Onions absorb bacteria and help fight the flu...?

I hate roaches! These apartments have them too.. I hate it! Thanks for the heads up!!

GODLOVES: BLESS YOU!!! I could kiss you for that information about Pine Sol! I don't have any in the house, but I will after next time I go shopping! Mosquitoes are the bane of my existence! I loathe those whiny little vampires, & if they were an endangered species, I'd gleefully throw a party after swatting the last one into extinction! It's not so much the blood they take (unless it's taken by a swarm, it's little enough), or even the diseases they spread (easily fixed), it's that almighty, painful (flushugginer) itch they leave behind! Yes, yes, I know. It's a wonderful anti-coagulant, but we have others (which don't itch) & anyway I hate that sour little whine! Okay, okay, sorry. Rant over, but now, thanks to you, as long as Pine Sol is sold, at least, I have a weapon that will work! Avaunt, ye little buggers! I'm coming, & I'm armed! Maggiepie “Vienes una tormente!” (A storm is coming!) ~ Prophetic warning to Sarah Connell ending the first ‘Terminator’ movie.

Yeah, the pests has been my main concern. I hope they don't like onions because I'm thinking of trying it when flu season picks up. You never know until you try and if it works I figured that will be great - if it doesn't work I didn't really lose anything!

Absolutely. Doctors and pharmaceutical companies all too often combine to satisfy their greed at the expense of our health.

Yeah, I don't like the "traditional" views. They are all about selling more medicines rather than curing and helping!

It depends on who you read: http://www.healthbulletin.org/colds_flu/colds2.htm

Check out the science. "A common flu lasts 14 days. When eating chicken soup (a household remedy), it takes only 2 weeks". The same with the onion.

WEll, just because it's been around for a long time doesn't mean there is no validity to it! Sometimes there may be some simple solutions that are debunked by the medical profession since they don't stand to make money off of it!

Ooo...I love onions (remember that song?)! If I thought I could find a compatible ice cream, I'd try using them as a topping. I put them in darn near everything, when left to my own devices...& yes, I do live alone... Well, except for Miss Minnie, but she doesn't complain, & Elic has a poor sense of smell, luckily for her. Point being, I don't hafta leave them out, since I readily get on the outside of some kind of onions every day! Maggiepie "There is no hater like one who has greatly loved." ~ John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968)

lol! You are hilarious! Yeah you got a point! But I don't think you would want to leave them out very long... I don't know!

Yeah, I am not sure I want to smell it all day, but perhaps it is better than catching the flu and throwing up all day!

On second thought, yeah, you may be right. But I believe that there are other far more sweet-smelling ways to avoid the flu. ANd I would much rather opt for that.

Yeah, I think I would rather eat it too.. but hey- if it worked I might try it!

I don't think I would want to chew on raw onions either. But I had never heard such that I could put it out to protect my family from something as terrible as the flu!

You could be correct, however they are slowing finding that some of the old time "cures" actually had an element of validity to them! I'm not seeing anything modern that can touch the flu!

Oh yea, I put a lot of onions in my cooking because I know they are really good for you! I also add a lot of fresh garlic too. They are so good for us in our bodies I thought maybe they will work outside our body too! lol!

Yeah, I may try it when flu season peaks. I mean if it doesn't work I only wasted a few pennies, but if it does work then I will think there is much benefit to that! So I figure it's worth the try.

I don't figure it will hurt to try it! I may give it a try when flu season hits full force. That way I will know for myself if it is even close to true or not!