Sunday 25 October 2009

Natural remedies for Flu - Onion


The following is an email sent from Karen my friend and I wish to share it with everyone, cause it is working on my little girl.



> > 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..
> >
> > Whatever, what have you to lose? Just a few
> > bucks on
> > onions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > Weldon,thanks for the reminder.
> > I don't
> > know about the farmers story...but, I do know that I
> > contracted 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.


5 comments:

BK said...

This is something very interesting. If onion can really help to prevent flu then this will be very good news for a lot of people especially at this time when H1N1 is said to be back with another wave now.

Anonymous said...

What is in the bottom of the glass? Is that garlic and water?

Swiss Palma said...

Is garlic. No water inside.

Cyndy said...

My girlfriend told me about this and tried it with her 2 year old - to her surprise it worked. I had never heard about this remedy until then. It's Brilliant and works.....

dermatology laser said...

Since onions, sliced, were supposed to absorb elements of infection, they were also used in poultices to draw out infection.