SUPER EASY HOME CONGESTION REMEDY - FROM THE AMISH!

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If you're congested you'll want to use this super easy home remedy I learned from the Amish!
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@karenthompson9350 4 года назад

Growing up if we had a cold with or without a cough, my mother would cut up a large yellow onion leaving on the skins and boil it in a pot of water. She would let it boil down until the liquid would look tea like. She would let it cool down so it could be drank and add a little honey. It would break up the congestion in no time. It works great! I still do it today and I am 62 years young.

@x.3merald_gamer.x974 2 года назад

Sure you are. God bless ya.

@ashleymcdonald2239 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing!!✝️🌍❤️

@brendareed5050 2 года назад

@Karen Thompson how much do you take in a day?

@kaleidoscope8743 2 года назад

That's amazing. I am going to try that. My mom made onion poultices for my sister who had tonsillitis a lot. Or mustard poultice. My mom also made potato-onion soup with white russet potatoes (small diced) and a Spanish onion (peeled and sliced or diced) and cooked down until the potatoes and onions were broken down and made a thick broth. I don't know if the potato had a medicinal component to it? Or maybe it was protecting the stomach? Or for flavor? I don't know why the potatoes. Mother fed us that if we had a cold. When we got into high school she just gave us raw slice of onion for a cold or sore throat. Seriously one slice of onion eaten raw, will stop a cold in its tracks! I eventually learned that onions are natural sulfur

@Portia620 2 года назад

Leaving the skin on?

@nerblebun 2 года назад

I was raised by my Grandparents who were both born in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in 1899. Grandma knew every root, leaf, berry, bark, and plant found in the wild & concoct ointments, salves, tinctures, and teas for whatever ailed ya. She'd use a salve she made from crushed horseradish, crushed ginger root, crushed wild onions, and honey comb to rub on your chest, then cover with a warm towel for congestion. It always worked

@cozetteoconnor1289 2 года назад

I cured my late onset asthma diagnosis (age 22) with pickled red onions and garlic! I used a quick fridge pickle and ate it with everything. I’m 24 now, and haven’t used my inhaler (rescue or prevention) in over a year!

@cozetteoconnor1289 2 года назад

Red onions are Amazing For respiratory benefits!

@makaylamarsh5868 2 года назад

Do you have a recipie by chance?

@thekingsdaughter4233 2 года назад

Could you please tell more? :-)

@nikkitobin8356 2 года назад

Thank you for this info ... I have 3 children and a grandchild with asthma

@nmr6988 2 года назад

I have late set asthma as well. Looks like I'm going to be trying at least three home remedies today!

@scottrayhons2537 2 года назад

This is what moms are about. Love all you moms out there taking care of your familys!

@connectingseas7173 2 года назад

What a lovely thing to say 🤗

@SayedYasin Год назад

And Dad's 😉👍

@cindymichaud7111 4 года назад

The skills & talents God gave us are for our benefit, to harness the power of the many gifts with which we are surrounded. Observing the effect of onions on the mucus membranes and putting it to use is smart and effective. The power of observation, adaptation, multiplying our blessings and more, are all gifts from a loving God. Amen. Thank you for sharing your gifts Carolyn. Prayers for you and your family.

@AnnaLVajda 4 года назад

God said for every ailment there is a cure in nature.

@battleax4609 2 года назад

Let the fruit be thy substance and the leaves be thy medicine

@trenee2733 2 года назад

Amen!

@lorim.8136 4 года назад

When I young my mom would put onion slices in my socks on the bottom of my feet when I was ready to crawl into bed for the night. It always worked like a charm. FYI make sure you go to the bathroom before you go to bed it’s awful trying to walk to the bathroom during the night 😆

@mcmag888 2 года назад

I do this all the time!! Yes it really does work to break a fever and kill flu & other strains. My kid hates it but he doesn’t stay sick long whenever I do it.

@yolandadobbs882 2 года назад

Onions have strong smell, did you go to school smelling like onions. Just asking because of the way , public schools are now and bullying is down right horrible.

@CynthiaHunterNightwillow 2 года назад

This is the remedy I found out about TY for sharing

@utube0372 2 года назад

🤣🧄🧅🦶🦶

@retamckeehan4935 4 года назад

Just came home from the hospital for pneumonia. My chest is still congested, taking antibiotics, etc. I am so thankful to find this. Will try it ASAP!

@Portia620 2 года назад

This one lady said eat onions too!!!! A raw slice!

@mariana7802 2 года назад

Any update ? @reta

@devorahrose782 2 года назад

How did it serve you?

@hknisley2000 2 года назад

Me too. 5 days in hospital

@doeharris5363 2 года назад

I hope you get better soon take care.🙋🙋🙋🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@saucywench9122 4 года назад

Dr. Barbara O'Neill out of Australia swears by how diverse the medical uses for onions are. Put some slices in a jar with a little honey and let it sit for at least 20 minutes for a cold and cough syrup.

@Techy-fem 4 года назад

Saucy Wench this is what we use(Spanish)

@donnafalls6378 4 года назад

I love to watch Barbara O'Neill. Very knowledgeable woman. You can tell she has studied the human body most if not all of her life. She talks about DNA. How to eat healthy.. I mean. the best diet you can eat for growing old and not suffer from any diseases. In each episode, she will talk about a certain health issue. Very good information.

@donnafalls6378 4 года назад

Also... a great "old" book is this....."Back To Eden" by Jethro Kloss. I keep buying this book every few years because his daughters keep updating it. (Jethro Kloss died many years ago so his family continues his legacy to good health)

@sharlenenovak3042 Год назад

@@donnafalls6378 where do you watch these episodes by Dr. Barbara O’Neill? I’ve seen a few short videos on RU-vid, where she has been speaking, and I love her teachings!

@elissaward5519 4 года назад

I learned that putting a slice of onion or chopped onion on the bottom of one’s feet immediately relieves nasal congestion. It is amazing. I could tell the difference in a minute. Put slice or chopped onion in a plastic grocery bag or an envelope made of cloth. Place your foot directly on the onion, wrap around top of foot, place sock on top of that. Go about your day as normal, walking on the onion.

@AnnaLVajda 4 года назад

Or you can sleep with them in your socks I had a neighbor do that when their girls were sick.

@MaureenErrant 4 года назад

Hubby's Dad is English and they would cut up an onion and simmer it in milk, and then drink it. It really does work. Onions/garlic are miracle foods.

@aaronmcclain1279 2 года назад

Growing up . My dad would cook a roast ether beef , or deer meat ( venison) . With onions and seasoning salt cook it down several times still the meat was tender. Then eat .

@thialove2121 2 года назад

Having the patient propped up with pillows made me smile- ya got it right- the lungs needing help WANT TO HANG, not lie down. So, propping up the patient, allows for the lungs to hang and breath easier- which is a big deal. First hand, my lungs said so: prop the patient up on pillows. This is a common sense much NEEDED channel 🙏many blessings HEALER family- your teaching skills are supreme 💥🧬.

@novaricos 2 года назад

yes, this is also why the common sitting position for asthma and chronic lung problems is sitting leaning forward with your elbows or arms resting on the thighs. It allows the chest to expand with minimal effort.

@Ourlittlehomesteadlife 4 года назад

I am notorious for crying so bad I can barely open my eyes while chopping onions... BUT someone recently told me if you don't cut the root end off until the end, you will not cry. IT REALLY WORKS!! I was amazed! Just a little tip. Love your home remedies!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

@meciarenee8857 3 года назад

I put mine in the crisper drawer and that keeps them from from burning my eyes also

@l.plzsavethebeez485 2 года назад

Wear goggles!

@lorenawolfman9333 2 года назад

Also putting a wooden match with white tip in your mouth as you chop is great!

@nmr6988 2 года назад

Thank you for this knowledge! I will never cut the root end off until the last moment again!

