Origin Plant · Liliaceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of the onion; or of whole fresh plant gathered from July to August.
Sources 13 entries across 12 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Allen, Nash …
Dose Boericke
3X
Third potency
Reason for useGuernsey
Catarrhal conditions most decidedly lead the way to the useful employment of this remedy. All catarrhal symptoms and pains, as a rule, are worse in the evening. Lachrymation and running from the nose, worse in the room. Coughs are worse in cold air. Mental.-- Very melancholy, often very anxious, with catarrh, dulness of intellect. Fear that the pains will become unbearable.
By regionGuernsey
Head Confusion and pain of the head with coryza. Headache better in open air, gets worse on returning to a warm room. Pain in the head with catarrh. …
Eyes Very much lachrymation and coryza, often with biting and smarting, worse on left side and in left eye. …
Stomach Thirst with heat, and coryza. Appetite, increased or diminished. Strong craving for raw onions. Cannot take any other nourishment. …
Chest Violent catarrhal laryngitis, hoarse cough seems to split and tear the larynx; causes watering of the eyes. …
Extremities Upper : Much pain under right shoulder-blade. Painful affections of fingers about the nail, red streaks running up the arm. …
Sleep Wakes at 2 o'clock, and sleeps no more till morning; restless sleep with frightful dreams.
Skin Pricking in the skin like needles, redness and itching nettle-rash, measles, scarlatina, when the complaints are characterized by the characteristic catarrhal symptoms. …
Books*
Antidoted by Arnica Montana, Calcarea Carbonica, Cepa +5
Complementary Phosphorus, Pulsatilla Pratensis, Thuja Occidentalis +1
Follows well —
Compare Aconitum Napellus, Euphorbium Officinarum, Ipecacuanha +18
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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