[Julius]

For the onions:

You first chop up the 1 or 2 onions in large chunks (cut 1/2, the 1/2 again, then 1/2 again), put that in a pot and add some water. Bring to a boil for 5 minutes. At this point you have two options:

1) Smell the steam. Inhale for as long as there is steam, or you can put it in a room and let the house be full of onion smell. The only problem with this is that you have to re-heat the water again after 30 minutes or so.

2) The second option is to use a strainer to remove the onions from the water, and pour the water into a glass. Add some honey to sweeten the taste and 1-3 drops of lemon or lime juice. Stir and drink it! My kid did like the taste.

I did both of these, and yes my house did smell of onions, but it was only temporary.


I also heard that if you chop an onion into a few pieces and put it in your sock when you go to bed (uncooked), it will help reduce/avoid a fever. I actually tried it and all I can say is that my kids didn't get a fever that night, but I'm not sure if they would of gotten it without the onions. Anyways, you can decide/research for yourself.