Whatever reference to alternative medicine or other literature on alternative medicine you open, there are certainly honey recipes. This is not surprising - the product is not only healthy in itself, but also improves the taste of natural medicines and their absorption. Onion with honey - a faithful helper for coughs, which effectively cleanses blood vessels, helps with other health problems.
Useful properties and contraindications
The mixture of onion and honey has the following properties:
Strengthens the immune system; improves brain function; gives strength and energy; prevents the development of vitamin deficiency; has antiviral and bactericidal effect; cleanses the blood of excess lipids; increases the strength and elasticity of blood vessels; accelerates wound healing; helps with insomnia and chronic fatigue; dilutes the blood, reduces the risk of blood clots; has a mucolytic and expectorant effect; normalizes and speeds up metabolism; cleanses the body of excess mucus; improves the functioning of the heart muscle; has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor action.
Honey in a duet with onions is widely used in medicine. They also help with:
Cough, cold, flu; insomnia, nervous tension; runny nose with stuffy and non stuffy nose; tonsillitis; anemia; poor appetite; vascular weakness, varicose veins; increased blood clotting, risk of thrombosis; poor hair growth, baldness; menstrual irregularities; swelling; potency problems in men; prostatitis, prostate adenoma; skin pigmentation; atherosclerosis, high cholesterol; inflammatory and infectious pathologies of the genitourinary tract; digestive problems, poor bowel motility; tuberculosis; stomatitis, bleeding gums.
The mixture of honey and onion is also good for cleansing toxins, for overall prevention of tumor development, to strengthen the heart muscle and normalize blood pressure.
Contraindications to the consumption of honey with onions
It is important to take into account the list of contraindications:
Diabetes; increased stomach acidity, heartburn; kidney failure; pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis during relapse; allergy to bee products; individual intolerance to onions; increased gas in the intestines, colic; diseases of the pancreas and liver during exacerbations; bronchial asthma; gastritis, stomach ulcer, Crohn's disease; fever; hypotension, severe hypertension; congenital metabolic diseases; stones in the bladder or gallbladder; heart defects; chronic bronchitis.
On the basis of these two components are made simple mixtures, tinctures, syrups, compresses. These two products are often combined with other ingredients:
- With garlic and lemon - to cleanse blood vessels, strengthen the body's defenses;
- With sugar - for cough, in recipes for the liver;
- With milk - for insomnia, fatigue;
- With onion peels - for prostatitis, amenorrhea, prostate adenoma, lack of menstruation;
- With apple cider vinegar - to remove toxins, normalize blood pressure, rejuvenate;
- With vegetable oil - to clean and strengthen blood vessels
- With aloe - for colds, sinusitis, runny nose.
The most common honey and onion combination is used to treat coughs and colds. In case of these diseases, it is beneficial to add warm milk to the composition.
Recipe for colds with onion, honey and lemon
lemon - 1 pc.
ginger root - 30 g
honey - 100 g
ground cloves - 1/3 tsp.
onion - 2 onions
Peel, wash and grate the onion. Wash the lemon, cut it along with the peel into small cubes. Peel the ginger and coarsely grate it. Put everything in a bowl with a lid, add the cloves, honey and stir. Refrigerate overnight.
For the treatment of colds, adults take 1 tbsp. 2 times a day. Do not use cloves in the recipe for children. Give children over 7 years 1 tsp., twice a day with warm milk or linden tea.
Cough medicine with honey and onions
Mix the honey and onion juice in equal amounts and take 2 tsp. 3 times a day before meals for 3-4 days. The prepared mixture should not be stored longer than 1 day, it is better to prepare a new portion of the drug for the next day.
This drug helps with bruises, unproductive cough, insomnia, chronic bronchitis, nervous exhaustion, mental and physical fatigue.
See also how onion and honey syrup for smokers helps!
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