@conservativesheildmaiden5186 2 года назад

You can also put a wet paper towel next to you while chopping. It absorbs what is in the onion that makes us tear so much

@debrawolf2264 4 года назад

When I was lil, before microwaves were common in most homes; mom would fried onions into a huge mass and then do something very similar to what you show here. As a teen, I often chopped onions, put them in my socks, and slept. it would work my fever out and in the morning, my pillow's towel would be soaked with mucus and sweat. better out then in!

@yarnycat_crochet 2 года назад

My family would dice up an onion on a plate pour sugar on it and put a small bowl over the top making sure all the ingredients are under the bowl. Then they would sit it on top of the wood stove and syrup would seep out onto the plate and we would take a tablespoon or two of the syrup works like mucinex

@ashleymcdonald2239 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing!!✝️🌍❤️

@Velsbasketcase 4 года назад

Dont forget the natural quinine in grapefruit and citrus skins plus zinc from oysters and beef, stay safe!

@mcmag888 2 года назад

Yes and don’t let that pseudo expert lady from the channel rain country try to tell you that there isn’t quinine in grapefruits just because she can’t find any bias government backed peer review studies to support it without bias disinformation to push vaxeeens. Naturopathic studies have told us for centuries that we can find natural quinine in grapefruit, combined w zinc It’s incredible.

@jeannebentsen2794 2 года назад

Stew some cloves for tea...add honey. That is guaranteed to demolish congestion. I did it when I had Covid.

@loric1909 2 года назад

Do you mean garlic cloves or the spice cloves?

@civil8bachelor264 4 года назад

This woman is where it's at! Great job!

@Maskawolf 4 года назад

YES! Growing up we would get this done when we would be so sick. My dad would cook down onions in butter enough to make 2 large pouches, one for the chest and one for the middle of our backs. and it needed to be as hot as we could stand it! then we would have a large towel wrapped around our tourso to keep the pouches in place and we would sleep with this all night long. Smells really nasty by morning. It does work though, it would really clear up a lot of that congestion.

@nicoleheppner4397 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing! Our version of maybe less effective but simpler and similar! We just cut an onion in half and put it in the bedroom with the door shut. Fine for kids too. Learned this trick from my (Mennonite descent) husband.

@bubbles2868 3 года назад

My mum used to do something similar. The onion, (no salt) she used brown sugar to cover the onion and let the juices mingle overnight, then drink the juice , (no poultice,) sure cured whatever ailed you.

@saravanroosbroeck5414 4 года назад

My mum used to put cut up onions wrapped in a thin scarf around our neck when my brother or I had a cold. She tied it loosely and we slept with it for the night. Sometimes the scarf came off, but I just kept it close to me while falling asleep again. Worked very well too. (We're from Belgium, btw. I don't know if it's a big tradition here. It's just something she learned from her mum, as she did from hers, etc.)

@mcmag888 2 года назад

Yes that’s a old gypsy Roman trick, it works best on the sole of the foot inside a sock, soles absorb it into the body faster. You can also heat a slice of onion and roll it into a funnel to stick in your ear canal, it will siphon out an ear infection in a few min.

@zoeazsss5035 2 года назад

Been suffering w covid symptoms for over a month and still feel congestion, cough but nothing happens.., so thank you so much for this idea,, I tried it last night,, and believe it really helped.. Blessings to you and your family.. Would so love to live in that house :)

@victoriacaldwell9285 2 года назад

Thank you for this video. My kids now know I am not crazy with my home remedies. LOL My Mamaw taught me to do this and I have done it every time one of my family has chest congestion even works with breaking up bronchitis.

@Portia620 2 года назад

Thanks! I can’t use decongestants due to heart issues and had no idea!!!! We need old and new treatments for illness!

@d.keeley8387 Год назад

Carolyn, Thank you so much……the Home Chest Congestion Onion Poultice has worked. I was starting to think I might need to go to ER…..because my symptoms seemed a lot like Bronchial pneumonia. However, found your RU-vid and followed the recipe…..took two days but the congestion is almost completely cleared. My Sats are good and my pulse has gone way down. I will continue until things are completely clear.

