Garlic for Back Pain

• Hridroga (heart diseases)
• Tuberculosis (TB)
• Atonic dyspepsia
• Kushtha (skin diseases)
• Krimi (worms)
• Jwara (fever)
• Vata Vyadhi (neurological/musculoskeletal disorders)

Garlic benefits: लशुनो भ ृशती णो णः कटुपाकरसः सरः १०९ यः के यो गु व ृ यः ि न धो रोचनद पनः भ नास धानकृ ब यो र त प त द ूषणः ११० कलासकु ठगु माश मे ह मकफा नलान ् स ह मापीनस वासकासान ् हि त रसायनम ् १११ Lashuna (garlic) is highly penetrating (deep into the tissues), hot in potency, pungent in taste, and at the end of digestion, makes the bowles to move, good for the heart (or the mind), and hairs;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

Tikta and Katu त तं कटु च भू य ठं अ ु यं वातकोपनम ् ऋते अम ृतापटोल यां शु ठ कृ णा रसोनतः Generally bitters and pungents are non-aphrodisiacs and aggravate (increase) Vata except for Amrita (Indian tinospora), Patoli, Shunthi (ginger), Krishna (long pepper) and Rasona – Garlic – Alium sativum.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Rasabhediyam Tastes, Their

Now the patient should be asked to bring the drugs- Mulaka (radish), sarshapa (mustard), lashuna (garlic), karanja (pongamia), shigru (drum stick), madhu shigru (a kind of drumstick), kharapushpa(katphala or vana tulasi), bhustruna, sumukha(a type of tulasi), surasa(type of tulasi), kutheraka(type of tulasi), gandira(Canthium parviflorum Lamk), kalamalaka(type of tulasi), parnasa(type of tulasi), kshavka(type of tulasi), phaninjaka(type of tulasi)- all or whichever are available, should be cut i

— Charaka Samhita, Vimana Sthana — Specific Medical Principles, Chapter 7: Signs of Morbidity (Vyadhita Rupiya Vimana / व्याधित रूपीय विमान)

the use of vyapanna madya (contaminated wine) or excessive liquor or heat inducing raga (condiments) and sadava (confectionery), the use of vidahi (causes burning), shaka (vegetables) and harita (lashunadi harita group dravya), kilata (cheese), kurchika (inspissated milk) and mandaka (immature curd), the use of sandaki (fermented wine), as also of paistika (one made up of pistamai padarth or pastries) and oils made of sesame, black gram and horse gram, the use of flesh of domesticated, wet land

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 21: Erysipelas Treatment (Visarpa Chikitsa / विसर्पचिकित्सा)

[149] Garlic mixed with powder of green gram, trikatu, yavakshara and ghee should be given to reduce the alleviated kapha.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 26: Three Vital Organs Treatment (Trimarmiya Chikitsa / त्रिमर्मीयचिकित्सा)

The medicated oil prepared in the expressed juice of garlic and the drugs mentioned above, is curative of vata roga.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 28: Vata Disorders Treatment (Vatavyadhi Chikitsa / वातव्याधिचिकित्सा)

The method of purifying mercury (Parada Shodhana Vidhi): Place mercury in a mortar made of Rajika (mustard) and Lasuna (garlic — Allium sativum), bind it in cloth using the Dolika Yantra (swing apparatus), and heat it [with steam].

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 12: Rasadishodhana-Maranakalpana (Mercury and Rasa Preparations)

Then add Rajika (mustard), Lasuna (garlic), and Murva (Marsdenia tenacissima) with fresh acidic liquids.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 12: Rasadishodhana-Maranakalpana (Mercury and Rasa Preparations)

Maricha, Pippali, Shunthi, Kankola, Lashuna (garlic), Katphala — this powder for Pradhamana.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 8: Nasya Vidhi (Nasal Therapy)

Alternatively, a paste of garlic (Lashuna, Allium sativum), or Hingu (asafoetida, Ferula assa-foetida) with neem may be used.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

Neem and Karanja are both insecticidal, Nirgundi is antiparasitic, and garlic's allicin is a potent antimicrobial.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

Eggshell, garlic, the three pungent substances (trikatu), karanja (Pongamia) seeds, and cardamom — this is considered the lekhya (scraping) anjana.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 12: Raktabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Blood-type Conjunctivitis)

Every morning, garlic with ghee should be consumed.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 39: Jvarapratishedha

Manashila, devadaru, two turmerics, triphala, trikatu, garlic, manjishtha, rock salt, cardamom in equal parts.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 18: Chapter 18

The juice of matulunga (citron), vinegar (shukta), and the juice of garlic and ginger — each one individually is suitable for ear filling (karnapurana), or oil prepared with them.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 21: Chapter 21

The drugs for nasal purification (shirovirechana) include: pippali, vidanga, apamarga, shigru (drumstick), siddhartha, shirisha, maricha (pepper), karavira, bimbi, girikarnika, kinihi, vacha, jyotishmati, karanja, karlaka, lashuna (garlic), ativisha, shringavera (ginger), talisha, tamala, surasa (basil), arjaka, ingudi, mesha-shringi, matulingi, murunji, pilu, jati, shala, tala, madhuka, lacha, hingu (asafoetida), salts, wine, cow dung juice, and urine.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 39: Shodhanasanshmaniya Adhyaya - On Purification and Pacification