How to use onions to treat urinary tract infections, dry cough, hypertension
RAW onions help protect the heart. They also reduce cholesterol levels in the body because they increase level of high-density lipoproteins.
It has been found that, eating raw onions daily helps in preventing coronary heart disease, malfunctioning of heart muscles and guard against irregular blood pressure — both hypertension and hypotension. It is also a good medicine for thrombosis.
Onions also stimulate body immunities that help fights cough. In fact, red small onions can be used as expectorant. Also crushing raw onion and mixing it with warm water containing pure honey and kept for some time can be used to knock out stubborn, dry cough. For example, those experiencing burning sensation while passing urine a condition that can be caused by micro-organisms like streptococcus can boil 100 grammes of onion in 600ml of water. When the volume reduce to half, it can then be taken. Drinking this therapy for at least one week will bring a remarkable relief from this urinary tract infection.
Also, mixing onion and sugar together and taken on empty stomach protect against or gives good relief for retention of urine in the bladder. Sulphur compounds present in onions also help to prevent the growth of cancer cells. Likewise, onions are also useful in the treatment of anaemia, bleeding piles and can be used externally as an antiseptic and for tooth problems.
For those with shortage of blood—anaemia, juice from onion stalk is a good herbal medicine. The juice from onions mixed with sugar or pure honey helps in liquifying phlegm and also help in preventing its recurrence. Onion juice is also a good herbal therapy for sore throat. Your natural medicine doctor will explain to you better how to treat belubelu (infection of the uvula) and tonsilitis with onion juice.
