Onion - Benefits, Medicinal and Health Uses of Onion

The onion, a pungent edible of the lily family, is one of the oldest cultivated vegetables. It is considered a food of exceptional value for flavouring and seasoning.

Onion uses and benefits

• A multi-faceted heart-blood medicine
• Taking 12 gms of onion juice mixed with the same quantity of honey for 21 days increases virility.
• Boosts beneficial HDL cholesterol
• Thins the blood
• Eating onion helps to clear phlegm from the throat and mouth. Teeth becomes white, it sharpens the memory and strengthens the nerves.
• Lowers total blood cholesterol
• Retards blood clotting
• Regulates blood sugar
• Kills bacteria
• Drinking the mixed juice of onion and memordica charantia (karela) cures severe indigestion.
• Eating white onion with raw sugar and some turmeric powder daily in the morning and evening time cures jaundice.
• Giving onion with raw sugar to children help them to gain height.
• The onion after being crushed and boiled clears phlegm.
• One spoonfull of onion juice eliminates the worms in the stomach of children.
• Applying onion juice on the hair eliminates lice.
• Steep finely chopped onion for about 1 week in mineral oil in a sunny spot then strain. Dilute the oil with water and use as a spray to repel garden insects.

A very effective syrup can be made from onions and honey: in a 500 ml jar, add 125 ml of honey and fill with thinly sliced cooking onion. Stir to coat onion and allow to sit overnight. Use the resulting liquid as a cough syrup. It is an expectorant, antibiotic and anti-inflammatory.

Food value of onion