Allium cepa
alli-cepRed Onion A picture of coryza, with acrid nasal discharge and laryngeal symptoms, eye secretion bland; singers' cold, worse in warm room and toward evening; better in open air is presented by this remedy. Specially adapted to phlegmatic patients; colds in damp cold weather. Neuralgic pains, like a fine thread, following amputations or injuries to nerves. Traumatic chronic neuritis. Burning in nose, mouth, throat, bladder and skin. Sensation of glowing heat on different parts of the body.
Allium cepa — Materia Medica
Allium cepa — keynotes · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
(Cepa Vulgaris) Acute colds, catarrhs or neuralgias. Shooting pains; as fine as a thread. .................... Forehead aches; into eyes and face; > free coryza or menses. Watery eyes, < coughing; wants to rub them (Scil.). FREQUENT, VIOLENT SNEEZING, CORYZA; ACRID, FLUENT; with burning, smarting. Dripping nose or from uvula. Sensitive to odors. Raw throat or larynx. Flatulence; noisy; foul; painful. Copious urine. Incessant, hacking, tickling cough; holds it back; as if to tear or split larynx; must grasp it. Painful talking. Hoarseness. Senile bronchitis. Neuralgia of stump. Galled feet.
Allium cepa — general · James Tyler Kent
Allium cepa is used principally for "colds." There are various phases of these "colds," in the nose, in the throat, in the larynx, in the bronchial tubes. The patient and all the phases of his "cold," his coryza, his Ia laryngitis, his cough, all his complaints, are aggravated by warmth, are worse in a warm room, excepting the tickling in the larynx, which is sometimes aggravated by drawing in cold air. In this way the cou is sometimes excited by cold air but the patient himself is better in cold air and sensitive to heat. Most of the symptoms are worse in the evening, the symptoms of coryza, the "cold," and the general symptoms. These are symptoms most striking general features of Allium Cepa. It is not strange that the old ladies used to bind onions on the ear for earache and around the neck for sore throats, for onion is very frequently indicated in almost every climate for the effects of cold. Cold, damp, penetrating winds, in any climate, are likely to bring on Allium cepa complaints- coryza, Ia grippe, influenza or whatever they may be called, and usually there is congestive headache. Coryza: Rawness in the nose, copious flow of water from the eyes, which is always bland; copious watery discharge from the nose, which is always excoriating. Rawness in the larynx and throat, extending down into the chest. Raw in the nose.
Allium cepa — introduction · Margaret Lucy Tyler
Clarke used to say, " Whenever you find a book by H.. N. Guernsey, buy it.” He had the greatest respect for his know ledge and acumen as regards our Materia Medica. So we will turn up for possible further valuable hints in regard to the onion as a remedy, to Guernsey. We will not repeat, only attempt to add more to the curious and characteristic symptoms. He starts, “ Catarrhal conditions most decidedly lead the way to the useful employment of this remedy. All catarrhal symptoms and pains are, as a rule, worse in the evening. Lachrymation and running from the nose, worse in a warm room. Coughs are worse in cold air. " Fear that the pains will become unbearable . . . pain in temples, aggravated by winking. Eyes. Very much lachryma tion and coryza. Paralysis left-half of face ; also of limbs of the same side : copious flow of urine. “ Hawking of lumpy mucus from posterior nares, sometimes tough and difficult to detach. Pain in throat as if one had swallowed too large a substance, the pain extends into the right ear. “ Strong craving for raw onions. Cannot take any other nourishment. Nausea from stomach up into throat. Belching and rumbling and puffing up of abdomen. ” Pains liver region. Violent pains left hypogastrium, with urging to urinate, urine scalding. ” Patient inflates the lungs, raises up, gives a hearty sneeze. “ Chilly crawls run down the back ; especially at night, with frequent urination.” Old Culpepper, some 300 years ago, wrote of onions : ” They are wholly flatulent, or windy, and provoke appetite, increase thirst, ease the bowels, provoke the courses, help the bites of mad dogs and of other venomous creatures, used with honey and rue . . . kill worms in children. . . .
Allium cepa — modalities · H.C. Allen
Aggravation: Predominantly in the evening and in warm room (Puls.—in open air, Euphr.). Amelioration: In cold room and open air (Puls.).
Allium cepa — modalities worse · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
WARM ROOM. Wet feet. Singing. Damp. N.E. Winds. Spring.
Allium cepa — modalities better · Cyrus Maxwell Boger
Cool, open air. Bathing. Motion.
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