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The Many Wonderful Uses Of Onions

by Joshua
December 5, 2022
in Health

Clogged ears

The clogged ears are often irritating and not good for your hearing ability. Follow the process to unclogged your ears

· Remove a soft part of the onion and put it at the beginning of the ear canal.

· Don’t push it hard inside your ear, be careful that you place at the beginning only.

· Allow it to remain overnight and the onion juice will soften the wax build up in the ear.

· Next day it will be easy for you to remove the wax and unclogged the ears.

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Burns

Burns are common if you love baking cookies and cakes. The onion juice is very useful to soothe the burning skin.

· Just cut the onion in half and apply the piece of it on the burned skin. Leave it on the burned area for 5 minutes and the pain will vanish.

High Body Temperature

It is the best solution to high body temperature.

Put the slices of onion in your socks as a treatment for high body temperature. This one is truly great and provides an amazing result.

Bone Health

Onions have a high content of calcium and they have the ability to maintain strong bones. Moreover, they are a great source of sulfur and can keep connective tissues healthy and strong.

These two elements can prevent bone loss, particularly in aging people. Onions are also beneficial for women who are going through menopausal stage since this vegetable can relieve the symptoms of menopause.

Diabetes Prevention

One serving of onions has 27% of your biotin DRI that is extremely beneficial for your overall health. It has the ability to combat symptoms related to Type 2 diabetes. A recent study showed that a combination of chromium and biotin can regulate blood sugar and decrease insulin resistance.

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Healthy Digestion

Onions are rich in fiber that is essential for maintaining a healthy digestive tract. With a proper amount of fiber in the system, the harmful chemicals can be released through defecation of waste products in order to prevent health problems. The proper function of the digestive system can facilitate proper digestion and efficiently absorb the nutrients from your food.

Lowers Blood Pressure

The sulfur found in onions can act as a natural blood thinner and prevent blood platelets from collecting. This is beneficial for lowering blood pressure, thus preventing the risk of heart attack or stroke. Moreover, quercetin can prevent the accumulation of plaque in arteries.

Prevention of Cancer

Onions are packed with flavonoids, especially quercetin known for its potent cancer-fighting properties. It can reduce DNA damage and prevent the formation of tumors as well. A number of studies showed that quercetin can reduce the risk of developing colorectal and ovarian cancer.

Improved Immunity

Onions are a great source of vitamin C and phytochemicals which can increase the effectiveness of vitamin C in your body. In other words, you will have a more effective and healthier immune system.

Healthy Heart

The regular consumption of onions can stimulate the production of good cholesterol in the body, thus helping the proper regulation of cholesterol levels. This will balance your blood pressure and prevent heart problems.

Pain Relief

Fresh onion juice can relieve pain and burning sensation from insect bites. It is also very effective in the case of bee stings due to its potent anti-inflammatory properties.

Skin Health

Biotin is very beneficial for maintaining a healthy skin. It can treat brittle nails, maintain skin health and prevent hair loss.

Stress Relief

Quercetin also prevents stress. When a person is experiencing stress, the body produces cortisol. Too much cortisol can lead to protein breakdown and damage your muscle tissue. Quercetin has the ability to suppress enzyme needed for cortisol releases. High amounts of antioxidants like quercetin are found in onions, relieving the body from free radicals and preserving its health. Onions can be easily juiced and consumed as such, helping with respiratory diseases because of its cleansing nature. Onions are good for treating and preventing many different health problems.

Weight Loss

Eating one onion a day can help improve metabolism and digestion. If you want to have regular bowel movements and maintain weight, add more onions to your diet.

Sexual Enhancement

Onion is a potent aphrodisiac and stands second only to garlic. For this, the white variety is most effective. It stimulates your sexual hormones.

Urinary Tract Infection

Boil some onion in water till half of the water evaporated. Sieve the onion water, leave to cool and drink. The anti-bacterial properties help to relieve the burning sensation in urination.

Onion Detoxifies The Blood

Here’s how to use onions to help detoxify your blood:

Take an onion (any color) and cut into flat slices.

Place the onions at the bottom of your feet and pull a thick pair of socks over the onions to keep them in place overnight. Go to sleep and in the morning discard the onions.

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Beauty Benefits Of Onions

Anti-Aging

Onions contain anti-aging properties such as vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin E and antioxidants. All these properties can help remove free radicals in the body and reduce the negative effect of sun damage to the skin. Onion will also help reduce the appearance of fine lines, age spots and wrinkles. Massaging onion juice on the skin will help improve blood circulation. This will make the skin regain its youthful glows.

Healing of Blemishes

Applying fresh onion juice on insect bites, acne, burn, bee bite and more can help increase its healing process. The anti-inflammation and antibacterial property of onion will lessen the redness of the blemish and improve healing time.

Lighten Complexion

Eating onion will help purify your blood and the flavonoids in them will help give the skin its natural glow. You can apply a mixture of onion juice, milk, nutmeg and gram flour on the skin. Apply this mixture in pigmentation or dark spots on the skin to lighten them.

Remedy to hair loss

Suffering Hair loss, applying onion juice on scalp twice a week for 2 months will cause hair regrowth. Definitely cost much less that those hair stimulants.

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