What are the effects and functions of boiled garlic water?

Garlic is an indispensable ingredient in our lives, and it is well known that eating garlic is good for the body. Boiled garlic water is also a drink that many people like. Garlic water can not only dispel cold and treat cough, but also treat athlete's foot, kill bacteria and prevent insects. In your spare time, you can boil some garlic water at home. Adding some brown sugar to the garlic water will make it taste better.

Cough Treatment 1 Garlic enters the lung, stomach, and spleen meridians, and is suitable for coughs and other symptoms. Therefore, garlic boiled water is the most significant treatment for coughs. Coughs and sputum caused by colds, asthma, tracheitis, and tuberculosis can be significantly relieved by taking garlic boiled water.

Dispel Cold 2 Garlic tastes spicy, warm, irritating, and can induce sweating. People who have caught a cold can take garlic boiled in water to dispel the cold and relieve the pharyngitis, cough and discomfort caused by the cold. For severe colds, you can also add ginger and brown sugar to the garlic boiled water to accelerate sweating and help dispel the cold.

Treatment of athlete's foot 3: Garlic boiled in water can not only be taken orally, but also used externally. After boiling garlic in water, apply it directly to the area where athlete's foot appears. It can effectively prevent and treat fungal infections and treat athlete's foot. Of course, you can also add minced garlic directly to the foot bath water, or crush the garlic and put it in a jar with olive oil to make garlic oil. Apply the garlic oil to the athlete's foot for better results.

Sterilization and Insect Repellent 4. Boil garlic in water and put it in a spray bottle. Spray it around the air. It also has a good sterilization and insect repellent effect. Mosquitoes don’t like the smell of garlic, so it can effectively repel mosquitoes. The antibacterial properties of garlic can also kill bacteria when swallowed. Spraying garlic water around the body can kill external bacterial invaders. However, since allicin is easily destroyed by heating, using fresh garlic is more effective.

Method 6 of boiling garlic water: prepare 30 grams of garlic, 10 grams of rock sugar (honey can be used instead), and 200 milliliters of water. Put them into the pot and boil the water over high heat, then simmer over low heat, and finally boil it into a small bowl of water for drinking. Of course, you can also use a pot to steam the garlic water, the effect is the same. If you want to enhance the cold-dispelling effect of garlic water, you can add ginger and brown sugar to cook together.