Onions are a common and cheap home-cooked dish. Its meat is tender, juicy and spicy, with good quality and suitable for raw eating. Originating from western Asia, it is cultivated throughout China and available in all seasons. The edible part of an onion is the fat underground bulb (i.e., the onion head). In foreign countries, it is known as the "Queen of Dishes" and has high nutritional value.

Medicinal value and efficacy

The main components of onions are sulfur-containing compounds, flavonoid compounds, phenylpropanoid phenolic compounds, steroidal saponin compounds, nitrogen-containing compounds, prostate Vitamins and trace elements such as calcium, iron, and phosphorus. These ingredients have different pharmacological effects. The sulfur-containing compounds have antibacterial and anti-cancer effects, the nitrogen-containing compounds have the effects of lowering blood sugar and blood lipids, and the flavonoid compounds have antioxidant effects.

Onions, also called onions, are spicy and slightly sweet. It is an ingredient with extremely high nutritional value and is easy to cook. Onions have many benefits for the human body. Now let me talk about the beneficial effects of onions on the human body.

Methods/Steps

First, dispel wind and cold and prevent colds.

Onions are spicy and slightly warm in nature. It has the effect of dispersing wind and cold.

Eating raw onions can prevent colds. Onions with medium white skin are suitable for eating raw.

Second, it helps digestion.

Onions have a strong pungent taste and can stimulate the secretion of gastrointestinal digestive glands.

Thereby increasing appetite and helping digestion.

Third, measure blood pressure.

Onions have a very good effect on lowering blood pressure and blood sugar.

It can also prevent thrombosis.

It is very good for people with high blood pressure, high blood fat and high blood sugar to eat onions.

Fourth, prevent cancer and anti-aging.

Onions contain the trace element selenium, which can enhance the body’s metabolism.

So onions have anti-aging and anti-cancer effects.

Fifth, prevent osteoporosis.

Onions can increase bone density. Eating more onions can help prevent osteoporosis.

Therefore, onions are a good health food for the elderly.

Sixth, it can be sterilized.

Onions contain allicin and other fungicides, so onions have a strong sterilizing and disinfecting effect.

Other medicinal effects

(1) Prostaglandin A contained in it is a strong vasodilator, which can resist catecholamines and other pressurizing substances, promote sodium excretion, and lower blood pressure. Effect;

(2) The sulfide contained in onions can promote fat metabolism, lower blood lipids and resist arteriosclerosis;

(3) The flavonoids contained in onions can reduce platelet adhesion Hysteresis, eating onions regularly can prevent blood clots and reduce the probability of myocardial infarction and cerebral thrombosis;

(4) Onions contain organic substances similar to the antidiabetic drug tolbutamide, which can significantly reduce blood sugar levels;

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(5) The sulfide and trace element selenium contained in onions can inhibit gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer, etc.;

(6) The volatile oil contained in onions can help sexual health. Elderly people often eating onions can improve the quality of their sexual life;

(7) Onions can improve the bone density of experimental mice, and eating onions regularly can prevent osteoporosis;

(9) Onions are rich in Contains vitamin C and niacin, which can promote the formation of intercellular matrix and repair of damaged cells, making the skin smooth, rosy and elastic, and have beautifying effects. The sulfur and vitamin E contained in it can prevent unsaturated fatty acids from producing lipofuscin pigment and prevent age spots.