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Onion compresses
1. When you have headaches, swelling, earaches or a cold, apply compresses with sliced onion to the affected areas.
2. In case of high fever, place onion compresses on your feet and soles.
3. If you are bleeding from the nose, apply compresses with onion slices to your neck.
4. When an insect bites you or animals bite you, disinfect the wound, then place a slice of onion on it and bandage it with a dressing.
5. For superficial or subcutaneous ulcers on the skin, grate the onion, blend it with a little olive oil and then apply to the sore area for 1 to 2 hours.
Onion juice
6. If you have inflammation of the throat, the bronchi or an infection in the lungs, slice an onion and squeeze the juice from it.
Then mix it with 1 tablespoon of honey and consume it. Do this 2 to 3 times a day until the symptoms of your condition improve.
7. If you want to prevent hair loss or encourage the growth of hair that has already fallen out, massage your scalp for a few minutes with fresh onion juice several times a day.
Do this of course only if you do not mind a strong onion smell and also if your skin is not too sensitive to irritation from onions.
8. If you suffer from a severe and persistent cough, juice the onion and then mix its fresh juice with water. Drink this mixture several times a day.
9. Follow the same procedure as in point 8 when you want to get rid of intestinal parasites.
10. If you have any skin condition such as eczema, acne or rashes, massage fresh onion juice into the affected skin several times a day.
Cooked onion
11. If you suffer from frequent urination, finely chop one onion, mix it with 200 ml of clean water, simmer for a while, let it cool and finally add 1 tablespoon of honey. Mix everything well and drink it.
An alternative recipe is to mix the sliced onion with 200 ml of water, 200 ml of wine and a pinch of rosemary and simmer the whole thing again for a while. Drink one tablespoon of this infusion every hour.
12. The same procedure as in the previous point can be used for stomach ulcers. But start gently and test whether it does not irritate your ulcers.
Baked onion
13. When you have wounds or ulcers on the skin, first wash the affected area with water.
Then apply a slice of onion to it that you previously baked in coconut oil (of course after it has cooled, not hot).
14. Do you have problems with blood clotting associated with the risk of heart attack or stroke?
Then it will help you if you consume lightly fried onion in olive oil twice each day, for example half an onion in the afternoon and the other half at night before sleeping.
15. For ear infections, apply a compress to the ear with warm (but not too hot) baked onion.
16. Applying slices of baked onion also helps in the treatment of various skin basal cell carcinomas and other less aggressive types of skin cancer.
Conclusion
Do you know any other useful ways to use onion?
