ALLIUM CEPA


Homeopathic remedy Allum Cepa drug symptoms and indications from Condensed Materia Medica by Constantine Hering, published in 1877….


      Onion HERING. Liliaceae.

Mind

      Confusion.

Fears she will become distracted, from pain in the suppurations on the fingers.

Very melancholy.

Sensorium

      Dulness, pressure, fulness, heaviness in the head most in occiput, worse evenings, better in the open air, and worse when returning to a warm room.

Inner Head

      Dull frontal headache.

Dull headache, worse evenings.

Like an electric shock, through the head.

Outer Head

      Formication in the skull bones.

Prickling sweat on the bald scalp after each meal.

Eyes

      Dim and sensitive to light.

Thread-like pain : over the right eye, towards the root of nose : from the cheek towards the eye.

Smarting in the eyes, like from smoke.

Eyes-red, itch, and are sensitive to touch, worse left.

Eyes watery, capillaries congested : with coryza.

Shooting pain in right lachrymal duct.

Profuse bland lachrymation.

Smarting of inner surface of upper lids.

Ears

      Noises in the ears.

Jerking pains from the throat towards the eustachian tube.

Dulness of hearing.

Earache.

Nose

      Epistaxis.

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

Spring coryza; tingling and itching in right nostril.

Every year in August morning coryza, with violent sneezing; very sensitive to odor of flowers and skin of peaches (lasting two or three weeks.) Fluent coryza, headache, lachrymation, cough, thirst. want of appetite, trembling of hands, feverish; worse evenings and in- doors; better in open air.

Profuse, watery, acrid nasal discharge, with bland lachrymation.

Ichor oozing out of the nose. Second stage of scarlatina.

Polypus of nose.

Face

      Thread-like pains about the face, temples and ears.

Throbbing, drawing, pressing pains, with swelling of cheek.

Face hot.

Teeth

      Toothache with coryza, getting better when the catarrh is worse, and worse when the catarrh ceases.

Mouth

      Dryness of mouth, root of tongue, soft palate and throat.

Bad odor from the mouth or throat.

Throat

      Sensation as of a ball in the throat.

Tough mucus in the fauces and throat.

Numb feeling in posterior wall of pharynx.

Desires Aversions

      Canine hunger, or may have loss of appetite.

Eating and Drinking

      Bad effects from eating spoiled fish.

Nausea and Vomiting

      Sour eructations.

Belching, with rumbling in and puffing up of abdomen.

Nausea when rising.

Stomach

      Pressure in the stomach.

Pain in the region of the pylorus.

Stomach feels empty, weak.

Hypochondria

      Pressure in region of the liver, with creeping chills along the back, coldness.

Contracting sensation in the spleen, with stitches while lying.

Abdomen

      Colic; pain in region of navel, worse sitting, better walking.

Violent pain in the hypogastrium, to the left, with urging to urinate; burning micturition.

Annoying pains over the middle of the groin.

Pressure in left inguinal ring.

Stool etc.

      Very offensive flatus.

Diarrhoea after midnight, or toward morning.

Constipation, following intermittents treated by quinine.

Rhagades at the anus.

Urine

      Pains in the region of kidneys.

Region of bladder very sensitive, child screams if the hand is placed there.

Pressing and other pains in region of bladder.

Sensation of weakness or warmth in bladder and urethra.

Copious urine, with other complaints.

Urine red, with much urging and burning in the urethra.

Albuminuria.

Male Sexual Organs

      Increased sexual desire.

After coitus pain in bladder and prostate gland.

Drawing in the spermatic cord.

Burning in the glans.

Female Sexual Organs

      Pain in uterine region.

Pregnancy

      In childbed, panaritia on several fingers, with red streaks up the arm, pains driving to despair.

Larynx

      Catarrhal hoarseness.

Tickling in throat, with aching in the larynx.

Catarrhal inflammation of larynx.

Pain as if the larynx would be torn when coughing.

Breathing

      Breathing oppressed from pressure in middle of chest.

Cough

      Laryngeal cough, frequently repeated.

Severe laryngeal cough, which compels the patient to grasp the larynx; feels as if the cough would tear it.

Hacking cough from inhaling cold air.

Constant inclination to hack.

Lungs

      Chest laden with mucus.

Pains here and there through the chest.

Stitches with burning, in middle of left side of chest, when taking a deep breath.

Heart Pulse

      Pulse more frequent and full; or, slow and hard.

Neck Back

      Creepings in the back; after sitting, pain under the right shoulder-blade.

Pain in small of back, if the bowels did not move.

Upper Limbs

      Pain in right shoulder-blade when lying in bed.

All the joints feel lame.

Trembling of right hand.

Run-around, pain extends up the whole arm.

Suppuration, after prick with a needle, under the thumb nail; a red streak up to the elbow.

Lower Limbs

      Weakness of the hips.

Nettle-rash on the thighs.

Pain above the knees.

Lameness in the knee.

Sore and raw spots on the feet, from friction.

Pain in the great toes.

Limbs in General

      Soreness in the limbs.

Position etc.

      Walking: Rising : Sitting:, Lying :, Must lie down :.

Nerves

      Weak and tired, has to lie down.

Lassitude.

Sleep

      Yawning, with headache and cramp in the stomach.

Restless sleep, drowsy in the morning.

Dreams : of being near the water; of storms at sea, high waves.

Time

      Morning : Evening : After midnight : 2 A.M. : Toward morning : Daylight. After each meal : After breakfast : When coughing :.

Temperature and Weather

      Bad effects from getting the feet wet.

Colds, after damp, cold weather and north-east winds.

Cold air : Better in open air, worse in warm room : Spring : August :.

Chill Fever Sweat

      Coldness alternates with heat; during catarrh.

Heat and thirst, with rumbling in the belly.

Heat without thirst, 2 A.M., passes off by daylight, worse again after breakfast.

Sweats easily and copiously.

Attacks

      Periodic attacks : Spring: August : Every year :.

Sides

      l Right:, Left : Below upwards: Most symptoms in provings go from left to right; cures symptoms that proceed from right to left.

Sensations

      Aching through the body.

Neuralgic pains like a long thread; in the face, head, neck and elsewhere; worse evenings.

Tissues

      Inflammation and increased secretion of the mucous membrane.

Joints ache.

Gangraena senilis, woman, aet., (externally as a salve).

Contact Injuries etc.

      Touch : After hurts and lesions stiffness in back, periodic attacks.

Must grasp larynx : Rubbing (friction);.

Skin

      Pricking as from pins.

Redness of the skin.

Nettle-rash on the thighs.

Measles.

Stages and States

      Old age; gangrene.

Relationship

      Antidotes to Cepa; Arnic. against tooth ache; Chamom. bellyache; Veratr. colic with despondency.

Phosphor. is complementary.

Cepa is complementary to Phosphor., Pulsat., Sarsap. Calcarea and Silicea follow Cepa well in polypus.

Collateral relations that neither antidote nor follow well : All, sat., Scilla, Aloe.

Allium sativum is useful in chronic cough with an abundant mucous expectoration, and sensitiveness to cold air; herpetic diathesis.

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.