There is appreciable epidemiologic evidence that demonstrates therapeutic and preventive roles for garlic. In some Western countries, the sale of garlic preparations ranks with those of leading prescription drugs. Garlic has attracted particular attention of modern medicine because of widespread belief about its effects in maintaining good health. With the onset of Renaissance, special attention was paid in Europe to the health benefits of garlic. Avicenna (1988) ▶, in his well-known book, Al Qanoon Fil Tib (The Canon of Medicine), recommended garlic as a useful compound in treatment of arthritis, toothache, chronic cough, constipation, parasitic infestation, snake and insect bites, gynecologic diseases, as well as in infectious diseases (as antibiotic).
There is some evidence that during the earliest Olympics in Greece, garlic was fed to the athletes for increasing stamina (Lawson and Bauer, 1998 ▶).Īncient Chinese and Indian medicine recommended garlic to aid respiration and digestion and to treat leprosy and parasitic infestation (Rivlrn, 1998 ▶).In the medieval period, garlic was also played an important role in the treatment of different diseases. Garlic has also played as an important medicine to Sumerian and the ancient Egyptians. Garlic has played important dietary and medicinal roles throughout the history.Some of the earliest references to this medicinal plant were found in Avesta, a collection of Zoroastrian holy writings that was probably compiled during the sixth century BC (Dannesteter, 2003 ▶). Garlic ( Allium sativum L.) has acquired a reputation in different traditions as a prophylactic as well as therapeutic medicinal plant. Perceiving plant foods as beneficial diet is advised by the folklore of many cultures over centuries. Despite cultural differences, there are some shared characteristics of healthy dietary patterns. Across cultures, there are many different dietary patterns which are believed to promote human health.
Dietary factors play a key role in the development of various human diseases.
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