Let this not be said anymore that onions are simply a tasty food essential that makes everything spicier and tastier. Onions also help with the human body, fighting against common illnesses that you might not have to spend thousands of bucks to get cured of. Onions provide overall optimum stability to the body that allows it to work efficiently. Not just illnesses, mind you. An onion can also help you with the general ambiance around you. It can purify the air and give you some much-needed oxygen.
Here is a list of 10 things that onions do to the best of its abilities.
Cough
To get rid of coughs, one simply needs to peel open an onion and slice them. Then add brown sugar on the top and keep them covered for an hour, then eat it. Consume it twice daily, for the anti-bacterial characteristic of the onion is going to release sulfur that will kill the bacteria producing these coughs.
Fighting Hair Loss
Onions are great for preventing hair loss. For that, you need to boil a couple of slices in water and apply them before you put shampoo. The antimicrobial properties of the onion will prevent dandruff while the oxidants will prevent hair loss.
Loosening Congestion In The Chest
Make a paste out of crushed onions and apply it to your chest. Then cover it with a towel, and lie down. The antibiotic in the onions would help in strengthening the immunity and the paste would release the mucus in the chest.
Ear Infection
All you need to do is chop an onion and put it inside a sock that is made of cotton. Then place it over your ear and secure it with something until the pain goes away.
Cuts
You can treat cuts by cutting an onion and placing it on the spot. The onions would enable the wound to heal faster and not cause much pain. The onion’s antibiotic qualities would also prevent the cut from getting infected.
Sore Throat
All you need to do is gargle with onion skin and warm water. If it is too bad to taste, add lemon in it. Will help your throat a lot.
Puking
This is quite an interesting practice, where you squeeze onion juice into a cup. Then you make another cup of peppermint tea. Now you alternate between two sips from each cup until you stop puking.
Air Cleansing
Although an onion will definitely leave a smell afterward, it will also cleanse the air of viruses and bacteria, if left in a certain place for quite a long time. And it is quite easy to get rid of that smell.
Treating Burns
You could apply freshly cut onions on your skin, which is going to prevent inflammation of the skin and help in reducing the pain caused by burns. The sulfur present will prevent the growth of rashes and help in faster regeneration of the burnt skin.
Fever
To reduce fever, apply onion slices on the top of your feet after massaging coconut oil on the bottom. This will help you get relief, for the onion will draw out all the toxins from the body in a single night.
So, why not go for this readily available means which is going to make sure that you are healthy and safe?