Allium cepa
By Adolph von Lippe โ Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: red onion.
HEADACHE, BETTER IN THE OPEN AIR (Apis, Ars., Bell., Coff., Ferr., Lyc., Puls.); GETS WORSE ON RETURNING TO A WARM ROOM (Apis, Carb-V., Kali-S., Phos., Plat., Puls., Seneg., Sep., Sulph.) (G.).
HEADACHE, WITH CORYZA (Calc-S., Dulc., Euphr., Gels., Graph., Hep.) (C.).
Headache ceases during menses; returns when flow disappears (Lach., Zinc.) (Br.).
Coryza, from odour of peaches, or flowers (K.).
Acrid, watery discharge dropping from tip of the nose (Ars., Ars-I.) (A.).
FLUENT CORYZA (Amm-C., Ars., Kali-A.) (C.).
COPIOUS WATERY DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE, WITH LACHRYMATION (G.).
EXCESSIVE, NON-EXCORIATING LACHRYMATION (excoriating lachrymation- Euphr.) (C.).
FREQUENT AND VIOLENT SNEEZING, PARTICULARLY ON ENTERING A WARM ROOM (Puls.) (G.).
EXCORIATING NASAL DISCHARGE, WITH BLAND DISCHARGE FROM THE EYES (K.).
NASAL DISCHARGE BURNS AND CORRODES NOSE AND UPPER LIP (A.).
EXCORIATING DISCHARGE FROM THE LEFT NOSTRIL (K.).
Sensation of weakness in the bladder and urethra.
Pressure and other pains in the region of the bladder.
Increased secretion of urine, with coryza.
Dysuria (Acon., Bell., Cop., Dig., Lil-T.) (K.).
Urine red, with much pressure and burning in the urethra.
Eyes sensitive to light (Br.).
Redness of the eyes, with itching, burning and stinging.
Cough, when inhaling cold air. Incessant, hacking, tickling cough (Nux-V., Squil.) (B.).
Breathing oppressed, from pressure in the middle of the chest, worse in the evening (Bry., Phos.).
Senile bronchitis (Ars., Bar-C., Calc., Carb-V., Lyc., Seneg., Sil., Sulph.) (Br.).
Cold extends to the bronchi, with profuse secretion of mucus; coughing and much rattling (Chel., Phos.) (N.).
Sensation as of a lump in the throat (Asaf., Ign., Lach., Nat-M., Psor., Sep.).
Sore, tired feeling of the limbs, especially arms (C.).
Soreness of the lower extremities.
Sore and raw spots on feet, especially heel, from friction (A.).
Constrictive pain in fore part of the throat, in the region of os hyoides, then low down posteriorly on the right side (C.).
Rough and raw feeling in the throat (F.).
CATARRHAL HOARSENESS (Arum-T., Carb-V. Caust., Phos.) (C.).
CATARRHAL LARYNGITIS: COUGH COMPELS THE PATIENT TO GRASP THE LARYNX (Bell.; to grasp the head- Bry.; to hold the abdomen- Nux-V.); SEEMS AS IF IT WOULD TEAR IT (A.).
Aching throughout the body (Arn., Bapt., Bell., Bry., Eup-P., Rhus-T.) (C.).
NEURALGIC PAINS, FOLLOWING AMPUTATIONS OR INJURIES TO NERVES (Hyper.) (Br.).
NASAL POLYPUS (Calc., Con., Graph., Kali-B., Lem-M., Lyc., Merc., Phos., Psor., Sang., Sep., Sil., Sulph., Teucr., Thuj.) (A.).
Panaritium; with red streaks up the arm; pains drive to despair (A.).
Diarrhลa, after midnight and in the morning.
Colic: from cold, by getting feet wet; overeating; from cucumbers; salads; hรฆmorrhoidal; of children; worse from sitting, better from moving about (A.).
Itching at the anus (worms).
Heat, with rumbling in the abdomen, coryza and thirst.
Sensation of glowing heat, on different parts of the body (Br.).
Hay-fever (Psor., Sabad., Sil.) (Br.).
Pulse full and accelerated.
Gaping in deep sleep (Br.).
AGGRAVATION: In the evening; in a warm room.
AMELIORATION: in the open air; in a cold room.
RELATIONSHIP: Similar to Euphr., but coryza and lachrymation are opposite.
COMPLEMENTARY: Phos., Puls., and Thuj.