Garlic: Ancient Egyptians

Garlic has been used medicinally for around 5000 years. It is thought to have originated in Central Asia and then to have spread rapidly in all directions. Since garlic has been so extensively domesticated, it is thought that no wild species remain.
Garlic has been used for medicinal purposes by more cultures over more time that any other plant product or substance. Scientists believe garlic was very important for the Ancient Egyptians. Garlic was discovered in the tomb of King Tutankhamen as well as the tombs of other Pharaohs dating back to 3200 BC.
The pyramid builders received a daily share of garlic because it is though to have aided in endurance and strength. Besides the Jewish Exodus, the only slave revolt known in Ancient Egypt happened when the Nile flooded the garlic fields and the pyramid builders went without garlic for a year.
Those who built the pyramids were not the only ones to use garlic medicinally. The Ancient Egyptians used garlic to treat bronchial problems such as asthma and illness. They also used it to aid digestion, provide vitality, and shrink hemorrhoids. Garlic was used to treat wounds, tumors, infections, and intestinal parasites. In 1550 BC “Ebers Codex” was written, in it were 22 different medical formulations using garlic as an ingredient.