I-garlic kanye no-anyanisi kungukudla kwe-tamasic kanye ne-rajasic, okusho ukuthi kuyi-caustic ngokwemvelo, okuholela ekwandeni kwe-bile nomlilo emzimbeni. Umuthi wendabuko waseNdiya weluleka ukugwema ukusetshenziswa kuka-anyanisi nesweli, okubangela ulaka, ukungazi, intukuthelo, ukuvuselela izinzwa ngokweqile, kanye nokukhathala, ukungahlaliseki noma ukwanda kwesifiso sobulili. E-Ayurveda, le mifino emibili ayibhekwa njengokudla, kodwa njengomuthi. Ngakho, ukwengeza kwabo ekudleni kwansuku zonke akufakiwe. Kuyaqapheleka futhi ukuthi abafiseleki kakhulu kubantu bomthethosisekelo we-Pitta nakulabo abanale dosha ngokungalingani. Izazi zokuzindla zamaBuddha nezamaTao nazo zaziwugwema kakhulu u-garlic no-anyanisi ngenxa yekhono labo lokuvuselela imizwa yothando nenkanuko. Ucwaningo lwangasese olwenziwe yiStanford University lwathola ukuthi ugalikhi uwushevu oweqa umgoqo wegazi nobuchopho. Kukhona ukuguqulwa kwamagagasi obuchopho, okuholela ekunciphiseni okukhulu kwesikhathi sokuphendula. Iqiniso elithakazelisayo: ngokusho kwezikhumbuzo zonjiniyela, abashayeli bezindiza bacelwa ukuba bangadli ugalikhi okungenani amahora angu-72 ngaphambi kokuhamba. AmaHindu azinikele avame ukugwema u-anyanisi nesweli njengeminikelo yokudla engafanele eNkosini Krishna. Ku-Garuda Purana, umbhalo ongcwele wamaHindu, kunemigqa elandelayo: ( Garuda Purana 1.96.72 ) Okuhumusha ngokuthi:
I-Chandrayana iwuhlobo olukhethekile lokuzisola phakathi kwamaHindu, olwaluhlanganisa ukuncipha kancane kancane kokudla okuthathwa ngumuntu ophendukile ngokuphuza kanye ngosuku, mayelana nokuncipha kwenyanga. Inani lokudla elithathwayo liyakhula kancane kancane njengoba inyanga ikhula. Izakhiwo ze-Aphrodisiac kuthiwa zibangelwa u-anyanisi kusukela ezikhathini zangaphambili. Kukhulunywa ngakho emibhalweni eminingi yamaHindu yakudala ngobuciko bokwenza uthando. U-anyanisi wawusetshenziswa kakhulu njenge-aphrodisiac eGrisi lasendulo, kanye nezindlela zokupheka zesi-Arabhu nezamaRoma. Ku-Bhagavad Gita (17.9) uKrishna uthi: