Onion is one of the most common and widely used vegetables in our kitchen, but a lot of people know that the onion husk is also considered a valuable product. It turns out that onion husks are a source of a mass of useful elements and medicinal properties. On its basis, even an onion diet is created for weight loss, where the main dishes are onion soup and onion tea.
Benefit and harm of onion tea
In folk medicine, onion husks are used to produce infusions, decoctions, extracts and ointments that help treat a wide range of diseases from cold infections to prostate adenoma and varicose veins. The easiest way to improve your health and benefit from onion peel is to make tea from it.
Onion tea for weight loss is prepared quickly and simply, you need:
- peel from two bulbs to grind into powder, should be a tablespoon of the crushed product;
- pour 1 liter of boiling water;
- to simmer under a cover on a small fire for 15-20 minutes;
- cool and strain.
Such a decoction has a very specific rich taste, so not everyone can drink it in its pure form. You can add a decoction in tea in a ratio of 1: 1 and take 2-3 times a day. The effect of getting rid of excess kilograms is achieved through cleansing the body of toxins, getting rid of swelling and normalizing metabolic processes.
Onion husks have
- vitamins C, E, A, PP, group B, carotene;
- mineral salts of potassium, calcium, iron ;
- flavonoid quercetin;
- phytoncides.
With regular use of onion tea, metabolic processes are normalized, inflammatory and infectious inflammatory diseases are eliminated, blood circulation improves, toxins and excess fluid are eliminated.
Tea from onion husks has no contraindications to the use and is considered an absolutely safe and non-allergenic product.