Diseases That May Be Treated with Raw, Baked or Boiled Onion

Rich in antioxidants, has been considered to prevent cold, coughing, diabetes, and even cancer, onions are nothing if not a superfood. It has always been a part of our meal, it is not only delicious, but also as a natural treatment of various medical conditions.

The lining of onion

• To treat headache or earache, at painful sites put coverings with chopped onion.
• For easing a fever, place lining with chopped onions on your feet.
• To treat a bleeding nose, put lining with chopped onions on your neck.
• Rubbing an onion on your skin is a simple way to repel insects.
• For ulcers of the skin or under it, grate an onion and mix it with a little of olive oil, then put it on the sore spot and hold for 1 or 2 hours.

Juice of onion or onion tea

• Onion tea is a great remedy for soothing sore throats. On the stovetop, boil water with onion peels in it (about 1 cup of water for the peels of 1/2 an onion.) Bring to a boil, remove onion and serve. It works for coughing as well.
• To prevent hair loss, massage your head using onion juice, several times a day.
• For skin burns, rubbing onion juice into the skin several times a day.
• Against carminative stomach, drink onion juice mixed with brandy in equal proportions.
• Mix one tablespoon of honey and 1/8 tablespoon of black pepper in a quarter cup of onion juice. It works as an effective natural treatment for asthma.

Boiled onion

• If you often face the problem of ulcer, boiled onion helps.Chop 1 onion, and mix with 2 dl of water with 1 tablespoon of honey. Then, boil the mixture with a little rosemary, 2 dl of wine and 2 dl of water. Take 1 tablespoon every hour.

Baked onion

• If you have problems with blood clotting, eat one onion fried in olive oil in the afternoon and evening every day.

Other creative ways to use onion:

• An onion a day can cure insomnia that will surely give you a good night sleep.
• If you have problem of indigestion, onions can cure it by increasing the release of digestion juices.
• Onions increases insulin in the body and also treats diabetes by controlling the sugar levels in the blood.
• Memory loss? For good memory, consuming onions is your best bet.
• Onions cure menstrual disorders too. Consume raw onion before a few days at the beginning of your cycle.
• Having half a raw onion per day is beneficial in controlling cholesterol levels.
• The mixture of warm sesame oil/mustard oil and onion juice benefits those who are suffering from arthritis.
• Dilute onion juice by adding sufficient rose water in it. Use this solution as an eye drop to improve eyesight.

For more Health Tips and advice like this one, check out our Home Remedies section. 

Also Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for all the latest updates! For daily free health tips, sign up for our newsletter.  
 
Anna McPhee
Source: http://blogs.naturalnews.com