Anus, fissure of. Ascites. Catarrh. Cold. Coryza. Cough. Diarrhœa. Facial paralysis. Feet, easily galled. Hay-fever. Hernia. Influenza. Laryngitis. Panaritium. Pneumonia. Trauma. Whitlow. Whooping-cough. Yellow fever.

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 homœopathy 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.

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 diarrhœa 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).

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).

Very melancholy.─Fears pains will become unbearable.─Often very anxious, with catarrh, dulness of intellect.

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.

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.

Earache.─Discharge of pus from the ear.─Hardness of hearing.

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.

Paralysis of l. half of face, also in limbs of same side.

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.

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.

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 diarrhœa.

Diarrhœa after midnight and in the morning.─Flatus very, offensive.─Hæmorrhoids, tearing, jerking pains in anus.─Stitches in the rectum.─Rhagades at the anus.─Itching at the anus (worms).

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.

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.

Intense pain in nape of neck.─Chilly crawls run down the back, most at night, with frequent urination, followed by heat and thirst.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Allium cepa

• It affects the mucous membranes of Nose, Eyes, larynx and bowels, causing increased secretion.

• Burning and stitches; in the eyes, nose, mouth, throat, bladder, skin are marked.

• Nasal secretion is acrid; secretion from eye is bland.

• Neuralgic pains are shooting, as fine as a thread, following injuries to the nerves or amputation or other surgical operations.

• Traumatic chronic neuritis.

• Symptoms go from left to right.

• Singer's coryza.

• Neuroma.

• Senile gangrene.

• Sensation of glowing heat in different parts of the body.

• WARM ROOM.

- Wet feet.

• Singing.

• Damp weather.

• Spring.

• Evening.

• Eating spioled fish; cucumber; salads.

• Cool open air.

• Bathing.

• Motion.

• Fear that pain will become unberable.

• Melacholy.

• Aching in forehead, extending to eyes and face amel. free coryza or menses; returns when flow ceases.

• Electric shock passes through head.

• Skull bones numbs.

• Much burning, smarting; profuse bland lachrymation agg. coughing, wants to rub them.

• Near objects seem distant, while yawning.

• Aching extending to throat.

• FREQUENT, VIOLENT, SNEEZING; CORYZA; with ACRID FLUENT discharge, with burning and smarting in the nose.

• Nose drips.

• Sensitive to odours; of flowers and the skin of peaches.

• Acrid discharge, when singing.

• Paralysis; left side, also of limbs of the same side.

• Rawness of the throat.

• Pain extending to the ear.

• Dripping from uvula.

• As of a limp in throat or one has swallowed a large lump.

• Craving for raw onions, which agree.

• Pain in the region of pylorus.

• Prickling perspiration on bald vertex agg. after each meal.

• Voracious appetite with thirst.

• Nausea.

• Eructations.

• Rumbling offensive flatus.

• Flatulent colic, agg. sitting, motion.

• Glowing heat in rectum.

• Pain in bladder and prostate gland after coition.

• Phlegmasia alba dolens; after instrumental delivery.

• Copious ruine; with coryza.

• Strangury after wet feet.

• Dribbling of urine in old people.

- Hoarseness, incessant haching tickling cough, agg. inspiring cold air; with a sensation as if larynx is split and torn; must grasp it.

• Cough is so troublesome that he wants to hold it back.

• Larynx is painful when talking.

• Bronchitis in old people.

• Joints feel lame; Ulcers or skin is rubbed off by the shoes especially on the heels.

• Limbs, especially arms feel sore and tired.

• Sore feet from long walking.

• Red streaks running up; felon; of lying-in women.

• Yawning; in deep sleep, or with headache and drowsiness, and cramp in stomach.

• Phos; Puls; Ther.

• Euphr; Gels; Kali-i.

Copious, watery, acrid discharge from the nose, and watering bland discharge from the eyes.

Constant sneezing with profuse acrid coryza, when coming into a warm room.

Fluent coryza, headache, lachrymation, cough, heat, thirst, trembling of hands, < in evening and in warm room, > in open air.

Severe laryngeal cough which compels the patient to grasp the larynx.

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 discharge, 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.). 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; haemorrhoidal; 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 friction. Efficacious when feet are rubbed sore - Dioscorides. Phlebitis, puerperal; after forceps delivery.

. - Complementary: Phos., Puls., Thuja. Compatible: before Cal. and Sil. in polypus. Similar: to, Euph., but coryza and lachrymation are opposite. Bad effects from getting wet (Rhus).

. - Predominantly in the evening and in warm room (Puls. - in open air, Euph.).

. - In cold room and open air (Puls.).