Allium Cepa

Allium Cepa is prepared from the red onion and is very helpful in nasal catarrh of the winter season. Its symptoms resemble those caused during the peeling of onions. The throat becomes hoarse, nasal secretions are watery and acidic. The eyes water, but do not get red or irritated. (Euphrasia causes watering from the eyes with burning type of itch and redness.) The other point of difference in Allium Cepa is that there is a persistent cough day and night. In Euphrasia, as the nasal secretions pour out of the eyes during the day the cough is less frequent, but at night the cough gets aggravated due to the dripping of the nasal secretions in the throat or into the lungs. The patient wakes up and experiences severe bouts of coughing. The cough steadily starts easing off in the morning. The eyes start watering and redness occurs. Allium Cepa does not produce redness in the eyes, instead it involves the ears which ache, discharge and become partially deaf. If it happens as the result of a nasal cold, it can respond favourably to Allium Cepa, or other remedies like Chamomilla, Pulsatilla and Ammonium Carb should be sought as indicated. In Allium Cepa, the symptoms tend to migrate from the right to the left. This also happens in Lachesis, where the symptoms start on the left side, and as the body defence responds, they migrate to the right side. The venom of the majority of the snakes mostly affects the left side of the body. It is strange but interesting to know that snakes hate onions. In the Sindh province of Pakistan, people spread onions around their beds to keep the snakes at bay and this method works. In Allium Cepa, the symptoms of illness are aggravated by rest and relieved by movement. At night, the symptoms worsen. One catches cold in cold and damp weather, and feels relieved in open air. Along with the cold, there is headache, especially on the right temporal area to the forehead. The cold affects the left nostril before the right. Allium Cepa is very helpful in whooping cough and chicken pox. Allium Cepa is very good in vomiting, indigestion and the passing of Allium Cepa 50 foul gas in the early course of chicken pox. It is also good in the abdominal pain of children. In Allium Cepa, abdominal pain causes an urge to pass urine with burning pain at the bladder. The urine is reddish in color. Along with cold symptoms there is frequent urination. The voice is hoarse, the throat is irritated and the windpipe hurts. There is severe coughing and repeated sneezing. The back of the neck hurts. The patient feels chills from the back downwards at night. Consequently, the patient has to pass urine frequently. Sometimes along with the nasal catarrh, tiny little red pimples appear with a piercing sensation. Some areas of the body feel burning hot. Allium Cepa is useful in neuralgic pains especially of the face, teeth, head and neck. Adjuvant: Phosphorus, Thuja, Pulsatilla Antidotes: Arnica, Chamomilla, Veratrum Album Potency: 30 to 200