Miraculous Benefits Of Onions- Culinary Boss

The household wonder-veg, the onion is supposed to have a lot more to offer than flavorings your stew, and it is coming into its own as a beauty product. At least that’s what a beautician Alice Robinson concluded after various tests on the bulb

.Does it grow your hair faster?
The Theory: Onions and honey have been used in recipes to counteract thinning hair for centuries.

“In the middle ages, onions were prized and prescribed for the relief of headaches, coughs, snakebites and hair loss”, says Lain Sallis. “There is no scientific evidence of this being effective at all.”

However, an article published in the Journal of Dermatology a decade ago showed promising results.

The Test: Make an onion hair masque for thinning hair – mix the juice of one onion with 2tsp of honey and leave overnight. Use two or three times a week.

Alice’s Verdict: ‘My hair is thinning a little but I’m not sure I’d opt for this as a solution. I don’t even need to spell out how anti-social wearing eau d-‘onion juice is. Add in sticky honey and it’s completely off-putting. I dutifully apply the foul mixture, wrap my head in a towel and try to go to sleep as best I can. In the morning, I gratefully wash my hair which is, of course, after one night is not thicker. But even if it made my hair look fuller, I wouldn’t do it again.

Hold your nose for great skin
The Theory: Onions have been the subject of dermatological interest for many years, as it has been suggested they have both anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. A recent survey showed that onion juice had some effect on reducing the skin scarring following caesareans and further studies have suggested it may help with scar healing in both adults and children. So could onions help with skincare? Possibly. But Alice warns: “When unrefined onion juice comes into contact with the skin, there’s a risk of it becoming irritated.

The Test: Make a mask with 2tsp of fresh onion juice, a pinch of nutmeg and ½ tsp of milk. Mix together to make a thick paste and apply to the face for up to 20 minutes. Remove by dabbing on some milk and massaging it away.

Alice’s Verdict: It’s all very well mentioning onion juice, but extracting the stuff is harder than it sounds, especially if you don’t have a juicer. Standing with tears pouring down my checks, I grated two onions and press the resulting much through a sieve and into a bowl. It reeks and takes a good ten minutes.

The resulting paste looks like bread dough and stinks to high heaven. I tentatively dab it all over my face, trying to breathe as little as possible. I avoided putting it anywhere near my eyes. But on my skin, thankfully, it doesn’t sting at all.

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It feels cool and soothing, but I’ve been so pleased to remove a face mask, which comes off in great gooey chunks. Once I scrape off the last bits, my skin is left feeling lovely and smooth – and not smelling of onions.