Allium Cepa compare in 12 dei 13 libri classici su Similia. Ognuno è stato scritto per svolgere un compito diverso — ecco cosa aggiunge ciascuno su questo rimedio, con l'inizio della relativa voce.
- Allen HC — I sintomi chiave che distinguono questo rimedio dai suoi rimedi più affini.
“Onion (Liliaccae) Acute catarrhal inflammation of mucous membranes, with increased secretion. Catarrhal dull headache, with coryza; in open air; 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…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Allium cepa, Willd. Nat. order , Liliaceæ. Common names , Onion; (Germ.) Zwiebel; (Fr.) Oignon. Preparation , Tincture from the red onion. Authorities. To mandragora we may join the excessive use of garlic, onions, and leeks, because all physicians consider them very injurious, as occasioning deeply corrupted…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Red Onion Catarrhal headache, mostly in forehead; worse in warm room towards evening. Thread-like pains in face. Headache ceases during menses; returns when flow disappears. Red. Much burning and smarting lachrymation. Sensitive to light . Eyes suffused and watery; profuse, bland lachrymation, better in open air…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“ACRIDITY, excoriations, etc. FINE PAINS, needle, splinter, thread or hair-like, etc. LARYNX AND TRACHEA SEASON, Spring SIDE, left to right”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“MUCOUS MEMBRANES: NOSE. EYES. Larynx. Bowels. Nerves. Left to right. WARM ROOM. Wet feet. Singing. Damp. N.E. Winds. Spring. Cool, open air. Bathing. Motion. Acute colds, catarrhs or neuralgias. Shooting pains; as fine as a thread. .................... Forehead aches; into eyes and face; > free coryza or menses…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Cepa. Common Red Onion. N. O. Liliaceæ. Tincture of the onion; or of whole fresh plant gathered from July to August. Anus, fissure of / Ascites / Catarrh / Cold / Coryza / Cough / Diarrhœa / Facial paralysis / Feet, easily galled / Hay-fever / Hernia / Influenza / Laryngitis / Panaritium / Pneumonia / Trauma / Whitlow…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Common Onion. Liliaceæ. In use as a medicine since time immemorial. Among the Egyptians it was hung up in noxious corners, carried about with one, taken for the consequences of bad water, used for the sting of insects, animal poisons, even the bite of the mad dog ; it was applied as an irritant and to mature…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“General features : Allium cepa is used principally for " colds." There are various phases of these " colds," in the nose, in the throat, in the larynx, in the bronchial tubes. The patient and all the phases of his " cold," his coryza, his Ia laryngitis, his cough, all his complaints, are aggravated by warmth, are…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Melancholy. Fear that the pains would become unbearable. Dulness. Dull head-ache, with coryza; worse in the evening; better in the open air; but aggravated when returning to a warm room. Flow of (mild) tears. Redness of the eyes, with itching, burning and stinging, with inclination to rub them. Swelling around the…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“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…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Coryza with frequent sneezing and profuse acrid discharge, corroding upper lip and nose. Lachrymation also profuse but bland. (Euph. reverse.) Cold extends to the bronchi, with profuse secretion of mucus; coughing and much rattling (Chelidon.). Modalities: in open air (the coryza). Anyone who has cut up raw onions for…”