[RBS] Flu Season - the power of onions - it's worth a try

[Steve Brown]

B'H
Please check out this article before placing onions around your house in 
order to prevent flu..
http://www.snopes.com/medical/swineflu/onion.asp
Steve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: marsha twersky
To: Beit Shemesh ; Ramat Beit Shemesh
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 9:36 PM
Subject: [RBS] Flu Season - the power of onions - it's worth a try


Interesting article:

In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was a doctor that 
visited the 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 this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone 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. 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:
I don't know about the farmers story...but, I do know that I contacted 
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.




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