Just have to write a quick update. Last night both of my kids went to bed quite sick, my son in particular was miserably stuffed up. I put some White Flower Balm (has a menthol type of smell that is a natural Chinese medicine that I got from my Naturopath) on my sons chest and put on the humidifier. I left the bowl of onions by both of their beds but I was sure my son would be staying home from school the next day (today). I was amazed when I woke up to find him barely sniffling and feeling great. He went to school and seemed to feel just fine the entire day.

Usually when my son gets a cold he is congested for weeks. He is a redhead and his redheaded doctor tells me that redheads are particularly prone to bronchial issues. This does seem to be the case so I was expecting to be dealing with this for the next week at least. I haven’t done anything different other than he has been taking regular doses of Vitamin D for the past month or so. I do know that Vitamin D supports the immune system, however I still wonder if the onion has had anything to do with the quick recovery.

Oh yeah, I ate some of the honey/onion syrup I made today. It was really good! I think I like the crunchiness of actually eating the onions with it, however the syrup would make for a very good wound cleanser or dressing since it’s so thin and could be kept in the fridge.

I’ll keep you posted on my experiments with the onion!