Health and Fitness

Onion is the most common vegetable universally which is the component of most of the dishes. There are many useful medical significances of onion besides its normal function. In many cases, onion is used to solve gastronomical problems. It is the earliest known food medicines, and was used for hundreds of years for colds and catarrhal disorders and to drive fermentations and impurities out of the system. Effective as a poultice, applied to the chest for colds, congestions, and bronchitis and on the ear for ear infections.

The onion is described as an antiseptic, stimulant, diuretic and expectorant. If eaten raw at dinnertime, the onion ensures a good night’s sleep. For a bad cold and cough there exists nothing better than the consumption of well boiled or fried onions. Onions contain a large amount of sulphur and are especially good for the liver. There is experimental evidence to prove that other than having definite anti-tumour properties, the essential oils found in the onion prevents the deposition of cholesterol in the arteries.