Onion belongs to Liliaceae family.Latin name is Allium cepa. Palandu is the Sanskrit name.Onion is Tamasa in nature,but it has got many medicinal properties such as carminative,blood purifier,sedative,antipyretic,hypotensive,diuretic etc.Eating plenty of onions gives you good health and bad breath!!!!!!!Onion is useful in
Nutritional value of onion/100g
MEDICINAL USES OF ONION
High blood pressure
High blood sugar
Cold
Stomach cancer
Jaundice
Loss of appetite
Improving eye sight
Piles
Nutritional value of onion/100g
Calorie -42
Protein -0.92g
Fat -0.08g
Carbohydrate -10.11g
Sulphur -4.28g
Calcium -22mg
Iron -0.19mg
Copper -0.04mg
Potassium -144mg
Sodium -3mg
MEDICINAL USES OF ONION
- Onion is one of the best vatahara.So it is used in all vata disorders.
- Burn onion directly or boil it with water and give it to cough patients.
- Raw onion with jaggery is also useful in cough.
- Mixture of 4 spoons of onion juice,2 spoons of Honey and one spoon of ghee improves sperm count.
- Daily intake of raw bulb of onion improves eyesight.
- For menstrual and uterine problems daily intake of onion is useful.
- Raw onion taken with salt relieves stomach pain.
- In tuberculosis take 10grams of onion with honey and adhatoda vasica twice daily.
- Onion juice with honey is applied externally in acne.
- Onion is a rich source of copper content.This helps to increase the bone density and useful for women during their menopausal age.
- Onion with pepper paste helps to cure cholera.
- For hair loss external application of onion juice is useful.
- In burns, onion with salt application cures the pain.
- In abscess ,warm paste of onion is applied.
- To remove warts daily rub the wart with onion.
- External application of fresh onion juice acts as anti inflammatory agent on insect bite.
- Onion with sugar is useful in worms in children.
- Onion juice warmed with coconut oil is dropped in ear for earache.