@sweetbeep 3 месяца назад

I don't think there is anything called bronchial pneumonia. It's either bronchitis or pneumonia or both.

@charlesperry9069 2 года назад

Excellent I've tried some of these old fashion remedies it seems like in modern day times lot has been forgotten

@freemandavis4796 2 года назад

My Mother made a reusable pack and called it a Granny rag. I spent many nights wearing it. Enjoyed the video. Smashed that like button, subscribed and all notifications. Blessed Be 🙏

@susannielsen8688 4 года назад

What about using an old pillowcase to hold the poultice?

@robinluich6626 2 года назад

Great idea

@trudybarton151 Год назад

Genius 👍

@karenlyle322 4 года назад

This is a great video 😀. Thank you Carolyn. Happy Easter 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻. He is risen ✝️

@chelseagarchar4338 4 года назад

I think this is great 👍. My Great Grandparents came over from Czechoslovakia and I remember my great Grandmother talking about the power of onions for healing. She loved eating onions raw like you would an apple. When we have major sickness in our house we will chop a few onions in half and place them around the house. In the main living and sleeping spaces. I think it helps a little bit. I will have to remember to try a poultice next time.

@Muslimah393 2 года назад

I do this as well. It does work 🙂

@jenette16 2 года назад

You like raw onion...have you tried the Walla Walla Sweet onions? Grandma loved onion and mayo sandwiches, gave her a Walla Wall sweet, she was in love. Seasonal and, of course, they come from Walla Walla Washington. Something special about the dirt I hear.

@CynthiaHunterNightwillow 2 года назад

Onions absorb whatever is in the air. If it's bad air the onion turns black because it's pulled out nasty bugs that makes us sick. Just have to remember to throw it out

@laurahastings-brownstein1481 11 месяцев назад

If you light a candle by your work area, the fumes from the onion will be consumed by the flame, and you will no longer cry! Love your channel!

@JesusLovingHomesteader 2 года назад

Love this ! Also learned so much from the comments.

@katekaplan8428 2 года назад

Me too. Praise JESUS, our faithful friend, Savior and soon coming King! Love from a sister in CT!

@JesusLovingHomesteader 2 года назад

@@katekaplan8428 Hallelujah! God bless you sister

@ashleymcdonald2239 2 года назад

Amen.✝️🌍❤️

@CGP21178 2 года назад

Watching this video reminded me of my grandma in Mexico who cooked the onions and placed a towel on my chest and sat with me.

@brendabollig6856 2 года назад

Thanks for the tip ***if you set a glass of water next to your cutting board while you chop onions it helps with the fumes so you don't cry.

@mmarie7645 4 года назад

I've heard this too from my time in Europe. Also egg white on the bottom of the feet reduces fever when it needs to come down. I've tried it skeptically and it worked!

@civil8bachelor264 4 года назад

Lavender oil on the bottom of feet and back of neck for fever! I swear has saved my children!

@Mrs.Patriot 4 года назад

Carolyn, if you refrigerate onions before cutting them they won't make you cry! Or put in the freezer for 15-20 min if you're short on time. ❤

@AMindInOverdrive 2 года назад

Fun fact about boiling down onions: A friend of mine worked in a flavour factory which sold super-condensed flavors to companies. Essentially, according to him, they'd reduce down a whole shipping container load of onions to a bottle of onion flavouring. Once drop of it would be enough to add to an entire vat of product that the food company were making. But here's the most interesting part: He said it's so condensed that if you took a whiff (small) of it, it could kill you - extremely dangerous LOL

@Fixaflatbabypillow 2 года назад

My 13 yr old was coming down with a cold and cough and I tried your mustard poultice. He slept thro the night without coughing once! Thanks!! I sell mustard seed baby pillows - an Indian tradition that prevents and remedies flat spots in infants. One of the reason mustard seeds are used(other than coz they are so tiny and make the pillow so pliable) is that it is supposed to help with congestion....I didn't connect the dots till yesterday. Maybe sleeping on the mustard seed pillow releases tiny doses of the spice? Anyway, thank you for sharing your remedies with us! And sorry for posting twice, I have been binge watching your channel and commented on the wrong video:) God bless you for the work you do!

