Health Benefits of Green Onion (Scallion)

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Health Benefits of Green Onion (Scallion)

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Scallion, commonly known as green onion, spring onion, or salad onion, is a

small onion with long leaves that are considered a necessity in Chinese recipes,

as well as in teas, wine, vinegar, honeys, garlic, and ginger. The green onion's

medicinal part is its stem. It works as well as an antipyretic, expectorant,

anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. It is effective against colds, headaches,

chills to the stomach, indigestion, and also for insomnia. The white stem

contains a lot of glucose and allyl sulfides. Use it is a raw condiment to many

foods by finely chopping the fresh white stem.

 

## Green Onion as Alternative Medicine

 

* It is mainly used as a traditional medicine for common cold.

* It stimulates the respiratory tract and helps in expelling sputum (phlegm).

* It contains essential oils that stimulates the sweat glands and promote

sweating.

* It normalizes blood pressure.

* It increases appetite.

* It helps prevent diarrhea.

* It is rich in sulfur, an essential element that kills or inhibits fungus

infections.

* It inhibits cancer cell growth especially colon cancer. Green onion's

anti-colon cancer properties are well known among traditional healers around the

world.

* It contains vitamin A and C. The white part of it has calcium, too.

* It is a good appetizer.

* It helps speed up blood circulation and absorbs vitamin B1. This helps reduce

stress and tiredness.

 

## Topical Application of Green Onion

 

- For sore throat

 

Green Onion as PlasterCut the green onion's white part into pieces. Put it in a

cloth bag and steam it for a hot compress. You can also mix the green onion with

grated ginger and some salt. Wrap the hot bag in a towel or gauze and place it

over the throat, chest, soles, palms, back, and armpits. It promotes

perspiration and lowers the heat and pain. This method is known since the

ancient times, and it is as good as commercially sold plasters.

 

- For swollen feet

 

Boil the whole green onion for a few minutes. Grind it and mix with a little

water just enough to make a paste, and then place it to the swollen part of your

feet. This simple method is used since hundreds of years ago by our ancestors.

 

- For nasal congestion (runny nose)

 

Mash the green onion and make wet cotton with its juice. Place the wet cotton to

your nose.

 

Believe it or not, if you cannot sleep well, just place a bundle of green onion

beside your pillow.

 

Did you know that green onion eliminates unwelcome smell of fishes and meats,

too?

 

How to store green onion? Wrap it in newspapers and place it in the

refrigerator. If it has been cut, put it in a poly bag, and place it in the

refrigerator.

 

## Nutritional Value Of Green Onion Per 100 Grams

 

Calcium – 31 mg

Iron – 1.2 mg

Potassium – 180 mg

Carotene – 14 µg

Vitamin B1 – 0.04 mg

Vitamin B2 – 0.04 mg

Vitamin C – 11 mg

 

Do you believe that an average healthy person consumes about 100–150 grams of

green onion every day? Why don't you try it? We have some information that

people who eat green onion daily live healthier than others.

 

 

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About the Author:

Junji Takano is a Japanese health researcher involved in investigating the cause

of various diseases since 1960. In 1968, he invented Pyro-Energen, the first

electromedicine device that eradicates viral diseases, cancer, and diseases of

unknown cause effectively without side effects.

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