Onions

This is worth the read

Warning though this has been dismissed as nonsense and "There's no scientific basis for this old wives' tale, which dates at least as far back as the 1500s"

Interestingly it should be noted that large drug companies have been known to make similar statements about old remedies which might, just might by sheer coincidence compete with their own expensive alternatives

Onions or Tamiflu for example?
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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.
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Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died.
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The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy.
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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).
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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.
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Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ.
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She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers.
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The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop.
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To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work - and no, she is not in the onion business.
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The moral of the story is: buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home.
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If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere.
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Try it and see what happens.
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We did it last year and we never got the flu.
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If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better.
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If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case.
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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.
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She replied with this most interesting experience about onions:
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Thanks for the reminder.
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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.
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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.
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Sure enough, it happened just like that...the onion was a mess and I began to feel better.
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Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago.
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They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties.
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This is the other note.
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LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
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Onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions.
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You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion.
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It's not even safe even if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator.
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It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put in your hot dogs at the baseball park!)
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If you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put it on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble.
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Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.
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Also, dogs should never eat onions.
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Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.
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Please remember: it is dangerous to cut onions and try to use them to cook the next day, they become highly poisonous for even a single night and create Toxic bacteria which may cause Adverse Stomach infections because of excess
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Bile secretions and even Food poisoning.
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Proof: when you have paint fumes in a room, peeled and cut onions in a bowl of water neutralize the fumes, so, it does the same for germs and bugs.