Allium cepa – What are the indications, key notes, and modalities?

Indications:

• Allergies, hay fever
• Profuse rhinorrhea (nose runs like a faucet)
• Cough from a tickle in the throat
• Hoarseness from cough
• Headache with coryza
• Toothaches/earache/headache with shooting neurologic pains

Key notes:

• Acrid nasal discharge and bland lacrimal discharge
• Burning pains that alternate from side to side
• Throat feels like it is splitting apart

Modalities:

> open air

< warm

For skin hay fever, dDx. Euphrasia (acrid lacrimation)

For cough from tickle in the throat, dDx. Rumex (< cold), Sanguinaria (> expulsion)

For hoarseness from cough, dDx. Drosera (< lying down)

For burning pains, dDx. Arsenicum (> heat), Cantharis (< heat), Phosphorus (< heat)

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This post was written by Omar Rifai