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Is Onion good for
flu?
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In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people
there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them
combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many
died.
The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very
healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the
wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the
home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and
asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope.. She
gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It
obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.
Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years
ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her
customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her
shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work.. (And no, she
is not in the onion business.) The moral of the story is, buy some onions and
place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in
your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere. Try it and see what
happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu. If this helps you and
your loved ones from getting sick, all the better. If you do get the flu, it
just might be a mild case..
Now there is a P. S. to this for I sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly
contributes material to me on health issues. She replied with
this most interesting experience about onions:
Well done, thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmers story...but,
I do know that I contacted pneumonia and needless to say I was very ill...I came
across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put one end on a fork
and then place the forked end into an empty jar...placing the jar next to the
sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the
germs...sure enough it happened just like that...the onion was a mess and I
began to feel better.
Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the
room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful
antibacterial, antiseptic properties.
This is the other note.
LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
Onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions. You should
never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion. It's not even safe even if you
put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator.
It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, that
it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put in your
hotdogs at the baseball park!)
If you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay,
but if you slice that leftover onion and put on your sandwich,
you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato
salad, will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will
even begin to break down.
Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.
Please remember it is dangerous to cut onions and try to use it to cook the next
day, it becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates Toxic
bacteria which may cause Adverse Stomach infections because of excess Bile
secretions and even Food poisoning.
Proof: when you have paint fumes in a room, peeled and cut onions in a bowl of
water neutralizes the fumes, so, it does the same for germs and bugs.
( Source: Internet )
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