Garlic Burns

1 March 1993

journal article
Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics

Vol. 91 (3) , 658-659
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.91.3.658

Abstract

Five things have been said about garlic: it assauges hunger, warms the body, brings joy, increases virility and destroys intestinal lice. There are those who say that it engenders love and dispels envy. —Babylonian Talmud: Baba Kama (first gate) page 82 Garlic (Liliaceae Allium sativum) has been used for centuries by many cultures as a remedy for a variety of illnesses. Herodotus spoke about the medical use of garlic in Egypt, 3000 years BC. Hippocrates, in the fifth century BC, used garlic to treat a variety of infections, including leprosy, intestinal disorders, and chest pain. In the Middle Ages garlic was used for protection against the plague.

Keywords

CHEST PAIN

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