@Steemit community, onions are added to almost all first and second dishes: food at the same time acquires a richer flavor and a delicious flavor. In addition, the healing properties of onions have a beneficial effect on the body, saving against viral and infectious diseases and helping to cope with a variety of diseases.
Everyone knows the benefits of onions, because ancient healers prescribed this vegetable crop to treat ailments four thousand years ago, and now onion extracts, compresses, mixtures and juice are used successfully in traditional medicine. However, not everyone knows what vitamins the onions contain, otherwise this unique vegetable would be present at each table every day as a prophylactic for the overall improvement of body health.
The composition of onions includes the following nutrients and vitamins: sugars (inulin polysaccharide, fructose, glucose), flavonoids, saponins, pectins, quartz, potassium, phosphorus, iron, fluorine, zinc, iodine, essential oils and organic acids. Vitamins E, C (more than oranges), and vitamins of group B.
Onions have the following healing properties: antibacterial, anthelmintic, diuretic, anti-wrinkle, anti-inflammatory, hematopoietic, expectorant and tonic.
The smell and spicy taste of onions is caused by essential oils (allicins) with a high sulfur content. The volatile part of essential oils, called phytoncides, has a powerful antiseptic property. It is enough to put a cut onion in the room so that the phytoncides destroy most of the simplest bacteria, microscopic fungi and infections in the room.
The iron contained in onions contributes to the treatment of anemia; mineral salts normalize water-salt metabolism in the body; Potassium has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system, zinc strengthens nails and hair, quercetin prevents the development of cancer. The vitamins in onions have a positive effect on the work of the liver and thyroid gland, increase immunity and keep the body in good shape.
In addition, daily consumption of onions in food: normalizes digestion; avoid colds, flu and other viral diseases; naturally lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels; reduces the likelihood of heart attacks; normalizes sexual desire; lower the percentage of blood sugar; strengthens the secretory function of the digestive glands; increases muscle tone of the digestive tract; notably reduces the harmful effects on the body of radiation; purify the blood; improves metabolism; and calm the nervous system.
White onion turnips can be used to make porridge, which is often used in cosmetology as a scalp mask. Thanks to this mask, hair loss slows down and growth is restored. Apply onion masks also to clean and heal the skin of the face. Turnip onion porridge can be applied to the rough and cracked skin of the heels, then removed after a couple of hours and the heels are smeared with sunflower oil so that the skin becomes softer. Onion porridge heals skin ulcers, wounds, relieves burns and relieves suppuration.
Onion juice, obtained from white bulbs, effectively helps relieve pain in rheumatism. It is taken orally and rubbed in the lower back. Showers and lotions of onion juice are used for various female gynecological diseases (erosion, inflammation of the appendages, etc.). Onion juice is also drunk as an anthelmintic.
Chopped onions can be used as an inhalation for a sore throat. And with the flu, it is recommended to lubricate the onion and honey mixture (1: 1) of the nasal mucosa and the oral cavity.
It is worth noting that the benefit of onions does not diminish during heat treatment: all of its healing properties are preserved during frying, boiling, etc. Include green onions or turnip feathers in your daily diet, and the result will be noticed immediately. Your health will improve significantly and your body will strengthen, and you will not be afraid of any flu epidemic!
