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Few people know that this humble root vegetable in the kitchen has the ability to “wipe out” many body problems, from diseases to cosmetic issues. Let’s explore with us.
The cold winter in Northern Vietnam with consecutive cold spells makes young children easily susceptible to flu, cough, sore throat, runny nose… Seeing a child coughing all day long, surely any mother would feel extremely heartbroken.
However, parents should not rush to give their children antibiotics in the hope of a quick recovery, as that can be very harmful to their health later on. Mothers should persevere with very effective folk remedies from a common spice: onion.
Onions contain a number of phytoncides such as allicin, which have strong antibacterial properties, and work to kill infectious bacteria, including E. coli and Salmonella.
In the West, onions are not only a delicious dish but also a long-standing cough remedy, popularly used, both effective and very benign.
Americans have used onions to treat flu and colds for centuries. Even the World Health Organization has recognized onions as helping to reduce coughs, congestion, bronchitis, and respiratory inflammation.
According to Traditional Medicine of Tue Tinh: “Onions have a hot property, when used internally they have a general stimulating, antiseptic and antibacterial effect, causing secretion, treating coughs, facilitating digestion, and treating worms. Used externally to soothe and reduce swelling, antiseptic, analgesic, and repel mosquitoes.”
Dr. Bui Hong Minh (Permanent Vice President of the Oriental Medicine Association, Ba Dinh, Hanoi) said that onion is indeed a medicine in Oriental medicine. Eating onions helps reduce fat, stabilize cholesterol, cure ear infections, reduce chest pain, cure coughs, colds…
Therefore, if you and your child have a cough, you can completely use this ingredient, it will help you solve the problem effectively. Here are some remedies for coughs, colds, and runny noses from onions:
Method 1: Combine onion and honey
+ Ingredients: 1/2 onion, 4 tablespoons of pure honey.
+ Implementation:
Peel the onion, wash it, slice it thinly into a bowl and steam it with rice or steam it in a double boiler for 30 minutes.
When the onion has cooled down a bit, add honey, mix well and strain the juice to drink. It is more effective if you use the pulp as well.
Method 2: Combine onion and rock sugar
+ Ingredients: 1/2 onion, 20g rock sugar.
+ Implementation:
Peel the onion, wash it, slice it thinly into a bowl, then add the crushed rock sugar and mix. Steam in a double boiler for about 30 minutes.
While this cough medicine is still warm, strain the juice and drink 2-3 times a day.
Many people find the rather pungent scent of onions unpleasant. However, according to scientists, onions can quickly repel nasal congestion without any side effects.
How to use onions to treat stuffy nose is also very simple, you just need to chop the onion, put it in a thin towel, and sniff it many times a day until the stuffy nose is gone.
1 onion, wipes out 7 diseases
1. A slice of onion to reduce fever
Put a slice of onion in your socks and wear them to bed to help reduce fever caused by cold or rain.
2. A few slices of onion treat colds
Cut a few slices of onion and add them to hot tea to relieve sore throat and runny nose, thereby ending the cold.
3. Treat ear infections with onions
If you have an ear infection or water in your ear, simply place a piece of onion in your ear canal. The onion will help soothe the pain within minutes.
4. Stop bleeding when cutting your hand
Cut a slice of onion and place it on the cut, after a few minutes the bleeding will stop and the pain will be gone.
5. First aid for bee stings
When stung by a bee, quickly remove the stinger and apply onion to the sting to prevent the venom from spreading and help the skin heal quickly.
6. Treat burns
Applying onion to the red burn for about 2 minutes will quickly soothe the skin, heal the wound quickly and prevent scarring.
7. Fade raised scars
Apply onion daily to scars from surgery or deep cuts to fade the scars.
Source: Synthesis
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