Garlic as Natural Medicine

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Garlic Garlic is one of the most commonly used vegetables in India. Garlic is also known as Lassan and its botanical name is Allium sativum Linn. It belongs to the Lilliaceae family and is known by several many names in different parts of India. Its Sanskrit name is Lashuna. The Hindi names of Garlic are Lasum, Lassan, Lahsun and it is called as Naharu in Assamese. The Bengali speaking people call it as Rasun, it is known as Lasan in Gujarati and in Kannada; its name is Belluli. The name of Garlic in Kashmiri is Rahan and the Malayalam speaking people know it as Velluli. While, it is known as Lusoon in Marathi, in Oriya; its name is Rasuna. The Punjabi speaking people call Garlic as Lassan or Lasum and it is known as Ullipundu and Vellaip-pundu in Tamil. Garlic is called as Velluri in Telugu and in Urdu; it is called as Lessun and Lashun. Garlic is cultivated in all over India and the states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Orissa, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Bihar. Since the ancient times, Garlic has been used as a valuable condiment for foods in India. It has also been used quite extensively as a popular remedy for various ailments and psychological disorders. Garlic has a special mention in the Hindu mythology. According to Hindu mythology, the gods and the demons once churned the sea, using earth as the axis and divine snake Basuki as the rope. Many precious materials came out due to churning of the sea. Along with the materials, a pot of nectar also came out and consuming the nectar was believed to have capacity to make one immortal. The gods and demons fought against each other for this pot and eventually, the gods took possession of the pot. The King of gods, Indra took the pot to heaven for distributing to gods. However, he first offered it to his wife Sachi, before distributing to others. After consuming it, Sachi could not digest the
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