Botanical Index No. 753

Onion

allium cepa

Medicinal Actions

Allergenic, Amebicide, Antiaggregant, Antiallergic, Antianaphylactic, Anti-asthmatic, Antiatherosclerotic, Antibacterial, Antiedemic, Antihistaminic, Antiinflammatory, Antimitotic, Antioxidant, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Antithromboxane, Antitoxigenic, Antitumor, Candidicide, Cardiotonic, Carminative, Choleretic, Cyclooxygenase Inhibitor, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Expectorant, Fibrinolytic, Fungicide, Hypocholesterolemic, Hypoglycemic, Hypolipidemic, Hypotensive, Lipolytic, Antiasclerotic, Orexigenic, Parasiticide, Phospholipase Inhibitor, Protein-Kinase Inhibitor, Protisticide, Sedative, Stimulant, Stomachic, Tonic, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Aphrodisiac Collyrium Copper Chelator Deobstruent Lipoxygenase Mast Cell Stabilizer Pectoral Rubefacient Vermifuge Acne Adenopathy Allergy Ameba Anaphylaxis Angina Anorexia Apoplexy Asthma Atherosclerosis Bacillus Bacteria Biliousness Bleeding Blister Boil Bronchosis Bruise Bug Bite Burn Cancer breast colon esophagus gland liver lung rectum stomach uterus Candida Carbuncle Cardiopathy Caries Catarrh Chest Cold Chilblain Cholecystosis Cholera Cold Colosis Congestion Convulsion Corn Cough Cramp Deafness Dermatosis Diabetes Dropsy Dusgeuzia Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Dyspnea Dysuria Earache Edema Enterosis Epilepsy Epistaxis Escherichia Felon Fever Flu Fungus Furuncle Gas Gastrosis Gingivosis Gravel Heatstroke Hepatosis High Blood Pressure High Cholesterol High Triglycerides Hyperglycemia Hyperlipidemia Hysteria Immunodepression Induration Infection Inflammation Insomnia Jaundice Lymphangites Malaria Mange Migraine Mycosis Nephrosis Nervousness Neuralgia Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Nyctalopia Obesity Odontosis Ophthalmia Osteoporosis Otosis Pain Parasite Periodontosis Pertussis Pharyngosis Proctosis Prolapse Protozoa Rabies Rheumatism Salmonella Scabies Sore Sore Throat Splenosis Sting Stomachache Stomatosis Strangury Streptococcus Swelling Syncope Tenesmus Thrombosis Tinnitus Tonsilosis Toothache Tuberculosis Tumor Vertigo Virus Wart Whitlow Worm Wound Yeast

General Dosage

0.25–1 onion; 1 onion/day; 50 g fresh onion or 20 g dry onion; 10–20 ml bulb or leaf infusion; 1 tsp onion juice 3–4 ×/day; 4–5 tsp tincture/day; 4–5 tbsp onion syrup; 1–3 g powdered seed.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. Some idiopathic allergies. Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and contact dermatosis reported. Feeding rats 1 g

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