Onion Power

[MorningGlory]

ONIONS

In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people, there was a Doctor who visited 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 one farmer, and to his surprise, everyone in the household 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:

Thanks for the reminder.. I don't know about the farmer's 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.

[ladypeartree]

onion baked and eaten ( covered in cheese is delicious ) can help relieve sinus problems

[riel]

Fantastic info.! Thanks, MorningGlory.

I'm all for natural remedies.

[refugepsa91]

I'm buying onions.

I'm getting the flu all the time....my store is the first place people go when they are sick...

I'll have to put up a sign....

Please forgive my onion scent...but you customers are germ machines...

[2Joyful]

Never heard the onion story, but have heard some talk about the garlic working. I never tried it simply because I can tolerate it in cooking, don't know about it just laying around as a healing aid.

[Coffeespiller87]

Well, I must say thats an interesting remedy.

[ladypeartree]

I'm buying onions.

I'm getting the flu all the time....my store is the first place people go when they are sick...

I'll have to put up a sign....

Please forgive my onion scent...but you customers are germ machines...

better make sure you have enough to sell too as you KNOW your customers are going to want some

[Isaiah 6:8]

Please forward to the Mythbusters they will get to the bottom of this!

[Fez]

Not to debunk the "onion theory", one cannot see a virus under a normal (1919), light microscope, but bacteria, yes. Flu is a virus, but bacteria are a side effect in mucous, etc when one has flu.

"Beyond the Light Microscope

A light microscope, even one with perfect lenses and perfect illumination, simply cannot be used to distinguish objects that are smaller than half the wavelength of light. White light has an average wavelength of 0.55 micrometers, half of which is 0.275 micrometers. (One micrometer is a thousandth of a millimeter, and there are about 25,000 micrometers to an inch. Micrometers are also called microns.) Any two lines that are closer together than 0.275 micrometers will be seen as a single line, and any object with a diameter smaller than 0.275 micrometers will be invisible or, at best, show up as a blur. To see tiny particles under a microscope, scientists must bypass light altogether and use a different sort of "illumination," one with a shorter wavelength."

That takes an electron microscope which was invented in the 1930's.

Nevertheless, I will give it a try next time I have the flu.....

[Hunterpoet]

I have used white onion and garlic for colds and flu......it works