In the history of Sir, we find the first mention of it in a work related to 3000 years before Christ, which was left by the people of Iran and its surrounding lands. They used garlic as a food. Iranians ate garlic to protect their bodies from various diseases. Meanwhile, this plant was brewed in the form of tea and drunk to eliminate infectious fevers and diarrhea. In addition, they used garlic to remove painful swellings.

Also, other documents from archeological investigations in Iran show that the people of the burnt city used a lot of garlic in their diet along with other natural and healthy food items 5000 years ago. Iranians have always considered garlic as a sacred plant.

According to the narrations, Iranians used garlic in one of their ancient festivals, which was called “Sirsur” or “Garlic Festival” and was held before and after Islam in different regions of Iran on the fourteenth day of January, and eating garlic In this celebration, it is a universal tradition and has a symbolic aspect. Zoroastrians made a food called Sirosedow with edible garlic, which is prepared from the combination of garlic and sedab plant (Ruta graveolens), sesame oil, vinegar, onion and bread.

The consumption of garlic has a special place in the diet of Iranians, and together with garlic, they eat vegetable and meat dishes to get rid of “sorrow and diseases” and “heal” themselves. It seems that people with this experience took garlic with their food to avoid diseases including lowering blood fat. Garlic is also one of the main components of Haftsin Iranian cuisine. Garlic is placed on the Haftsin table with the motivation that it is a sign of health and purity inside and outside of a person, and away from filth and unrighteousness.

“Hakim Abu Ali Sina”, one of the greatest famous Iranian doctors and thinkers, who lived in the 10th century AD, believed that garlic is a hot and dry plant and called it “the elixir of life” that is useful in the treatment of many diseases. Is. Also, “Mohammed Zakariya Razi”, another famous Iranian doctor, has stated many benefits of consuming garlic and has used garlic to treat diseases such as: relieving chronic pain, thinning blood, quenching excessive thirst, and preventing colic. .