Have you ever tried to read your grocery receipt only to find the letters look like they’re behind a fogged-up window? Or how car headlights bother you more than usual at night, forcing you to squint to walk safely? Many older people in Mexico believe that onions can help with cataracts, especially when someone tells them that “it really does clear your eyesight.” But before putting anything near your eyes, there’s something important you need to know that could completely change how you care for your vision.
Onions for cataracts and why so many people believe in them
Suggested image: an elderly person resting with slices of red onion on their eyelids, as in the reference image.
Image caption: When eyesight fails, any remedy that sounds simple can seem like an immediate hope.
The idea sounds tempting. If onions make you cry, then maybe they “cleanse” the eye, right? Well, not exactly. Cataracts occur when the lens, the eye’s natural lens, gradually becomes opaque. That’s why vision feels blurry, dull, or foggy.
