Onion and honey form an inseparable couple with unique properties to combat symptoms of respiratory infections.

With both together you can prepare a homemade onion syrup useful to combat colds.

Onion and honey are indicated for flu and colds

Onion contains sulfur compounds such as thiosulfinates and flavonoids such as quercetin, both with anti-inflammatory properties.

These substances, together with essential oils, have mucolytic, expectorant and antitussive effects.

Onion is one of the foods richest in inulin, the type of fiber most beneficial for the microbiota intestinal, collaborator with the immune system in the fight against infections.

In natural medicine, onion is considered a food very beneficial for the lungs.

Honey, for its part, has antibiotic action and softens the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract.

The two together, onions and honey, combine virtues and favor the body’s fight against viruses and the bacteria that cause colds and flu.

If you take the syrup daily from the first symptoms If you have a respiratory condition, the intensity and duration of the flu or cold will be less. And the risk of complications, such as bacterial infections, is also reduced.

How to make onion and honey syrup at home

1. Chop a medium onion as finely as you can, into small cubes. You can choose white onion or dwelling; this is richer in quercetin and has antioxidant anthocyanins.
2. Mix the chopped onion with three teaspoons of honey inside a very clean glass jar.
3. Close the jar with a screw lid and Let it rest for 12 hours.
4. After the time has passed, strain the mixture and transfer it to a clean bottle. You can squeeze the onion against the filter to get every last drop of juice out.
5. If you wish, you can prepare a infusion against cough with the onion remains from the freshly filtered mixture.
6. you can take three teaspoons daily of the syrup obtained, which you can store in the refrigerator for 4-5 days. It will help you above all relieve throat inflammation and open the bronchi.

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Also, to treat flu and colds, you have to drink plenty and rest. You can take eucalyptus vapors and ginger infusions with lemon.

In no case does this syrup replace a treatment prescribed by the doctor. If you are prescribed antibiotics, remember that It is necessary to complete the treatment and, above all, not take them continuously so as not to provoke resistance.