Is it harmful to drip garlic water into the nose?

Garlic is a very important food and is indispensable on people’s tables. It not only tastes good, but also has strong bactericidal and therapeutic effects. Eating more garlic can also improve the body’s immunity, prevent various tumors and diseases, etc. Garlic can also be used to make medicine. For example, many people use garlic water to treat rhinitis, but is it harmful to drip garlic water into the nose? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

There is no harm in dripping garlic water into the nose, but it is somewhat irritating and will cause the patient to suffer a great pain shock at the beginning. But the effect of the treatment is very obvious.

Garlic is a natural broad-spectrum plant antibiotic. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that garlic is pungent and warm in nature, and has the effects of detoxifying, relieving pain, stopping diarrhea, expelling parasites, stopping bleeding, dispelling wind and removing phlegm. Modern pharmacological research has confirmed that garlic contains about 20% volatile oil, and the capsaicin it contains has obvious antibacterial and bactericidal effects on Staphylococcus, Pneumococcus, Streptococcus, Diphtheria Corynebacterium, Shigella, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Candida albicans, etc. Garlic can be taken internally or applied externally for medicinal purposes.

1. Nasal drop method : Take appropriate amount of garlic, peel it and mash it to extract the juice. Use garlic juice to drip into the nose 3 times a day. It can cure colds and stuffy noses, and also prevent the flu.

2. Application method : Cut the garlic cloves and apply the cut surface to the affected area of ​​tinea pedis, 3 times a day. It can both relieve itching and kill bacteria; take 50 grams each of garlic and leek, mash them into a paste, heat it slightly, and apply it vigorously to the affected area of ​​psoriasis, twice a day.

3. External application : When carbuncle first appears and becomes red, swollen, hot and painful, mix mashed garlic with a little salt and apply to the affected area. Change the dressing twice a day to reduce swelling and relieve pain; take a head of garlic, peel it, mash it into a paste, add a little flour, mix it with rice vinegar, apply it to the mumps affected area 3 times a day, and it will be effective in 3 days.

4. Sniffing method : Mash 1 to 2 heads of garlic into a paste. Inhaling the volatile gas through the nose for 1 to 3 hours each time, 1 to 2 times a day, has a good auxiliary effect on pulmonary tuberculosis.