@chadbugg3416 2 года назад

What a wonderful channel! I just happened to discover you and I'm enjoying the home remedies so far!!! God Bless

@StormyNight777 2 года назад

I had asthma really bad as a child and would go into pneumonia. My mom would make something similar to this. I think she added some flour to hold it together better, but not sure. She would put me to bed, give me some awful tasting hot drink, put this on my chest and covered me with quilts to sweat it out. It worked. It would break up congestion and I would feel much better by the end of the day.

@Almosthomeforever Год назад

Would love to know the drink. Wonderful mother!

@dogsaregreat3870 2 года назад

Put this on a kitchen towel Then warm it up in a hot oven Camforated oil Eucalyptus oil Wrap warm towel around your neck Eat Chicken noodle soup or chicken broth with lots of black pepper in it

@saucywench9122 4 года назад

I forgot something, I just found out about a new plant ally to grow, gynostemma. How I've never heard about this plant before today I have no idea. Start growing this little lady as soon as possible. VitaJing just did another video about it and included study links in the description. It's an invasive perrineal plant from Tibet and China but it's been Americanized and grows here just fine. You can make a tea from it fresh or dried and it's leaves are more powerful than the ginseng root, no joke. It's one of those awesome plants that is such a giver evidently. What caught my attention was how adaptive for your system it is. Our bodies evidently use it for almost all major functions and it won't create a cytokine storm like elderberry when working with the immune system. It's used most frequently with cancer patients.

@carolberridge6102 2 года назад

Thank you! Love so many of your demonstrations. They are calm and cheerful and orderly---- and get efficiently to the point. I know what you are saying about certain onions being so acrid--- while I generally try to ameliorate the effects if I'm chopping a lot up, I also think they are good at drawing tears which might have a good effect of cleansing the eyes. Not a prolonged tearing, but a shortish bout of tears.....On another note: learned the salt pickling of lemons from another of your excellent demos...Adds such a great taste to so many meals. Thanks for that one too! And, finally, a lot of the posters below had some very helpful remarks.

@annalivings6660 2 года назад

If you place a moist paper towel close to you before chopping the onion it will help prevent the crying. I was informed to put chopped onions in a ziplock bag, place it over the feet, and close it up over the ankles. Use this while sleeping.

@mem3769 4 года назад

When our 1 year old son had a persistent fever, my husband who is from S. Carolina suggested putting onions on him. So we cut some onions, out them on his bare chest and abdomen and wrapped him in a hand towel. We checked him a few hours later and he was cool where the onions were, but hot everywhere else. When we took the onions off he immediately got feverish all over again. We ended up taking him to the hospital ER. Turns out he had an ear infection.

@TRuth.T 4 года назад

Last week our Amish neighbors were putting slices of onion on their children's feet before they went to sleep , for congestion... I recomended that they first apply coconut oil. They also, put infusions of; oil & garlic on their chest...

@elissaward5519 4 года назад

Raw Garlic can burn skin, so there should be a t-shirt or something between the poultice and the child's skin.

@JoonieJuice 4 года назад

My mom does onion or garlic on the feet for fever

@followhimhome 2 года назад

This is how my grandmother and her sisters would treat my uncle’s chest congestion when they were growing up.

@doeharris5363 2 года назад

What an amazing remedy l will certainly try this as l have a cold for over 6 weeks now and nothing is working. Thank you so much for sharing your video. 🙋🙋🙋🙋🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@michaelheurkens4538 Год назад

Crying while cutting onions? You need a very sharp knife. Yours sounds dull and will squish the onion cells releasing waaay more juice and vapours than a sharp knife. Also, if you can stand more upright or maybe use a small fan so the vapours don't even get to your eyes. I usually wear glasses, but not when I cut onions. I find any vapours get trapped behind the lenses making the situation worse. What's the difference? Glasses off or tearing, stinging eyes ? - can't see well either way. One more tip; flush your eyes with cold, running water if the vapours really sting until the irritation subsides. I've learned some of these things from my Mum and some through experience cooking for my family and others for about 30 years. Thanks for what you do and all the extremely valuable information you share. Much of that info and techniques for better, healthier food are disappearing from collective memory in favour of quicker, easier store-bought, chemically poisoned garbage. Cheers and prayers to you from northern Alberta, Canada.

