Onions--a prized member of the lily family brings on tears, agreed, but when it comes to fighting multiple diseases, it sure is an ace ally. A must-have for your kitchen shelf, onions have multiple nutritional benefits and healing properties. For a matter of fact, onions were historically taken as preventative medicinal cure to epidemics of cholera and the plague.
While onions have a curative power, the highly acclaimed medicinal plant also packs in a punch by adding oodles of taste to your food. Onion contains natural sugar, vitamins A, B6, C and E, minerals such as sodium, potassium, iron and dietary fibre along with a good source of folic acid.
If consumed in its raw state than when cooked, onions contain a variety of organic sulphur compounds, contained in a volatile oil, that provide various health benefits.
- 1.Protects you against common cold, allergies and cough: An immediate cure for fever, common cold, cough, sore throat, allergies, etc, onions are great to keep common diseases at bay. When a mixture of onion juice and honey is consumed, it tends to cure cold and cough almost immediately.
- 2.Helps in digestion: Onions can improve the digestive system as it increases the release of the digestion juices.
- 3.Takes care of your sleep woes: Onions have the ability to cure insomnia and other such sleeping disorders.
- 4.Treats diabetes: Onions increase the insulin in the body and also treat diabetes by controlling the sugar levels in the blood.
- 5.Protects you against ulcers and cancers: Onions search free radicals, thereby reducing your risk of developing gastric ulcers. It also prevent cancers and specifically works against head, neck and colon cancers.
- 6.Guards the skin: One of the most popular tricks to remove dark patches or pigments on your face is by applying some onion and turmeric juice on that area.
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