The hometown of garlic is in Central Asia, although it has been cultivated in our country for more than 2000 years, it is an authentic foreign vegetable.
Garlic is famous for the diversity of it's products: green garlic for edible seedlings, garlic sprouts for edible stems, garlic heads for bulbs, and garlic heads are commonly known as garlic.
The main reason why garlic is favored is that it has the function of health care and disease prevention, and it is increasing recognized by the medical profession and the public.
As early as 4600 BC, the Egyption pharaoh Khufu gavew garlic to the slaves who built the pyramids to prevent disease. The medicinal value of garlic has been recorded in the medical dictionary Ebers Prescription Collection. 4500 years ago, the ancient Baby king was a garlic eater. According to historial records, the king once ordered his subjects to pay tribute to the royal officials with garlic to satisfy their eating pleasures.
From 460BC to 375BC, the ancient Greek Physician Hippocrateds used garlic to treat gastrointestianl and lung diseases and to stimulate menstrual cramps. the ancient greeks also regarded garlic as a body building and fitness food.
At that time, the ancient Greek Olympics were fashionable for naked sports. In order to pursue human bodybuilding, ancient Greek athlete were popular to eat a vegetable, garlic which is used fo curing diseases and fitness.
