What you should never do with onions and garlic: it will have the opposite effect

16.03.2024 22:47

On the Internet, you can often find advice to treat a runny nose by putting onion and garlic juice in your nose.

However, experts say that this should never be done.

You can get the opposite effect, reports the portal healthy-nutrition.rf.

Why you shouldn't put onion and garlic juice in your nose

Onions and garlic can and should be used to prevent colds, but you should not use onion and garlic juice as nasal drops.

There is a high probability that such drops will damage the mucous membrane, and it will not be able to perform its protective functions.

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Instead of the desired antiviral effect, you can get the opposite effect - the viruses will attack more strongly, warns healthy-nutrition.rf .

Earlier we talked about the beneficial properties of birch sap.

Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor