Introduction:

In 1858, Louis Pasteur first discovered the germ theory of the disease. He demonstrated that microbes were the cause of the decomposition of foods.

He showed that Anthrax bacterium cause the dreaded disease of the same name and discovered that small viruses causes rabies.

Foods that fight infections:

  • Cabbage,
  • Carrot,
  • Clove,
  • Coconut,
  • cumin seeds,
  • curd,
  • drumstick,
  • garlic,
  • ginger,
  • lemon,
  • onion,
  • sage,
  • Turmeric.

Cabbage:

The cabbage is one of the high-rated leafy vegetables and is a marvelous food. It’s grown for its enlarged edible and its eaten all over the world. Its is one of the excellent muscle builder and cleaner. Its contain high minerals and vitamins and also alkaline salts.

Cabbage is an antibiotic food and also possesses anti bacterial powers. It can destroy a variety of bacteria’s including H.pyloric bacteria which is now considered as a cause of stomach ulcers.

Regular intake of cabbage can cure both gastric and duodenal ulcers. And also cures other infectious diseases like obstructive jaundice and bladder infections.

Carrot:

The carrot is popular food and also highly protects food. It’s rich in beta carotene and other food ingredients. It is an antioxidant and powerful cleaning food. It’s an alkaline elements, which purify and revitalize the blood. It nourishes the entire system and helps in the maintances of acid-alkaline balance in the body.

Carrot juice prevents infections of eyes, throat, tonsil, and sinuses as well as respiratory organs generally.

Taking carrot juice in the empty stomach in the morning can eliminate threadworms in children specially. And grated carrot every morning with no other food added can helps to clear worms quickly.

Carrot is one of the best foods which give you healthy glowing skin and healthy look. The leaves of carrot, which are usually discarded, are highly nourishing and healthy-building food.

Clove: clove, one of the popular spices, is the dried unopened flower bud obtained from a handsome, middle sized evergreen tree. Its great medicinal value as an anti-septic and also anti-biotic. Widely used in the treatment of toothache and decayed tooth. Clove oil is used in this treatment. Clove oil applied to the cavity in the decayed tooth can relieves toothache.

Coconut:

The coconut know as a wonderful food. it contain almost all essential needed nutrients for human body. The water of the tender green coconut contain generally know as mineral water, is an anti bacterial food. The tender coconut water rectifies the electrolyte balance and neutralizes the acidosis of the blood. It is also rich in potassium. Coconut is also an ancient remedy for expelling intestinal worms.

Cumin seed:

Cumin seeds are one of the oldest spices, know since biblical times. They are powerful antibacterial food. They are rich in THYMOL. Which is an anthelmintic against hook worms infections and also as an antiseptic. Dilute cumin water is an antiseptic beverage and also useful in common cold and fever.

Curd:

An ancient wonder food, curd or yogurt is strongly antibacterial. Its nutritive content is similar to fresh milk. During the process of curd, bacteria converts milk in to curd, and predigest milk protein. These bacteria then inhibits the growth of hostile or illness causing bacteria inside the intestinal tract and promotes beneficial bacteria needed for digestion. Buttermilk which has the same nutritive and curative value as curd, is prepared by churning curd and adding some water removing the fat in the form of butter.

The germs which give rise to infection and inflammation such as those, that cause appendicitis, diarrhea dysentery cannot thrive in the presences of lactic acid found in curd and buttermilk.

Daily intake of225grams of curd reduces colds and other upper respiratory tract infections in humans.

Drumstick:

The drumstick is a fairly common vegetables grown all over India it is antibacterial and a wonderful cleaner. The leaves of drumstick tree are specially beneficial in the treatment of many ailments due to their various medicinal properties. They are full of iron and used as food. The drumstick has antibacterial properties very much like penicillin and other antibiotics.

Garlic:

The garlic, a garden vegetable of the onion family, has cultivated from time immemorial. It has been various described as food, herbs, a medicinal plant, antiseptic and a magical antidote( to suppress the efforts of poison) to evil by various people at different times throughout the ages.

Garlic is one of the nature’s strongest, antibacterial foods. The test shows that garlic can kill almost 72 infectious bacteria, that spreads diarrhea, dysentery, tuberculosis and encephalitis .

Garlic works as an antibiotic in various forms. Ra garlic taken orally kills infectious bacteria in the intestines directly. Bacterial or viral infections in lungs and bronchial tract can be killed by Garlic’s sulphur compounds, absorbed either through food, or inhalation or poultices, and then excreted through the lungs.

Ginger:

Ginger is a root vegetable and a spice. Its is being used from Vedic periods and it is also called as MAHA_AUSHADI, means Great Medicine. Ginger is an anti-biotic and also helps in fighting infections. Ginger widely used in the treatment of whooping cough. Also effective in treating chest congestions, sore throat, common cold, digestive problems and many.

Lemon:

The lemon is an important fruit of citrus group. It ranks high as health food. lemon contain anti-cholera property. Lemon juice can kill cholera bacilli within a very short time. It is very effective and reliable preventive against cholera during the epidemic. It can be taken sweetened or salted beverages. Taking of lemon with food as daily routine also prevents cholera.

Onion:

Onion is an exceptionally strong anti-bacterial and anti-septic food. it was used to treat infections in wounded Russian soldiers during 2nd world war. In cholera affected patients 30grams of onion along with black pepper prepared paste ,two or three times daily in small dose, this will allay thirst and restlessness in the patients. It will also reduces vomiting and diarrhea immediately.

Sage:

In tamil it is called as Karpora valli. One of the most important culinary herbs. Always plays great role in the history of botanical medicine. It is an anti-bacterial food with anti-septic property. Specially treats infections like sore throat, tonsillitis, plague, common cold, running nose, dust allergy.

German doctors commonly recommend a hot sage gargle can give relief to sore throat and tonsillitis.

Turmeric:

Turmeric is a perennial plant. The rhizomes or the underground stems are short and thick and constitute ccommercial tumeric. Its is important flavouring spices of daily life. Tumeric mentioned in Sanskrits works, ayervedic medicines and also in unani medicines. It has anti septic property and effectively heals sore throat, cold, rhinitis.

The juice of raw turmeric can effectively works on ringworm infections. The paste of tumeric can be applied ver skin to cure ringworm, scabies, and indolent ulcers.