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Onions
may be considered among the foremost
of the health-giving vegetables!
Onion has many qualities in common with garlic, but milder. Unlike many vegetables which lose some of their virtues in cooking, cooked onions are rich in vitamins. But they should not be fried. Add to stews, or bake.
ENERGY - A boxer used onions as "fuel". A champion race runner ate raw onion at each stop for energy.
SKIN - Excellent for complexions - there is great satisfaction in watching one's skin improve, eruptions disappear, and in knowing that the intestinal lining is undergoing a similar process. In addition, onion destroys INTESTINAL PARASITES and corrects various forms of CONSTIPATION.
DIURETIC - Onion is a good diuretic which
acts against retention of fluids and cleanses the system of urea and sodium.
Externally, onion promotes elimination - rub loins with half an onion to
increase urination by 25%. Such onion massage is also helpful in cases
of SCIATICA. Raw onion eaten, promotes transpiration and cleanses the pores
as effectively as a good sauna bath. Especially recommended for RHEUMATIC
patients. 
TYPHOID, FLU, HIGH FEVERS, SCARLET FEVER
Foot Poultice - several large onions, chopped
fine, spread on a thin linen cloth and wrapped around the feet of the patient.
Remain overnight or
8 hours (protect the bed). This produces a good idea of moisture and
is highly diuretic. Within three days the illness should pass. (All recommendations
on this site are to be used only in conjunction with a medical or naturopathic
doctor.)
Onion is an excellent antibiotic-anticoagulant, and has anti-DIABETIC properties, inasmuch as it lowers the sugar content in the blood.
Parsley or mint may be nibbled on to sweeten breath!