Allium cepa
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
(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.
Worse
WARM ROOM. Wet feet. Singing. Damp. N.E. Winds. Spring.
Better
Cool, open air. Bathing. Motion.
Region
MUCOUS MEMBRANES: NOSE. EYES. Larynx. Bowels. Nerves. Left to right.
Relationships
Complementary: Pho. Related: Euphr. Gel. Kali-io.
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 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.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Allium cepa — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/allium-cepa. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.