Scallions cure all diseases

Author: Editor-in-Chief of the Fourth Medical Studio of the Golden Dolphin
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The history of onions, the composition of onions, how to eat onions, the production of onions, the magical uses of large onions. After reading this book, you will fall in love with its onions. Also known as Allium or Chongyang grass, it belongs to the family of lilies and is divided into fire onions, all-season onions, etc. It is not only an indispensable seasoning for daily life but also a rare medicinal formula in medicine. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that onions are straight and hollow outside, called onion needles when they first grow, leaves called onion greens, cloaks called onion robes, stems called onion whites, and juice in the leaves called onion tears. There are many types of onions, among which mountain onions have similar therapeutic effects to garlic onions. There are two types of onions that people eat: one is called frozen onions, which do not die in winter and can be transplanted by stems without setting seeds; the other is called Han onions, which wither in winter. Whether for food or medicine, frozen onions are the best, and their fragrance is also better. Their main functions are to promote sweating, unblock yang, and detoxify; treat cold and heat headaches, cold and cold abdominal pain, insect accumulation and internal obstruction, difficulty in urination and defecation, dysentery, and carbuncles, etc. They can be decocted for oral administration, cooked into wine, mashed for external application, heated and applied, or decocted for washing.