Garlic Healing Way Back in Ancient Egypt

"During the building of the Pyramids, the workers were given garlic daily to give them the vitality and strength to carry on and perform well” from Ancient Egyptian Medicine

It seems like the world and people of 3000 BC should be radically different from the people living in the world today. However, the power of garlic connects the ancient times and recent times together. The belief that garlic has special healing powers did not arise recently, but rather dates back to 5,000 years ago in Ancient Egypt. The Egyptians believed that garlic provided vitality, aided digestion, shrank hemorrhoids, and cleansed the body from “evil spirits” probably because of the foul smell. In addition, they used garlic to treat wounds, infections, tumors, and intestinal parasites.
As Dr.Schwarcz in The Fly in the Ointment states, “ancient Egyptians fed large doses of garlic to their slaves to keep them strong and healthy.” During the building of the pyramids, the ancient Egyptians fed garlic to the workers daily in order to provide them with the maximum strength and endurance to build. Garlic bulbs were discovered in King Tutankhamen's tomb evidently showing that garlic was an important part of his life. How can one be sure that garlic used for medical purposes goes back to 3000 BC? Sanskrit records of garlic use that date back 5000 years from the Smith Papyrus, records from the Chinese Tang Dynasty, and 3500 year old Egyptian medical text all prove how medically important garlic was. Therefore, all the claims that garlic prevents cancer and improves agility and strength have their roots in Ancient Egypt.

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