Allium cepa
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
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Keynotes
Allium cepa
Onion. ' Liliaceae.
Acute catarrhal inflammation of mucous membranes, with increased secretion.
Catarrhal dull headache, with coryza ; < in the evening, > in open air; < on returning to a warm room (compare, Euph., Puls.).
Headache ceases during menses; returns when flow disappears (Lach., Zinc.).
Eyes : burning, biting, smarting as from smoke, must rub them; watery and suffused; capillaries injected and excessive lachrymation.
Coryza : profuse, watery and acrid nasal discha/rge, with profuse, bland lachrymation (profuse, full of acrid tears, bland and fluent coryza, Euph.).
Acrid, watery discharge dropping from tip of nose (Ars., Ars. iod.).
Spring coryza : after damp northeasterly winds ; discharge burns and corrodes nose and upper lip.
Hay fever: in August every year; violent sneezing on rising from bed; from handling peaches.
Nasal polypus (Mar. v.. Sang., Sang, nit., Psor.).
A—i^Conihiucd') .
Catarrhal laryngitis ; cough compels patient to grasp the larynx; seems as if cough would tear it.
Colic: from cold by getting feet wet; over eating;
* from cucumbers, salads; hsemorrhoidal ; of children; < sitting, > moving about.
Neuralgic pains like a long thread; in face, head, neck, chest.
Traumatic chronic neuritis; neuralgia of stump after amputation ; burning and stinging pains.
Panaritia : with red streaks up the arm ; pains drive to despair ; in child-bed.
Sore and raw spots on feet, especially heel, from Dioscorides.
Phlebitis, puerperal; after forceps delivery. Compatible : before, Cal. and Sil. in polypus. Similar: to, Euph., but coryza and lachrymation are opposite.
Bad effects from getting wet (Rhus).
Aggravation. — Predominantly in the evening and in warm room (Puls. — in open air, Euph.). Amelioration. — In cold room and open air (Puls.).
What the other books say about Allium cepa
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Allium cepa in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Allium cepa in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Allium cepa in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Allium cepa — Keynotes, pp. 20–22. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/allium-cepa. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.