Most of the people being unaware of the health benefits throw away the onion peel instead of keeping them for health purposes. It is used in many medicines to take proper care of the skin and maintain the glow of the skin. Not only for outer health purposes onion peels can be used for inner health have purposes as it reduces excessed cholesterol. Here is some of the health benefits of onion peel described briefly.
It is anti – inflammatory
Due to onion peels health benefits it can be used on rashes, bruises and wounds. But onion peel should be soaked in water overnight and that water should be used on rashes and wounds
It keeps flies away
If you are one of them who hates flies and mosquitoes then you can use onion peels to keep them away .just soak them for overnight and keep this water outside – on front of your doors the strong smell of onion will repel the flies and mosquitoes.
As a hair conditioner
Onion peel is also used as conditioner. You can use the above mentioned water on your hair after shower as it will leave some soothing effect but dealing with the smell could be pretty impossible.
To reduce cholesterol level you can use onion broth for drinking on the daily basis, if the taste is unbearable then one can add honey or sugar to improve the taste. But one thing should be kept in mind that nothing can replace exercise. For better results drink this broth side by side with exercise.
It helps fighting stomach infection
Due to anti-fungal and anti-bacterial qualities this onion broth can be used for treating stomach infections. You just have to add this up in to your diet. If you are on allopathic medications that you can use both the medication at the same time due to no harmful side effects of onion.
It has anti- cancer agents
“Quercetin” is an enzyme which is beneficial in cancer treatment and generally found in onions. If you have any doubt about the symptoms then it is better to add this broth in to your diet to prevent us from carcinogenic agents.
