lashuna :

Edibility / Culinary

- Widely used by Filipinos for flavoring dishes.

Folkloric

- In the Philippines, bulbs used for hypertension. Also used as diuretic, and eaten fresh or burned for coughs in children.

- Arthritis, rheumatism, toothaches: Crush several cloves and rub on affected areas.

- Crush clove applied to both temples as poultice for headache.

- Crush garlic or cut clove crosswise and rub directly to areas of insect bites.

- Decoction of leaves and bulbs for fever and as hypotensive, carminative, expectorant, and antihelmintic.

- Juice from freshly crushed garlic used for colds, cough, sore throat, hoarseness, asthma and bronchitis.

- Decoction use for tonsillitis.

- Steam inhalation of chopped garlic and a teaspoon of vinegar in boiling water used for nasal congestion.

- Fresh garlic has been used as a complement to INH therapy for tuberculosis. In Mexico, fresh bulb is eaten as a preventive for tuberculosis.

- In India, garlic juice diluted in water, applied externally to prevent hair from turning grey.

- Diluted juice used for earaches and deafness.

- In the Antilles, used as vermifuge.

- Also used for menstrual cramps.

- Used for digestive problems and gastrointestinal spasms.

- Infusion of a peeled broiled clove used for gas pains.

- Juice of bulb with common salt applied to bruises and sprains; also used for neuralgia and earache.

- Rubbed over ringworm for soothing effect.

- In WWI, fresh raw juice was used as antiseptic for control of wound suppuration.

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lashuna - Allum sativum Linn. - Liliaceae