Onions and garlic in herbal medicine and homeopathy. Publication 1: Applications in Traditional Medicine
AUTHORS : Kiseleva T.L. | Nefedova .A.V.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : Institute of Homeopathy and Naturotherapy of the Federal Scientific Clinical and
Experimental Center for Traditional Methods of Diagnostics and Treatment
Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow
YEAR : 2004
Onions and garlic are among the most popular food plants in the world used in herbal medicine. In culture, onions have been known for more than 6 thousand years,
the homeland of onions is Central and South-Western Asia – Afghanistan, Iran, from where it came to Egypt and Greece, and then spread throughout Europe, and later
around the world [5; 22], Garlic is also a very ancient vegetable culture, and now it is found in the wild in Armenia, India, Arabia [5]. The homeland of garlic is South Asia;
perhaps he comes from the Kyrgyz steppes. Garlic has been cultivated for many
millennia in all countries [11; 35].