colds and sore throats

contributed by Ethnomedica 19 Jan | 16:55

Onions can be used to treat colds and coughs. This treatment use to be used by our family to treat sore throats. An onion was cut up and sprinkled with brown sugar- left overnight and the syrup was drunk for sore throats.

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From Greater London (UK) in the 1960s

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