Scallion, commonly known as green onion, spring onion, or salad onion, is a small onion with long leaves that are considered a necessity in many recipes. The green onion’s medicinal part is its stem. It works as well as an antipyretic, expectorant, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. It is effective against colds, headaches, chills to the stomach, indigestion, and also for insomnia. The white stem contains a lot of glucose and allyl sulfides. Use it is a raw condiment to many foods by finely chopping the fresh white stem. 

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