Allium cepa
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Red 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.
Modalities
Worse, in the evening, in warm room. Better, in open air, and in cold room.
Head
Catarrhal headache, mostly in forehead; worse in warm room towards evening. Thread-like pains in face. Headache ceases during menses; returns when flow disappears.
Eyes
Red. Much burning and smarting lachrymation. Sensitive to light. Eyes suffused and watery; profuse, bland lachrymation, better in open air. Burning in eyelids.
Ears
Earache, shooting in eustachian tube.
Nose
Sneezing, especially when entering a warm room. Copious, watery and extremely acrid discharge. Feeling of a lump at root of nose. Hay-fever (Sabad; Sil; Psor). Fluent coryza with headache, cough, and hoarseness. Polypus.
Stomach
Canine hunger. Pain in pyloric region. Thirst. Belching. Nausea.
Abdomen
Rumbling, offensive flatus. Pains in left hypogastrium. Colic sitting, moving about.
Rectum
Diarrhœa with very offensive flatus. Stitches in rectum; itching and rhagades in anus. Glowing heat in rectum.
Urinary
Sensation of weakness in bladder and urethra. Increased secretion of urine with coryza. Urine red with much pressure and burning in urethra.
Respiratory
Hoarseness. Hacking cough on inspiring cold air. Tickling in larynx. Sensation as if larynx is split or torn. Oppressed breathing from pressure
in middle of chest. Constricted feeling in region of epiglottis. Pain extending to ear.
Extremities
Lame joints. Ulcers on heel. Painful affections of fingers about nails neuralgia of stump. Bad effects from getting feet wet. Limbs, especially arms, feel sore and tired.
Sleep
Yawning with headache and drowsiness. Gaping in deep sleep. Dreams. Wakes at 2 am.
Relationships
Compare: Gels; Euph; Kali hyd; Aconite; Ipecac. Complementary: Phosphor; Thuja; Puls. Antidotes: Arn; Cham; Verat.
Dose
Third potency.
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 Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- 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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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Allium cepa — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/allium-cepa. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.