Allium cepa L.Family: Amaryllidaceae
Synonyms: Allium angolense , Allium aobanum, Allium ascalonicum, Allium cepaeum, Allium commune, Allium cumaria, Allium esculentum, Allium napus, Allium pauciflorum, Allium salota, Ascalonicum sativum, Cepa alba, Cepa esculenta, Cepa pallens, Cepa rubra, Kepa esculenta , Porrum cepa
Arabic: بصل, Guarani: Sevói, Aymara: Siwilla, azərbaycanca: Adi soğan, Bengali: পিঁয়াজ, Min Nan: Chhang-thâu, Bashkir: Һuғan, Belarusian: Цыбуля рэпчатая, Цыбуля рэпчатая, Central Bicolano: Sibulyas, Bulgarian: Кромид лук, Tibetan: ཙོང་རིལ།, , in various languages: Ognon, Ceba, Cibule kuchyňská, Andjoen, Aniani, Basal, Bawang, Bawang bombai, Ceapă, Ceba, Cebola, Cebola, Cėbolė, Čebula, Cebula zwyczajna, Cepo, Cesnak cibuľový, Chibudda, Civole, Cwibla, Cybličkowacy kobołk, Ënn, Eugnon, Hành tây, Harilik sibul, Ibitunguru, Ingan, Itswele, Juun, Keltasipuli, Kitunguu, Lauk, Laukur, Litungúlu, Løg, , Lök, Luk, Luk , Oignon, Öllich, Onion, Onyono, Pîvaz, Piyaz, Qepa, Sevoya, Sibuyas, Sīpols, Siwilla, Soğan, Tipula, Tłʼohchin, Ubuntunguru, Uinnean, Unnish, Uui, Valgomasis svogūnas, Vanlig løk, Vöröshagyma, Wšedna cybula, Zeóła, Zonyon, Zwiebel, Zwiwwel, Κρεμμύδι, Кромид, Лук репчатый, Охыра, Пиёз, Пияз, Сонгино, Цибуля ріпчаста, Црни лук, Чурька, Գլուխ սոխ, タマネギ, בצל הגינה, ציבל, پیاز, پیاز, پیاز, ފިޔާ, कांदा, पलाण्डुः, प्याज, प्याज़, ડુંગળી, ପିଆଜ, வெங்காயம், ఉల్లిపాయ, ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ, ഉള്ളി, หอมใหญ่, 양파, 洋蔥,
Uses: Stimulant, diuretic, expectorant, emmenagogue. Antibiotic, antibacterial, antisclerotic, anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, antiasthmatic, expectorant, carminative, antispasmodic, diuretic, hypotensive, antidiabetic.
Asthma, Bronchitis, Common cold, Flu, Upper or lower respiratory tract infections. Traditional Uses: Cebollín and cebolla roja are used to treat respiratory ailments, such as symptoms of the common cold, bronchitis and flu as well as asthma. To make a syrup, the raw bulb is coarsely chopped, combined with honey or brown sugar, allowed to sit overnight at room temperature until a watery layer forms on top and taken by the spoonful a few times daily. This raw syrup is refrigerated and stored in a covered container. Its medicinal properties are attributed to the heat or spicy taste of the pungent raw onion (Dominican Medicinal Plants)
Atherosclerosis, age-dependent changes in blood vessels loss of appetite. (Evaluation of Herbal Medicinal Products Perspectives on quality, safety and efficacy)
Onion bulbs are said to be aphrodisiac, diuretic, expectorant, emmenagogue, hypoglycemic, and stimulant (MPI). Onion juice and EO demonstrated antiaggregant and hypocholesterolemic activities in humans subjects (MPI). Onions are alleged to stimulate bile production, to speed healing of gunshot wounds, and to cure scorpion bites, freckles, and the common cold. Asian Indians eat raw onions, spiced up with lemon, pepper, and salt, for bronchitis, colic, edema, fever, and scurvy. Some people with parasites macerate an onion in white wine and drink it on an empty stomach in the morning ( CRC HANDBOOK OF Medicinal Spices).
Febrile fits, tinnitus, ringing ear, earache, otitis, and eye instillation (Medicinal Plants of Myanmar)
Bulb: Guyana uses: Eaten raw or boiled to strengthen the lungs. Onion boiled with bread and milk is applied to swellings of Guinea worm, after which the patient drinks a decoction comprised of garlic, black pepper, flowers of sulphur, and a quart of rum thrice daily in small
dosage. (Medicinal Plants of the Guianas)
Antibacterial, antimutagenic, anticarcinogenic; lowers plasma cholesterol and lower-density lipoprotein; prevents thrombosis, hypotensive (Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants)
It is most commonly known as “onion”. Basal, basl, cebolla, cebolla morada, cepa bulb, cepolla, cipolla, common onion, cu hanh, hom hua yai, hom khaao, hom yai, hu-t’sung, hu t’sung t’song, hua phak bhu, i-i-bsel, kesounni, khtim, Küchenzwiebel, l’oignon, loyon, Madras oignon, oignon, palandu, piyaj, piyaz, pyaz, pyaaz, ralu lunu, red globe onion, sibuyas, Spanish onion, tamanegi, umbi bawang merah, vengayan, yellow Bermuda onion, white globe onion, Zwiebel. Uses supported by clinical data The principal use of Bulbus Allii Cepae today is to prevent age-dependent changes in the blood vessels, and loss of appetite (WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants)
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