Allium Cepa
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General EN
Allium Cepa.
Cepa. Common Red Onion. N. O. Liliaceae. Tincture of the onion; or of whole fresh plant gathered from July to August.
Clinical EN
Anus, fissure of. Ascites. Catarrh. Cold. Coryza. Cough. Diarrhoea. Facial paralysis. Feet, easily galled. Hay-fever. Hernia. Influenza. Laryngitis. Panaritium. Pneumonia. Trauma. Whitlow. Whooping-cough. Yellow fever.
Characteristics EN
Allium cepa covers more symptoms of common cold than any other remedy, as the well-known effect of onions in producing tears would suggest. It will cure a large proportion of cases of cold in the head, but the conditions which most particularly indicate it are: Cough, or cold, or headache < in warm room, > in open air, < again on returning to warm room. It causes burning of eyelids, nose, mouth, throat, bladder, skin. Inflammation and increased secretion of mucous membranes: neuralgic pains like a long thread; in face, head, neck, and elsewhere;
< evening; towards ear from deep within head. The toothache of Cepa is > by cold air or cold washing. It is suited to traumatic neuritis. Hurts do not heal.
The feet are easily galled by walking. It was recommended by Dioscorides as a remedy for this condition, and homoeopathy has confirmed his observation. Desire for raw onions is an indication for it. Thread-like pains are common in various parts and are characteristic of Cepa.
Thread-like pains in face. Left-side facial paralysis has been cured by Cepa. The cough of Cepa is caused by tickling in larynx; constant inclination to hack in order to relieve it. It has cured violent catarrhal laryngitis; hoarse cough with feeling as if it would split and tear the larynx, causing watering of eyes.
Cough from inhaling cold air. Cepa has yawning and drowsiness. A raw onion eaten just before going to bed is a popular remedy for sleeplessness. Cepa is a left-side medicine primarily.
Symptoms go from left to right. Left eye; left facial paralysis; left inguinal ring. Rest <; motion >. < Afternoon and evening; when lying down.
Damp cold wind and weather = colds and toothache. But cold water and open air >; warm room < Picking or sucking teeth > toothache. Eyes sensitive to touch.
Relations EN
Compare: Al. sat., Alo., Conval., Lil. tig, Scilla (botan.); Antidoted by: Arn. (toothache); Cham. (abdominal pains); Nux v. (coryza recurring in August); Verat. (colic, with despondency); Thuja (offensive breath and diarrhoea after eating onions). Roasted coffee will remove onion breath. Followed by Calc. c. and Silic. in polypus. Incompatible: All. sat., Alo., Scilla. Complementary: Phos., Puls., Sars., Thuj. Compare also: Aco., Chlorum, Ipec.; Lach. (left to right).
Causation EN
Effects of exposure to damp cold winds and weather. Colds of spring; hay-fever of August; epidemics of spasmodic cough in autumn. Wet feet. Eating spoiled fish. Injuries. Surgical operations (fine shooting pains after).
Mind EN
Very melancholy
Fears pains will become unbearable
Often very anxious, with catarrh, dulness of intellect.
Head EN
Dulness
Dull headache, with coryza, < in the evening;
> in the open air; but < when returning to a warm room
Pains in temples, most in right; aggravated by winking; extending over forehead, worse on l. side
Pain in occiput and down the neck.
Eyes EN
Flow of (mild) tears
Excessive non-excoriating lachrymation; l. eye worse, with redness of the eyeball; sensitive to light; worse evenings
Sensation as if eye were hanging by a string or torn
Itching, biting, burning in the eyes
Dulness of the eyes, with aversion to light, and coryza
Letters appear smaller
Near objects seem distant with yawning
Swelling around the eyes.
Ears EN
Earache
Discharge of pus from the ear
Hardness of hearing.
