Garlic, how to use it for beauty, health, home and garden. Garlic is a real natural medicine and antibiotic. Garlic has antibiotic and blood purifying properties that can be useful in the prevention of numerous diseases, starting with the simple cold.
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THEgarlic it's a real one natural medicine, known since ancient times as a curative remedy and as an antibiotic useful for the prevention of infections, as well as coughs and colds.
THEgarlic it has antibiotic and blood purifying properties that can be useful for staying healthy. In addition, you can use garlic to remove parasites from the garden, as a mosquito repellent, for cleaning the house, and more. Here are some of the main alternative uses of garlic.
Health and beauty
1) Treatment for acne
If your skin is too sensitive to apply the Tea Tree Oil, try with garlic. The property garlic are in fact very useful for de-inflammation of the skin in case of acne. In the evening, before going to sleep, rub a piece of raw garlic on the critical points. Otherwise, you can chop the garlic to collect the juice and apply it to the skin with a cotton ball or face sponge.
2) Face lotion
You can prepare one disinfectant lotion and toning for the face by mixing small amounts of garlic juice, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar and lavender flowers. You can prepare your tonic by adding half a glass of apple cider vinegar, a few drops of lemon juice and garlic juice. Leave a tablespoon of lavender flowers in vinegar, to perfume it. Filter and apply the tonic on the face gently, possibly diluting it with a little water.
3) Natural antibiotic
The properties of garlic are exploited to use it as a real natural antibiotic since ancient times. Garlic was used for disinfect quickly small cuts, passing a wedge over the wound. Enrich with raw garlic according to natural medicine, one's diet can help to prevent and fight bacterial infections.
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4) Cough and cold
For centuries garlic was considered as the simplest natural remedy to resort to in case of cough o cold as typical ailments of the winter season. So try to prepare a infusion based on garlic. Chop a clove of garlic and let it rest for 5 minutes in a cup of boiling water. Filter it, sweeten it to taste and drink it as if it were a normal herbal tea, useful for the respiratory tract and against cough. Another tip is to eat 3 cloves of raw garlic a day to prevent colds and flu, as well as to heal faster.
5) Aphrodisiac
Is garlic aphrodisiac? This is a characteristic attributed to garlic since ancient times. Aristotle pointed to garlic as an aphrodisiac. Men belonging to religion Hindu they avoided it so as not to be distracted from their own spiritual quest. It seems that the Talmud indicates to husbands precisely garlic as a suitable food before amorous encounters with one's wife. Perhaps, due to the flavor, garlic is not the most suitable ingredient for a romantic dinner. But you might think about using natural garlic-based extracts to rekindle the passion, always on the advice of the herbalist.
Home & Garden
6) Mosquito repellent
Garlic is considered a natural repellent suitable for remove le mosquitoes. The scientific region for which mosquitoes prefer to stay away from garlic is not clear, but it seems that their evolution has led them to avoid it. You can keep mosquitoes away by placing a few cloves of garlic near windows or in areas of the house or garden where they are most present.
7) Fleas
Garlic can be used as flea natural for cats and dogs. While its use for feeding pets is controversial - remembering that small quantities are not usually considered harmful -, as far as external use is concerned, it is possible to use a clove of garlic to rub the fur of pets e keep away unwanted insects and parasites.
8) Garden care
If you have decided to grow your garden in a natural way, ban any product for its care that is not really. To protect your vegetables from parasites and by plant diseases, insert a bulb of garlic here and there among your vegetables. The advice also applies to fruit trees: in this case you will plant the garlic around their trunk. To get a natural remedy for pests and plant diseases, prepare a decoction with 5 cloves of garlic and 500 milliliters of water. Bring to a boil, let cool, strain and spray on plants or soil once or twice a week in the evening.
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9) Natural glue
If you don't have a jar of glue handy, don't despair and try to check for any cloves of garlic left in the refrigerator or pantry. In ancient China, garlic was used as a proper natural glue and for repair the glass. If it comes to pasting the paper, try rubbing juice extracted from crushed or chopped garlic cloves on your sheets.
10) Disinfectant spray
Here's how to quickly and quickly get one disinfectant spray is preferably used for cleaning of the whole house. Pour 3 or 4 minced garlic cloves into a container, along with 500 milliliters of vinegar. Add 5 drops of lemon essential oil and shake it all up. Spray on the surfaces of the house to be disinfected or use it to dissolve the limestone. You can leave everything to rest in a closed container for at least a full day, in order to filter the liquid and remove the garlic.
Marta Albè
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