Allium sativum or garlic is also considered an old world plant and its origin is not fully figured out but it is thought it is descended from similar species of plants, Allium longicuspis which grows wild in southwestern Asia. When Garlic is broken down into its chemical state such as when being crushed, it releases allicin, which is strong antibacterial, antibiotic, and antifungal compound.
Garlic is known to have many medicinal effects in Haiti such as healing: nausea, flatulence, fever, parasitical intestinal infection, pain of molar teeth, lower acidity of blood, itching and infection of the skin, and hypertension. For nausea, flatulence, fever, parasitical intestinal infection, pain of molar teeth, lower acidity of blood, and itching/infection of the skin a decoction should be made with the bulb,1-6 oral drops three times a day is recommended. For itching/external infection of the skin and hypertension the bulb should be pounded and can either be taken orally or applied as a poultice to the affected area.
The breakdown of the bulb contains the following nutrients: 3.5% proteins, 27.4% carbohydrates, fibers: 0.7%; ashen: 1%; calcium: 18 mg; match: 88 mg; iron: 1,5 mg; sodium: 18 mg; potassium: 373 mg; caroteno: 0 µg; thiamine: 0,24 mg; riboflavin: 0,05 mg; niacina: 0,4 mg; ascorbic acid: 10 mg.
This information is also seen in the USDA nutrient database: thiamine 15%, riboflavin 7%, Niacin 5%, panthothenic acid 12%, vitamin B6 95%,Vitamin C 52%, Calcium 18%, Iron 14%, Potassium 9%, Phosphorous 22%,and Zinc 12%.
This information is also seen in the USDA nutrient database: thiamine 15%, riboflavin 7%, Niacin 5%, panthothenic acid 12%, vitamin B6 95%,Vitamin C 52%, Calcium 18%, Iron 14%, Potassium 9%, Phosphorous 22%,and Zinc 12%.
However, garlic does have powerful side effects primarily being halitosis so be careful!
Garlic is produced worldwide but since it grows wild in most of EuroAsia the leading countries are China, India, South Korea, Russia, and followed by the United States. Every state in the U.S. grows garlic as a cash crop except Alaska and the presumable reason it is in the Caribbean specifically Haiti since it is not indigenous to the land, would be colonizers who had brought it over as a cash crop to cultivate as it can be easily grown anywhere. Garlic is not mentioned Alejo Carpentier’s The Kingdom of This World but cultivation of cash crops is a driving force behind the plantation system, which is essentially slaves such as Macandal working the land. As the slaves are the ones working with the crops, it is to their advantage to learn and find the medicinal power within the plants, “Stretched out in the shade of a carob tree, … he foraged with his only hand among the familiar grasses for those spurned growths to which he had given no thought to before” (17).
Garlic is produced worldwide but since it grows wild in most of EuroAsia the leading countries are China, India, South Korea, Russia, and followed by the United States. Every state in the U.S. grows garlic as a cash crop except Alaska and the presumable reason it is in the Caribbean specifically Haiti since it is not indigenous to the land, would be colonizers who had brought it over as a cash crop to cultivate as it can be easily grown anywhere. Garlic is not mentioned Alejo Carpentier’s The Kingdom of This World but cultivation of cash crops is a driving force behind the plantation system, which is essentially slaves such as Macandal working the land. As the slaves are the ones working with the crops, it is to their advantage to learn and find the medicinal power within the plants, “Stretched out in the shade of a carob tree, … he foraged with his only hand among the familiar grasses for those spurned growths to which he had given no thought to before” (17).
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