@ais2003 Год назад

This really works and thanks for helping people

@patricik3adykohollandswort668 2 года назад

Love it! Puts me in mind of the asifidita (don't know if that's the correct spelling) my mother had in our medicine cabinet when I was very young.

@melissasmith9440 2 года назад

My aunt would cut an onion in half, sit it in a bowl with 2 tbsps of sugar on top, it would make a cough syrup.

@joannedibiase2427 2 года назад

Melissa, I got this very same recipe from a German nun when my children were small many years ago. 😊

@mchangmi 2 года назад

You are a great teacher. Thanks for sharing.

@belindahussey6275 2 года назад

Hold a half piece of bread hanging out of your mouth when cutting strong onions. The bread helps as a filter between onion and nose.

@jjones4314 Год назад

When cutting up an onion, wet a paper towel & place it beside the cutting board to absorb fumes. Saw this done on another cooking channel & it seemed to work.

@Mickey-jn8hz 2 года назад

You can make yourself a small pillow case to put your onions in. Sew it with a flap so that the onions won’t fall off. I am making one for my family.

@Dawghome 2 года назад

4:28, I was told by someone that I might have 'long covid', and when I cough I oftentimes sound like I've got croup, so it feels tight in my chest and am trying to use stuff people recommend, one I've found that seems to help is flu meds containing Guafenesin and usually about an hour or so later I try to cough as it's begun to loosen a bit, I always thank my lungs because I'm grateful they are trying to clear this problem with me. But when I get sick, 9 times out of 10 it goes straight to my chest!! It can be quite depressing! Thanks to everyone here for sharing their families remedies as well, this is all good info.😁👍💝

@charlesfredrick4789 2 года назад

You could try Mullen tea, put the Mullen in a quart mason jar. Pour in the boiling water and let it sit for 4 hours. Make sure you strain it through fine filter. Or piece of cheese cloth. What you don't drink that day refrigerate. It'll last a couple days. Best wishes hope this helps.

@sweetbeep 3 месяца назад

@@charlesfredrick4789why four hours? Won't an hour do?

@sweetbeep 3 месяца назад

My sickness goes to my chest too and I can't stand it. I heard that oil of oregano helps.

@charlesfredrick4789 3 месяца назад

@@sweetbeep you know , it's odd that I gave that particular method of making Mullen tea. It is not necessary to let it Brew for 4 hours. Although you certainly could. Now I Brew it in one cup for 10 minutes or so. Then strain it into another cup. But you can use a teapot. The most important thing with Mullen, is to use a very fine filter to strain it, and normally I do not drink the tiny bit from the bottom of the cup. Once it has settled. I hope this helps do you feel better.

@sweetbeep 3 месяца назад

@@charlesfredrick4789 thanks. Last night I slept with onions on the bottom of my foot and it helped. But I am interested in mullein as well and someone on FB said they use it for their pulmonary fibrosis, which is usually a deadly condition. Do you get your mullein from the health food store?

@dburd58 3 года назад

For our babies with colic we boiled onion slice in a little water gave baby a couple drops of liquid and let the burping begin.

@sweetbeep 3 месяца назад

That last couple of words made me lol

@SANNAsewglam 2 года назад

I cut up an onion and left it in a bowl on the counter or next to my bed to purify the air from coughing. I've heard that onions absorb bacteria. My sons cough never got worse. Now on to helping my parents.

