Benefit for health.
Onion is an excellent preventive and curative remedy for the common cold, sore throat, cough and flu.
When coughing is very good onion syrup: for 5-10 minutes it is necessary to boil 100-120 g of chopped onions in 250ml of water. The resulting broth should be filtered, add 10 teaspoons of sugar, then boil on low heat until the syrup. On the day, take 2 to 6 teaspoons of this medication. If the throat hurts, it is useful to chew fresh onions.
With flu and cold, as well as for the prevention of respiratory-viral diseases during their peak, you can breathe onions. The bulb should be rubbed on a fine grater and a little longer to breathe on the resulting gruel. You can freshly grated onion wrapped in pieces of gauze and place the received tampons in the nostrils. Some people put a finely chopped onion in their toes when they catch cold and sleep in them. With headaches helps to massage the forehead with onion juice.
Fresh onion heals wounds and light burns. It is a wonderful antiseptic: put a thin translucent skin (which is between the layers of onions) on the affected area and cover with gauze on top. This method reduces the likelihood of scars on the skin. Baked in the dough, the onion is applied to the ripe abscesses.
To kill bacteria in the mouth, enough for 3 minutes to chew onions. Onion is also used to relieve toothache, it is enough to put a piece on a sick tooth. With the bites of bees, gadflies, mosquitoes, itching and pain alleviate if the bite is rubbed with onions (with a sting of the bee it is necessary to remove the sting beforehand). You can escape from mosquitoes, if you cut a bulb into pieces on a piece of lamp.
Onion is good for the heart. It improves blood circulation and strengthens the muscles of this organ, keeping it from ischemic disease, lowers cholesterol level in the blood. With high pressure, the following recipe will help: mix the onion juice and honey in equal parts. Take two teaspoons a day before the onset of improvement, about a week. After this, take this remedy for several more days.
Fresh onions improve digestion, increasing the secretion of gastric juice, cures stomach upsets, stimulates appetite, and has diuretic properties. Has some calming effect on the nervous system. To improve sleep at night, you can take a teaspoon of onion juice mixed with honey or milk.
The use of onions is also evident in the intimate sphere. Onions have an exciting and tonic effect. Turkish doctors came to the conclusion that onions can make a serious competition to the drug "Viagra", especially since the intake of onions and extracts from it does not have any complications in comparison with this drug. It is believed that the exciting effect is a consequence of the strong impact of onions on mucous membranes when consumed in food. Onions are good for both partners, because it not only increases the potency of men, but also increases libido in women. Unpleasant odor from the mouth at the same time to eliminate is very simple. It is enough to rinse your mouth with water, and after chewing the leaves of parsley.
For men, the onion is also useful because it promotes the prevention of prostate cancer. Specialists of the American National Cancer Institute came to the conclusion that taking only 10 grams per day of this vegetable reduces the risk of developing a prostate tumor by half. Bulgarian scientists with adenoma and hypertrophy of the prostate recommend to eat at night a small onion head with bread and salt, or drink juice from one head of onions with honey.
Contraindications for taking onions a little. It is not recommended for use in diseases of the stomach and intestines, with stones in the kidneys.
Benefits for beauty.
Onion has found its application in folk cosmetics. For the treatment, improvement of the skin condition the following recipes are used.
Nourishing mask for all skin types:
- Mix fresh onion juice with liquid honey in a ratio of 1: 1 or 2: 1, this composition is applied to the skin for 15-20 minutes. Remove the mask first with a damp, then dry tampon. Has a whitening effect. If you want to remove pigmentation spots and freckles, this mask should be applied daily until you get the effect you need.
Mask for oily skin:
- Rub two onions onions. Squeeze the juice, mix the remaining gruel with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Apply the mask on the face for 20-25 minutes, then wash it off first warm, then rinse with cold water.
Acne:
- It can be removed by oiling them with onion juice 2-3 times a day.
Dark spots:
- To make them invisible, rub the skin with the juice of the bulb once or twice a day. After a month, the spots should disappear.
Whitening Mask:
- Rub onion on a grater, mix with the beaten up albumen in equal shares. At the same time, a lotion with chamomile infusion is applied to the eyelids. Wash off the mask with cold water.
Corns:
- They can be inferred if you put a layer of onion husks soaked for 12-14 days in vinegar on the heels. This lotion should be tied up all night. Repeat this procedure several times.
Hair care.
With abundant hair loss and dandruff:
- Rub in the scalp a fresh bulbous juice or gruel. Wrap your head with a towel, so be like an hour or two. Then wash everything off.
- Also, the following infusion is used against dandruff: pour 25 g of onion peel 0, 5 liters of boiling water, soak the infusion for about 15 minutes. This infusion rinses the hair after washing.
For dry hair:
- Mix the mashed onions, honey, egg yolk, vegetable oil (all in a teaspoonful). The resulting mixture should be applied for an hour, the hair wrapped with a towel, then washed off.