For thousands of years, people have been using food for a wide variety of purposes. For the most part, people think about food being served on a platter or perhaps fried up in a frying pan. Although that certainly is the case, they can also be used for medicinal purposes at times. This is true of onions, which is perhaps one of the most unusual things that you are going to learn today.
Onions have been used for thousands of years as a great side dish or as a part of a salad but they have also been used to help cure various ailments and even to help with a number of issues that can occur around the home. They are one of the more versatile natural remedies because they act as both an antibiotic and antiseptic and they have high sulfur content. Because of their antioxidant properties, they help the body to eliminate free radicals that can lead to various disease.
Here are some ways you can use them or yourself:
Coughing – Peel onion and slice it in half. Put a tablespoon of brown sugar on each slice and cover for an hour. Eat it as a relish twice daily for your ough. The anti-bacterial properties kill microbes that lead to a cough.
Sulfur also helps to remove toxins from the body. They also reduce inflammation that takes place when you cough.
Hair Loss – Boil water with onion and use it on your hair to rinse before you shampoo. It has antimicrobial properties that promote new growth and stop dandruff. The antioxidants will help to reduce hair loss.
Congestion – Make a paste out of crushed onions and coconut oil. Spread it on your chest and cover with a towel. The antibiotic properties will help to build up the immune system. The vapors will also help to loosen mucus in the chest.
Colic – Make an onion tea by boiling diced onion in water and draining. Give the baby a teaspoon of the tea every hour till they calm down. The onion helps to relax muscles and regulate digestion.
Bug Bites – Put a slice of onion or some onion juice on a bug bite. It reduces inflammation and discomfort.
Ear Infection – Put chopped onion in a sock and tie it closes. Place the sock over the ear until the pain goes away.
Cuts – The film of an onion skin can work as an antiseptic agent to stop a cut from bleeding. It also helps to speed the healing of the wound and prevent infection.
Sore Throat – Make a drink from onion skin and water and gargle with it. Add honey and lemon if you have a problem with the flavor. It will help to reduce inflammation in the throat.
Vomiting – Grate an onion and squeeze it through cheesecloth to get some fresh onion juice. Brew peppermint tea. Drink two teaspoons of the juice followed by two teaspoons of peppermint tea.
Clean Air – The onion will pull bacteria and viruses from the air.
Minor Burns – Rub an onion on a burn, including a sunburn to speed up skin regeneration and reduce comfort.
Fever – Slice onion thin and spread the bottom of the feet with coconut oil. Put the onions over the bottom of the feet and wrap with plastic wrap before covering with a sock. The onion will pull toxins and sickness from the body.