@sharonmcmann-morelli4896 2 года назад

love all your jars and cupboards 👍🏼

@ivorykeys1566 2 года назад

CAROLYN THE REMEDY TO NOT CRY WHILE CUTTING ONIONS!! - HONEST IT REALLY WORKS!! WHEN CUTTING ANY ONION, DO NOT BEATHE THROUGH YOUR NOSE AT ALL! KEEP BEATHING THROUGH YOUR MOUTH THE WHOLE TIME... I watched Rachel Ray & she never cries when cutting an onion, and she was talking or kept her mouth open the entire time while cutting onion. I use that method all the time while cutting my very strong yellow onions now and my eyes NEVER tear up!! Remember!! You CANNOT even sniff through your nose... Try it and please come back and tell it on a special video for everyone. Thanks.. Btw.... I know most ppl sleep with their head raised but from my own personal experience I have noticed that if I have a chest congestion, the best way for me to sleep, is make sure my head is LOWER THAN my chest, wrap up your body really warm, actually getting to the point of breaking a sweat if possible, and keep a lined trash can near my bed, because the warmer I can get my body, causes the congestion to actually slide up toward my throat and I am able to hack it out quicker... works great !!

@VickieShepherd 2 года назад

My mom told me several times about grandma making onion plasters for her chest when she was sick. When they cooled down she ate the onions out of them lol. She never made one for us when we were sick though.

@lornabartlett2744 4 года назад

Much appreciate this time with you learning to make this recipe for congestion for relieve symptoms💖👩‍🌾👨‍🌾🎍🌎🤧

@reneehailey4462 2 года назад

Learned a new trick. Don't cut the root stem and you won't tear. I didn't believe it but when I tried it it worked

@debiscaramella7300 3 года назад

My grandma would heat up milk and onions together then take out the onions, the onion would help with congestion/cough and the milk would help you sleep.

@suzannearguelles5019 2 года назад

Would you drink this ?

@kauigirl808 2 года назад

@@suzannearguelles5019 hope not. Milk makes it worse for phlegm.

@TRuth.T 4 года назад

I live by Old Order Amish and go into the home of Swartzentruber Amish 2xs a week. They do things differently, then my mind can understand(I don't understand their ways). I am sure they wouldn't think of this as " natural remedies" , not witchcraft. Some even have rings/slices of onions above some of their door frames ;)

@mamapillow8365 2 года назад

A dollar store mesh laundry bag can work to hold a poultice too.

@s38hyler Год назад

My grandmother would take a onion and chop it up, and put in cast iron frying pan with lard and cook it until it was translucent and she let it cool off then she would smear it on our chest, I never knew if it was the smell or the onion but it worked. Onion chopped really fine on a bee sting too. Meat tenderize on Mosquito bites and jelly fish stings. I never heard of using salt with an onion but I guess you use what you have on hand.

@Chocoholiclady66 2 года назад

Gran used to sew the cloth into a slip on cover/encasing sort of like those frequently seen these days on little pillows -- with the slot that has the flap overlap (not sure how to describe it) you turn inside out stuff the pillow in or take it out then closes when turn it back right side out for large poultices and just made draw string bags for smaller ones.

@73beetle19 2 года назад

Don’t cry! We still love you!

@patriciaworkman7893 2 года назад

Never heard of using onions, but my mom and grandma use to rub vicks vapor rub on our chests and immediately wash it off come morning, as they didn't want us to end up with pneumonia.

@JoonieJuice 4 года назад

I run cold water over the knife before chopping onion & maybe once midway & it helps so much. Also, cutting near the sink while running cold water.

@lynnstapleton7154 4 года назад

Bruklyn A my grandma used to hold a slice of bread in mer lips to absorb any juices. It worked for her

@dorapete4536 2 года назад

Sounds like wasting water

@adventuresover6039 2 года назад

Great video, thanks for sharing. Will try this:)

@JOXGIRL1 2 года назад

I’m going to use this remedy if I get congested again. Thank you.

@70foolio 2 года назад

My grandma would use this method too and sometimes add garlic. Sometimes just add a wash cloth to the warm onion water, ring out and add to chest. Just keep water warm. Whoowee no one will be around you for a couple of hours after the onion treatment.

@nmr6988 2 года назад

Thank you so much. I am going to make this today!

