Home Remedy For Common Cold The Flu Treatment Lower Back, Knee Pain 

if you put a slice of onion on the bottom of your heel, red or white onions doesn't matter, then put your socks on and go to sleep ... miracles will happen to your body ... seriously, well other than scaring away your partner and sleeping comfortable having the whole bed for yourself, there are actually great heath benefits for this practice.
Now where does this natural remedy come from exactly? you guessed right, China! many weird stuff affecting the glove come from there, where else :) specifically in traditional Chinese Medicine it is believed there are access points in the bottom area of your feet that represent direct pathways to each organ in your body and can effect it immensely.
These points are connected to your nervous system and stimulating them is important for your health and well being.
As you sleep, the healing elements in the onion slice will go through your feet into the intended organs. Onions have antioxidants and powerful compounds with antibiotic therapeutic effects which help the body fight against infections and reduce cholesterol levels.
to mention a couple of examples, according to the Chinese foot reflexology chart, the heal area in both your left and right foot is interlinked with your lower back. If you suffer from lower back pain, and if it is caused by a spinal infection, the onions anti-inflammatory power will help ease lower back pain.
on the outer side of heel in both feet, there is a pressure point that is connected to you knee. If you sleep with onions having contact with that pressure point, it helps sooth knee pain because onion dissolves toxins under the skin that cause bruising, swelling, inflammation, and pain.
if you have a cold or the flue, leaving onions in your socks overnight is said to cure you.
Now, do you have to worry about the smell onions can leave in your feet? not really .. in fact, thanks to its sulphuric compounds onions act as an anti-fungal and anti-bacterial which enables it to kill germs and bacteria that cause feet to smell. so when you wake up, your feet are supposed to smell pretty nice.