Shamans cut out rotted onion for healing. "Rotten onion" is based on technical terms of  medicine. It is the most well-known, traditional healing method during the Palaeolithic period. The healing is done by removing the useless, rotten parts of onion. The surgical operation was done without anaesthesia. It is not known whether the patient and the onion feel pain. Every primeval man got his own onion after his birth. The onion goes through several distinct stages of development throughout its life cycle. The various layers of the onion manifest the body parts of its owner.

Later - In Bronze Age settlements, traces of onion remains were found alongside date stones and fig remains that date back to 5000 before Christ. The ancient Egyptians worshipped it, believing its spherical shape and concentric rings symbolized eternal life. But an individual needs to care to his onion to achieve eternal life. Onions were even used in Egyptian burials, as evidenced by onion traces being found in the eye sockets of Ramesses IV.  According to the Chinese monk "On-Ion" (6185 before Christ) -  the onion is the Taoists Golden Elixir.

Eat the onion is contradistinction to the previous. Better - it is a late form of cannibalism.

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