Onions are considered a natural remedy for various illnesses and are known for their magical healing power.
Onion in room when sick.
Onions contain sulfuric compounds that help to purify the blood liver and more.
1 during the bubonic plague cut onions were placed around homes to keep people from contracting the deadly illness.
They are also known as natural air purifiers and when applied directly to the skin they tend to remove the bacteria and kill the germs.
The onion draws the complaint into itself and when the child is better care must be.
When placed against the skin of the foot and kept in a sock.
The folk remedy to keep raw onions in the room when you are sick dates back to the 1500s according to the national onion association.
Then you place it in the room where the sick child sleeps.
The onion is cut up and stood in an old tin plate.
The onion draws the complaint into itself and when the child is better care must be.
According to the folk remedy if you come down with a cold or the flu all you have to do is slice a red or white onion into rounds place them on the bottoms of your feet and put on a pair of.
Sliced onions in a sick room absorb all the germs and prevent contagion there is of course no more scientific basis for the belief that onions absorb all the germs in a room than there is for the belief that onions rid the air of infectious poisons.
Also cut an onion into slices and place them in your socks and wear the socks before sleep.
You can remove the socks in the morning.
Then you place it in the room where the sick child sleeps.
At the time it was believed that all illnesses were spread through the air.
Place them in four different corners of your room.
According to the national onion association this onions are poisonous myth originates from several different sources including a folk belief from the 1919 influenza epidemic that claims cut onions left around the house will combat the flu virus and a 2008 blog post via dinner with zola that purports onions and potatoes cause more food poisoning than spoiled mayonnaise.
This practice reduces the bacteria in the air and prevents infections.