@dougveres6405 Год назад

My mother of 5 an not alot of money back then, she would chop onions, then add some margarine an sugar an slowly cook the onions until they produced a somewhat thick syrup...an give it us when we were sick.

@KeyClavis 2 года назад

A drawstring muslin bag (made from an old cotton sheet) is what I use for this instead of the cheesecloth.

@janetclark8754 4 года назад

Carolyn, donʻt cut off the pointy end and you will never cry... cut off the root end and take off the peel. cut the onion in half length wise - through the pointy end... then lay the cut end down, and slice the onion to the thickness you want the dice, leaving the slices together and cut the pointy end last (discard after the last cut). Rotate the sliced onion 90 degrees and make the second set of slices... e voila, diced onion, with no tears ;o)

@teeteefree5033 Год назад

This is awesome - thank you

@kauigirl808 2 года назад

This is great for pneumonia.

@thedisneykid2884 4 года назад

So very cool. Thank you so much this!

@youtubeuser4181 2 года назад

I use a lit candle to prevent crying when slicing a yellow onion. You need to have it pretty close to your cutting board. It really works for me! Another hint, when I don't have a candle, I just put on glasses, sunglasses, or goggles to protect my eyes.

@BCSTS 11 месяцев назад

Also rinsing your hands under cold water 1st...wotks well !

@eileenbrown3805 7 месяцев назад

I would have liked to see you demonstrate cooking the onions.

@NeoPhoneix 4 года назад

So there are no Amish communities where I am, yet my elderly friend ALWAYS insists I sniff onions when I'm feeling a bit off colour. She's part German so I'm wondering if its part of the folk lore from way back then. I prefer menthol myself.

@mcmag888 2 года назад

It’s not part of folklore it’s part of natural medicine, everything modern healthcare has developed came from something natural of the earth originally. Allopathic and homeopathic remedies work best when used together, not in argument against the others effect.

@leeroyexcavator9149 2 года назад

Just for info since your eyes were burning right away. Always leave the root side on the onion till the end and it will fume way less!!!!

@sophiawish9772 10 месяцев назад

I saw a version of this in the movie "Where the Lilies Grow"

@laureenmaxwell9811 Год назад

Cook onions on down until you get a thick paste then smear over chest and back as soon as it cools enough to touch. Wrap up in plastic while it is still warm to touch them crawl under a warm blanket with lots of tissues and spit bucket.

@judyluchies2492 2 года назад

Use a wet rag next to the onion the cry fumes will go towards the cloth it seeks out water that’s why it goes towards your eyes 😇😘🙏🏻

@Mickey-jn8hz 2 года назад

Beautiful children!

@elizabethbowman4188 2 года назад

My mom used to do this and it works, I am allergic to Vicks vapor rub.

@AllenBarclayAllen 2 года назад

Anglican here , Sr. William Thompson The third 1634 first Massachusetts Bay colloney fifth generation grandson my Barclay peeople were Quaker .. FOR pneumocystis pneumonia congestion ? WHY THATS AMASING FOR A POLTIS. ! Most congestion when it starts with a sore throat I use ginger root powder on the top of my tongue and hold it to the roof of my mouth for 5 minutes . Works great I guess the starting cold . but would be defenceless against pneumocystis pneumonia water on the lungs . I use Noni juice to stop that but who could find Noni juice during William Thompson's time and your Amish ancestors TIME. Who could find it ???..NO ONE ..! THAMKS ..!

@taniam.4554 3 года назад

Very helpful! Thank you so much♥️ idk if I can get my 4 yr old to stay put for 2 hrs.. lol so prob will try when she goes down for her nap.

@janecollette9504 2 года назад

Try using a clean pillow sack, to hold the onions.

@elevatorman7750 10 месяцев назад

Great video thanks

@HomesteadingFamily 10 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@marydilickchristy5438 3 года назад

The reason you cry when cutting an onion is you have a dull knife. You must have a very sharp knife and how you use it is also important. Do not push the knife down, but rather smoothly slide it through the onion. Also chewing gum also helps. 😊