Garlic is pungent, warm and belongs to the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It has the effect of decongesting, detoxifying and killing insects, and can be used to treat carbuncles and ringworm sores, and can treat all swelling and poison. Garlic has a stronger detoxifying effect and can assist in the treatment of tuberculosis, dysentery and diarrhea. For the treatment of tuberculosis, purple garlic can be boiled with rice to make porridge. To treat whooping cough, use garlic mixed with sugar. Garlic in wine has a warming effect on the meridians, but this effect comes from the wine, not from the effect that garlic itself has. Raw garlic can be consumed or cooked for unclean diet, vomiting, diarrhea or dysentery. For modern treatment of bacterial dysentery and amoebic dysentery, garlic can be made into syrup and taken orally with good results. Modern pharmacological studies have found that the trace elements in garlic can also inhibit the growth of tumors and cancer cells.