
Ayurveda about Onions
The onion is a highly nutritive, energy-giving food, as well as a good medicinal herb. It is a good appetizer, antiflatulent, antiseptic, antipyretic, aphrodisiac, tissue building and tissue building and cardiac tonic. Chewing on raw onions has proved efficacious in cases of spongy and bleeding gums, and for inflamed sore throats. It is a good tonic and medicine for menstrual disorders in females, and increases the amount of healthy sperm in men.
The onion strengthens the heart muscles and promotes circulation within the heart, preventing and curing ischaemic conditions.
