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My Auntie just sent me this so I thought I would share it with you—she is not a doctor just a believer in home remedies from growing up in the country in montana.

Subject: ONIONS

 >      > In 1919 when the flu killed 40  million people there was this Doctor that visited the many  farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu.
>      > Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and  many died.
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>      > The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise,  everyone was very healthy.  When the doctor asked what  the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied  that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms  of the home, (probably only two rooms back then).  The  doctor couldn’t believe it and asked if he could have one of  the onions and place it under the microscope.  She gave  him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in  the onion.  It obviously absorbed the bacteria,  therefore, keeping the family healthy.
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>      > Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ.   She said that several years ago many of her employees were  coming down with the flu and so were many of her  customers.  The next year she placed several bowls with  onions around in her shop.  To her surprise, none of  her staff got sick.  It must work..  (And no, she  is not in the onion business..)
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>      > The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them  in bowls around your home.  If you work at a desk,  place one or two in your office or under your desk or even  on top somewhere.  Try it and see what  happens.   We did it last year and we never  got the flu.
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>      > If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick,  all the better.  If you do get the flu, it just might  be a mild case..
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>      > Whatever, what have you to lose?  Just a few bucks on  onions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>      >         Now there is a P. S. to this for she sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly contributes material to me on health issues.  She replied with this most interesting experience about onions:
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>      > I don’t know about the farmers story…but, I do know that her friend contacted pneumonia and needless to say she was very ill….she came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put one end on a fork and then place the forked end into an empty jar…placing the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs…sure enough it happened just like that…the onion was a mess and she began to feel better.

I know I am gonna try it.

How bout You?

 See You Next Time.