Nose EN
Profuse watery discharge from the nose, with sneezing, acrid burning, excoriating the nose and upper lip
Fluent coryza, with running of water from the eyes, headache, heat, thirst, cough, trembling of the hands;
< in evening and in a room;
> in the open air
Ichor oozing out of nose; second stage of scarlatina
Bleeding of the nose
A sort of hay-fever every August, morning coryza, violent sneezing, sensitive to the odour of flowers and skin of peaches
Nasal polypi.
Face EN
Paralysis of l. half of face, also in limbs of same side.
Throat EN
Sensation as of a lump in the throat
Expectoration of a lumpy mucus through the posterior nares
Pain in throat extending to the ear
Bad odour from the mouth and throat.
Stomach EN
Canine hunger
Appetite, increased or diminished
Strong craving for raw onions; cannot take any other nourishment
Pressure in stomach
Pain in region of pylorus
Thirst, with heat and coryza
Nausea, coming from stomach up the throat into the fauces
Weak, empty feeling in stomach
Sour eructations.
Abdomen EN
Rumbling in bowels
Very offensive flatus
Belching, with rumbling in and puffing up of the abdomen
Violent cutting pain in the left lower abdomen, with frequent desire to micturate, and burning micturition
Pains in hepatic region, spreading into the abdomen
Violent pains in l. hypogastrium, with urging to urinate, urine scalding.—(Strangulated hernia has been known to follow the eating abundantly of cooked onions.)
Abdomen distended, rumbling, urging, and finally diarrhoea.
Stool And Anus EN
Diarrhoea after midnight and in the morning
Flatus very, offensive
Haemorrhoids, tearing, jerking pains in anus
Stitches in the rectum
Rhagades at the anus
Itching at the anus (worms).
Urinary Organs EN
Strangury after wet feet
Dribbling or spouting of urine in old people
Frequent and copious urination
Urine red, with much urging and burning in urethra
Pressure and other pains in the region of the bladder
Sensation of weakness in the bladder and urethra.
Respiratory Organs EN
Oppressed breathing, from pressure in the middle of the chest; worse in the evening
Cough when inhaling cold air
Catarrhal hoarseness
Acute bronchitis going from l. to r
Tickling in throat, with aching in larynx
Constant inclination to hack
Hacking cough from inhaling cold air
Violent catarrhal laryngitis; the hoarse cough seemed to split and tear the larynx
Much sneezing; he inflates the lungs, raises himself on his toes, then gives a hearty sneeze.
Neck And Back EN
Intense pain in nape of neck.—Chilly crawls run down the back, most at night, with frequent urination, followed by heat and thirst.
Upper Limbs EN
Much pain under r. shoulder-blade
Sore, tired feeling of the limbs, esp. arms
Trembling of the r. hand
Panaritium
Painful affections of the fingers about the nails, red streaks running up the arm.
Lower Limbs EN
Soreness; the skin is rubbed off by the shoes, esp. on the heel.—Pain on most external soft part of r. big toe and l. middle finger.
Generalities EN
Stitches and burnings; aching Stitches (head, eyes, ears, rectum, skin) Burning (eyelids, throat, nose, mouth, bladder, skin) Bad effects from wet feet
Phlegmasia alba dolens Traumatic neuritis, pains violent and continuous, wearing out patient Inflammation and increased secretions of the mucous membranes Senile gangrene
Trismus after injuries Weak and tired; has to lie down Aching throughout the body Neuralgia from old injuries
Neuralgic pains, like a long thread, in face, head, neck, and elsewhere; < evenings.
Skin EN
Pricking as from pins
Redness; nettle-rash, measles, scarlatina, when the complaints are characterised by the characteristic catarrhal symptoms
Panaritia of lying-in females, red streaks running up arm, very painful.
Sleep EN
Yawning; with headache and cramp in stomach; with sleepiness near objects seem distant
Gaping in deep sleep
Wakes 2 a.m
Dreams of being near water; of battles, precipices, deep wells; of storms, high waves; annoying in convalescents.
Fever EN
Pulse full and accelerated
Heat, with rumbling in the abdomen, coryza, and thirst
Flitting heat over whole body, and thirst
Coldness alternates with heat during catarrh
Sweats easily and copiously.