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來源:品味生活
發佈於 2009-12-24 22:13
洋蔥 vs 流感 [家家戶戶都放幾個洋蔥吧 !]
目前甲流在世界各地肆虐,美國已經宣布進入緊急狀態,加拿大在全國免費注射疫苗,中國也有5萬多人感染了病毒。
上周我有兩個午餐會不得不取消,本周也是難以確定好幾個午餐會是否要舉行,因為很多人生病(不一定是甲流)。這次的流感的確給人們的生活帶來很多麻煩和困擾。
一個加拿大朋友把下面這封郵件發給我和一些朋友。我把它翻譯出來送給大家,希望對你有所幫助,希望大家健康平安不要生病。其中的一些東西與我們中醫和中華飲食有關聯。
In 1919. When the flu killed 40 million people, there was this doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it, and many died.
1919年,當流感造成了四千萬人死亡時,有一位醫生到各地農場去探視,看是否可以幫助人們戰勝流感。很多農民和他們家庭感染了流感,很多人因此而死亡。
The doctor came upon this one farmer, and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy.
這位醫生來到一家人家。出乎預料,這家的每一個人都非常健康。
When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different, the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home (probably only two rooms back then).
醫生詢問這家的做法與其他人家有何不同,這家的妻子說她在家裏的每一個房間! (那時大概也就是兩間吧)裏放置了一顆沒有剝皮的洋蔥。
The doctor couldn't believe it, and asked if he could have one of the onions, and place it under the microscope.
醫生無法置信,因此就問是否可以要一顆洋蔥以便放在顯微鏡下觀察觀察。
She gave him one, and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion.
她給了他一顆。醫生觀察時真的在洋蔥上發現了流感病菌。
It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore keeping the family healthy.
顯然,洋蔥吸收了病菌,因此讓這家人保持健康。
Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in Arizona .
如今,我從亞利桑那州我的理髮師那裏聽到類似的故事。
She said that several years ago, many of her employees were coming down with the flu, and so were many of her customers.
她說幾年前她的很多雇員感染流感,她的很多顧客也是如此。
The next year, she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work.
次年,她在她的理髮店裏放了幾個盤,裏面放了一些洋蔥。令她吃驚的是,她的員工沒有一個生病的。看來洋蔥真的起作用…
(And no, she is not in the onion business.)
(真的,她並不做洋蔥的生意。)
The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home.
故事的核心是,買一些洋蔥吧,把它們擺放在你的家裏的果盤裏。
If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office, or under your desk, or even on top somewhere.
如果你是坐辦公室的,在你的辦公室裏,或者辦公桌下面,或者在櫃子頂部放置幾顆洋蔥吧。
Try it and see what happens. We did it last year, and we never got the flu. If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better.
試試看效果怎麽樣。我們去年做了,沒有人得流感。 如果這樣做可以幫助你和你所愛的人不感冒,那就太好了。
If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case.
如果你仍然得了感冒,也許! 會是比較輕微的症狀。
Whatever, what have you to lose? Just a few bucks on onions!
不管結果如何,你又會有什麽損失呢?
除了幾顆洋蔥之外!
Now there is a P. S. to this for I sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly contributes material to me on health issues.
下面是後續。我把這個送給我在奧爾良的朋友,她經常給我一些健康方面的建議。
She replied with this most interesting experience about onions:I don't know about the farmer’s story, but I do know that I contracted pneumonia, and needless to say I was very ill.
她回復說了關於洋蔥的最有趣的實驗:
我不知道那個農民的故事,但是我知道我得了肺炎。不用說,我病的不輕。
I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion, put one end on a fork, and then place the forked end into an empty jar, placing the jar next to the sick patient at night.
我讀到一篇文章,建議把洋蔥的兩頭切掉,插在叉子上,然後把叉子放在花瓶裏,晚上放在病人身旁。
It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs.
據說,洋蔥會因爲病菌而在次日清晨變黑。
Sure enough, it happened just like that. The onion was a mess, and I began to feel better.
果然,事情跟說的完全一樣。洋蔥看起來糟透了,但我卻開始好起來。
Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room sa! ved many from the black plague years ago.
那篇文章還談到放在屋子裏的洋蔥和大蒜在多年前的黑死病中救了很多人的命。
小洋蔥, 大療效, 何樂而不為 ?
願神能將各樣的恩惠多多的加給你們,使你們凡事常常充足,能多行各樣善事
God bless you
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聽過生洋蔥可以治H1N1新流感嗎?或者大蒜?也許試試雙氧水?隨著新流感疫情擴大和疫苗短缺的憂慮升高,各種替代療法也開始在網絡上瘋狂傳播,但這些偏方有沒有效也許要聽聽醫生的看法。
一封廣為流傳的電子郵件說,1918年導致4,000萬人喪生的流感疫情中,一位醫生發現有戶農家全家都未染病,因為在家中擺滿了未去皮的洋蔥。這位醫生以顯微鏡檢查這些洋蔥,發現它們竟然吸附了流感病毒。同一封電子郵件還提到,一位理髮師在店中放了洋蔥後,她的店員就不再患上流感了;還有一位肺炎患者將生洋蔥放在床邊的罐子,第二天醒來就發現不藥而癒,而洋蔥卻幾乎全爛了。
儘管這類偏方在部落格和網路論壇引起熱烈討論,據美國疾病防治中心(CDCP)說,官方批准的疫苗是唯一經過驗證的預防A型H1N1流感方法,而抗病毒藥克流感(Tamiflu)和瑞樂沙(Relenza)則是縮短症狀周期的僅有藥物,沒有科學證據顯示任何草藥、順勢療法(homeopathy)或其他偏方對治療流感有幫助。
但偏方的觀念根深柢固,以下是一些最新或最古老的治流感偏方:
洋蔥。洋蔥具有藥用價值可追溯幾千年前。埃及人、古希臘人和印第安人用它們治療咳嗽和感冒。洋蔥萃取物確實能緩解咳嗽、感冒、哮喘和支氣管炎。但以洋蔥治療流感的科學研究很少,而且沒有房間裡的洋蔥能吸收病毒的研究記錄。
大蒜。支持者說,大蒜能降低膽固醇、預防癌症以及對付感冒和流感,但同樣大蒜也沒有人體臨床試驗的記錄。
雙氧水。據1920年代的理論,感冒和流感病毒通過耳道進入人體,所以歐洲人曾用雙氧水清潔耳朵以殺死入侵病毒。雙氧水確實有殺菌作用,但治療流感的效果仍不清楚。
順勢療法。順勢療法可追溯到18世紀,其理論是以導致疾病的物質經稀釋後,能用來促使人體防禦機能抑制病症。流感最常用的藥是Oscillococcinum,1980年代的小規模研究顯示,使用這種藥物的流感患者比服用安慰劑的對照組康復更快。
草藥。一些草藥醫生熱烈推崇草藥的抗流感特性,並指出克流感本身就提煉自中國的八角茴香。接骨木據說具有消炎和提高免疫力的功效,而紫錐菊的研究結果似乎較不明確。
雞湯。雞肉中所含的氨基酸似乎有助於化痰和抑制發炎。
儘管偏方永遠與你同在,美國CDCP迄今只建議,有任何流感症狀應該去看醫生。即使沒有症狀,最好在流感季節少出入公共場所、多喝水,並徹底洗手。
來源:經濟日報 09/11/04