Cepa, Onion

Piyaz (Unani)
Picture Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485

 Picture Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563
Picture Two varieties of Onion
Kreutterbuch, Matthiolus, 1586

Picture Left: A. oleraceum, Right: A. cepa
Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886

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Botanical name:


Allium cepa
Various related species are used similarly: Spring Onion: A. fistulosum; Chinese Onion: A. macrostemon, A. oleraceum and others

Parts used:


Bulb; mostly the Seeds

Temperature & Taste:


Hot, dry. Pungent
opens, cuts, cleanses

Classifications:


2A. APERIENT   2C INCIDERS   2G. CLEANSING   2K. RESOLVENT   2M. DRAWING   2U. SUPPURATIVES
3E. DIURETIC   3J. INCREASE SEMEN   3K. EXPECTORANT   3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE
4e. STOMACHIC
N. Yang Tonics   P. Clear Phlegm

Uses:


1. Clears Cold Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-clear Cold-Phlegm from the Lungs (juice boiled with Honey)
-Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma

2. Warms the Kidneys, Clears Cold and Damp, Promotes Urine:
-Dysuria, obstructed Urine, Edema
–1 oz. of the juice in Wine ‘gives immediate ease in the Stone, and at length dissolves it, and brings it away’. (Salmon)
-beneficial for Diabetes
-seeds are used in Kidney Yang tonics; Aphrodisiac, for Impotence

3. Moves the Blood:
-promotes Menstruation: Amenorrhea from cold
-Chest Pain, Angina Pectoris

4. Kills Worms (in infusion)

5. Externally:
-externally to ripen and break Abscesses and Boils (roasted or boil and applied)
-also applied to Burns (beaten with Salt and applied)
-Hemorrhoids.
-fried and applied to the Bladder area, they promote Urine
-the juice as an Errhine draws phlegm from the Head
-applied to Rabid Dogs bites (with Rue, Salt and Honey)
-juice (with Pennyroyal juice) applied helps Gout and Sciatica
-juice applied helps the Hair to grow


Dose:


Seed in Powder: 500mg–3 grams
Juice: 20–40mls.
Picture

Main Combinations:


1. To warm the Kidneys in Impotence, Onion seed,  … available in PRO version
2. Lower Back pain from Cold and Weak Kidneys (Kidney Yang deficiency), Onion seed with  … available in PRO version
3. Obstructed Urine, boil Onion and  … available in PRO version
4. Worms, Cut an onion small,  … available in PRO version
5. Trauma and Bruising, Onion juice mixed  … available in PRO version
6. Bruised nails, beat Onion and  … available in PRO version
7. Ear ache, boil Onion in  … available in PRO version
8. To promote Hair growth, boil Onion in  … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:


Antidote for Cold Lumbar, for Venery, and Defect of Semen (Nicholas)

Cautions:


1. Raw, they are not for Choleric (Hot) Bodies and are hurtful to the head and eyes.

Main Preparations used: