| Show anious sicklier Sic klier A writer in one of our exchanges recommends boiled or roasted onions as a most excellent remedy tor a cough and for the clogging of the bronchial tubes which is usually the cause of the cough he says if onions are eaten freely at the outset of a cald they may break it up he also quotes a medical writer as recommending the giving of onions to children three or four times a week young onions to bo eaten raw and to be cooked when they get tc large and strong another writer says during unhealthy seasons when diphtheria and like contagious diseases prevail onions ought to be eaten in th of the year at least once a week onions are invigorating and prophylactic beyond description whether the virtues here ascribed to onions aio exaggerated or not it is certain that the onions contain an oil which acts strongly oa tho secretion of the bronchial tubes kidneys and skin this oil is stimulant and tonic and promotes digestion The enion is also nutritious being rich in nitrogenous elements aad in ugar boasted it makes with oil a stimulating poultice poul tico for supporting ulcers in warm countries its flavor is more delicate and it is extensively used for food in spain and portugal it is often eaten raw and with a piece of bread forms the dinner of tho working people As boiling largely dissipates the oil when used medicinally it should be roasted rather than boiled belonging te the onion family and the most self asserting member of it is garlic from which mainly the oil is obtained and is hence called oil of garlic it is extensively used as lood iu the southern european countries adother member of the class is the leek the mildest of all it has no croper bulb it is used mainly for tho lower part of the stem is blanched and enlarged by earthine ear thing it is a fa among the welsh and has become eo with the scotch gives or chiver constitutes stil another member of the family they aro very small and grow wild on the banks of rivers in agomo paris of europe and asia they have cretu dowers bluish red and sometime dash and are often cultivated as borders for plots the young leaves are also used for flavoring koupa and dishes and they may be cut repeatedly in the season all these plants have the same general characteristics as the onion |
