy food for the liver, having amazing effect on the symptoms of fatty liver. Loaded with allicin and selenium, garlic enhances bile production reducing fat in the liver. That’s why drinking garlic milk for 4 to 5 days helps curing jaundice.

9. Impotence

Garlic is a fantastic cure for impotence. Drinking garlic milk and consuming the boiled pieces of garlic helps combat infertility in both women and men.

10. Arthritis

Consuming garlic milk every day is very effective in reducing symptoms of arthritis such as pain and inflammation.

11. Sciatica

Garlic milk is one of the most popular natural remedies for curing sciatica nerve pain. Drink this milk over a period to reduce the sciatica pain effectively.

12. Insomnia

The healthy garlic milk taken just before bedtime alleviates insomnia, inducing sound sleep due to the soothing ingredients of garlic.

 

yogaesoteric
November 28, 2017

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