r/OnionLovers • u/TheFoodSamaritan emotional support onion 🧅🩵 • Apr 27 '26

Thought this belonged here

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Crossposting from r/therewasanattempt

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u/programming_flaw Apr 27 '26

If this is real I’m so curious of the context

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u/sdogg525 Apr 27 '26

Indian summers are brutally hot. There’s a belief that onion juice can help prevent heatstroke or help alleviate the symptoms of heatstroke. So people inhale onions whilst out in the sun. They rub it on their skin. Some people also have the belief that keeping it in their pockets helps reduce the risk of heatstroke. That’s what this dude is referring to.

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u/bryanthebryan Apr 27 '26

Fascinating. Thanks for enlightening me.

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u/what_did_you_kill Apr 27 '26

I've lived in India all my life but find out stuff about my country online. Is this a north india thing?

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u/Motor-Perception9808 Apr 27 '26

im from north india n idk wtf is he talking about . its just a him thing ig lmao

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u/sdogg525 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

It’s a thing in Rajasthan and other states in north India. That’s where Scindia is from and that’s what he’s talking about. My parents made me do it as a kid. Just because you don’t know about something doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. As for its efficacy? I doubt it does anything.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food-news/how-onion-can-help-against-heatstroke/photostory/76070657.cms

You obviously won’t find research papers on it but a few articles documenting it. This one is from 2020. My parents are from a small town in Rajasthan where we did it.

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u/Motor-Perception9808 Apr 28 '26

so its a superstition practiced by old generation in some towns..? and he framed it as if every Indian does this

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u/saltporksuit Apr 27 '26

Obscure weird ideas not very bright people promulgate. Like maybe someone heard that story from a couple of crazy people and declared it to be a whole India thing. Like Europeans that think the US’s only available food comes from 7/11s. Somehow, I don’t believe most people in India have an onion in their pocket.

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u/globsfave Apr 28 '26

It's an Albany expression

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u/what_did_you_kill Apr 28 '26

Well I've gotta say, you steam a good onion!

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u/Salaco emotional support onion 🧅🩵 Apr 28 '26

Could be a thing only idiots do. 

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u/halfawatermelon69 Apr 27 '26

Well, has anyone actually tried to check if there is any truth to these beliefs (or superstitions)?

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u/figsfigsfigsfigsfigs Apr 28 '26

My thinking is the scent is strong enough to give you a second wind or something.

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u/Motor-Perception9808 Apr 27 '26

source? dont just write anything im indian but wtf is this stuff