ALLIUM CEPA

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.

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.

Modalities.--Worse, in the evening, in warm room. Better, in open air, and in cold room.

Relationship.--Compare: Gels; Euph; Kali hyd; Aconite; Ipecac.

Complementary: Phosphor; Thuja; Puls.

Antidotes: Arn; Cham; Verat.

Dose.--Third potency.

Source:

HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA
by William BOERICKE, M.D.

ALLIUM CEPA

Allium cepa1

Kingdom: Vegetable kingdom

Allium cepa2

Botanical name: Allium cepa L

Family: Liliaceae

Synonyms: Piyaz, onion

Medicine: Allium cepa

Habitat: All Europe and Asia

Parts use: The red mature bulbs

Division: Angiosperms

Class: Monocots

Order: Asparagales

Allium cepa3

Genus: Allium

Species: A. cepa

Description:

 Allium cepa is the common onion. Generally it is usually thought of as a vegetable. Allium  cepa  has a long history of medicinal use.

• A bulbous plant with s fistulous scape.
• The Allium cepa resembles the greens of a leek and produces soft, white flowers.
• The onion itself grows as a bulb under the soil with the plant's roots extending from its base.
• The leaves are terete, fistulous pointed

Drug action:

• Mucus membrane of the upper respiratory tract.
• Conjunctival tissues of the peripheral nerves