Chew a piece of fresh parsley root or calamus to get rid of onion and garlic smell.
When treating a cold with garlic or onion juice, do not put the juice directly into your nose or stuff pieces of the vegetables into your nostrils; this can burn the mucous membranes. Instead, use garlic or onion juice like this: take 2 tablespoons of grated garlic or onion and place them in a clean glass, then set the glass in a bowl of hot water. Cover the glass with a cone made of thick paper. Place the sharp tip of the cone against your nose and inhale the vapors for 10 minutes through each nostril. Repeat this procedure 3 to 4 times a day.
Onion juice is used to treat coughs. Finely chop several onions, place them in a glass or enamel container, and generously sprinkle with sugar. Let it steep. Take a tablespoon of the resulting juice 4 to 5 times a day.
For a more complex recipe, dissolve 400 grams of sugar in a liter of water, add 50 grams of honey and 500 grams of chopped onion, combine everything, and simmer on low heat for 1.5 hours, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Once cooled, transfer the liquid to a glass container with a tight seal. Take a tablespoon 4 to 6 times a day.
Apply garlic once a week, two hours before washing your hair, to promote hair growth. For dry hair, rub a paste or strained garlic juice mixed half-and-half with vegetable oil into the scalp. For oily hair, apply the garlic paste or juice without oil. Do not cover the scalp with a scarf after applying the paste or juice to avoid irritation. Continue the treatment for 2 to 3 months.
