Onions are a very common food in real life, not only used for cooking but also for flavoring, and steamed onion water can effectively alleviate cough symptoms. You can steam water with chopped onions in a bowl to treat baby coughs, and adults can also drink it, which is very good for the body and has a health-preserving effect.

Steam onion water

After peeling an onion, slice it and place it in a bowl

Place the onions in the electric pot, and put two cups of water (rice cup) in the outer pot. Remember, do not add water to the chopped onions

After the electric pot jumps, it takes about thirty minutes to steam the onion water, which can be steamed twice, and the steamed onion water is about 50cc each time

The water from steamed onions has a slight sweetness

Benefits of onions

Onions can prevent high cholesterol levels

Eating half a raw onion every day, or drinking an equivalent amount of onion juice, is a folk remedy to protect the heart. Dr. Kodo conducted experiments on patients in his clinic and proved that onions can indeed improve good cholesterol levels, but the more onions are cooked, the less effective they are.

Onions contain at least three natural anti-inflammatory chemicals that can treat asthma. Since onions can inhibit the movement of histamine, and histamine is a chemical that can cause asthma allergic symptoms; according to German research, onions can reduce the incidence of asthma attacks by about half.

Onions have been used to treat diabetes, and modern medicine has also proven that onions can indeed lower blood sugar levels, with the same effectiveness whether eaten raw or cooked. It turns out that onions contain a compound that can prevent diabetes, similar to the commonly used oral hypoglycemic agent tolbutamide, which has the effect of stimulating insulin synthesis and release.

The compounds in onions can also prevent platelet aggregation and accelerate the dissolution of blood clots. Therefore, when enjoying high-fat foods, it is best to pair them with some onions, which can help offset the blood clots caused by high-fat foods. That’s why it makes sense to eat steak with onions together.