Illustration of onions.
Onions, indigenous to the southwestern region of Asia, are a resilient horticultural plant characterized by its consumable bulb. These aromatic, sulfur-laden herbs are renowned for their taste and have been employed to alleviate diverse ailments. Although onions have a low nutrient content, they are widely known for their medicinal characteristics, such as their ability to alleviate colds, earaches, and laryngitis.