According to the an old folk remedy, if you come down with a cold or the flu, all you have to do is slice a red or white onion into rounds, place them on the bottoms of your feet, and put on a pair of socks. Leave the socks on overnight as you sleep. In the morning, you may wake up and feel better. This remedy relates back to the 1500's. Putting onions in your socks might sound odd, but some people swear that it’s a remedy for infections, such as the cold or flu. The nerves in the feet have been a focal point of Eastern medicine for thousands of years and are thought to act as access points to the internal organs.

My mother did this to my brother and me and we did not like it, not one little bit, but it did seem to help. If you wonder if it is absorbed through your feet, it was! If you have the flu or a cold and are willing to try anything to bounce back, the good news is that putting onions in your socks should not hurt you at all, it may help!