Show why onton onion cures cold to eat a raw onion Is an old rem rein edy for curing a cold and many have found that it works well in practice but why the onion should possess this curative property few have taken tue the time to ascertain in fact riot not one in a hundred can give the exact reason or reasons some may say that the smell drives the cold away but that Is frivolous there Is an oil found in the onion chives radish and horseradish horse radish that plays an important part in curing the cold this oil and the sulphur whit IF Is also contained in these plants have bare a deadly effect upon the harmful germs that flourish in various parts part of the body and are the tha chief cause ol 01 oil I 1 the common cold |