Ipecacuanha

Ipecac root · Abbrev.: IP

Abdomen

William Boericke 1922

Amebic dysentery wtih tenesmus; while straining pain so great that it nauseates; little thirst. Cutting, clutching ; worse, around the navel. Body rigid ; stretched out stiff. Stools. — Pitch-like, green as grass, like frothy molasses, with griping at navel. Dyslenteric, slimy.

Chest

William Boericke 1922

Asthma, Yearly attacks of difficult shortness of breathing. Continued sneezing ; coryza ; wheezing cough. Cough incessant and violent, with every breath. Chest seems full of phlegm, but does not yield to coughing, Bubbling rales. Suffocative cough ; child becomes stiff, and blue in the

Compare

William Boericke 1922

Gelatin (which has a marked effect on the coagulability

William Boericke 1922

Emetine — principal alkaloid of Ipecac. A powerful amebicide, but is not a bactericide. Specific for amaebiasis ; of remarkable value in treatment of amaibic dysentery ; also as a remedy in pyorrhoea, gr. daily for three days, then less. Emctin, J/S gr. hypodermically, in Psoriasis. Emetin hydroeh, 2x, diarrhoea with colicky, abdominal pains and nausea. Emetin for endamcsbic dysentery. In physiological doses must be carefully watched. May produce hepatization of lungs, rapid heart action, tendency for the head to fall forward and lobar pneumonia, In haemetenicsis and other haemorrhages,

Dose

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Low potencies repeated in acute gastric states; cease on relief of nausea.

Extremities

William Boericke 1922

Body stretched stiff, followed by spasmodic jerking of arms towards each other.

Eyes

William Boericke 1922

Periodical orbital neuralgia, with lachrymation, photophobia, and smarting eyelids.

William Boericke 1922

Inflamed, red. Pain through eyeballs. Profuse lachrymation. Cornea dim. Eyes tire from near vision. State of vision constantly changing. Spasm of accommodation from irritable weakness of the ciliary muscle. Nausea from looking on moving objects.

William Boericke 1922

Miliary rash. Modalities,-^ f Vo rse, periodically; from veal, moist warm wind, lying down.

Face

William Boericke 1922

Whooping-cough, with nosebleed, and from

William Boericke 1922

Vomits food, bile, blood, mucus. Stomach feels relaxed, as if hanging down. Hiccough.

William Boericke 1922

Blue rings around

Female

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Haemorrhage of bright red fluid with nausea and faintness; morning sickness of pregnancy dominated by salivation and clean tongue.

William Boericke 1922

Uterine haemorrhage, profuse, bright, gushing, with nausea. Vomiting during pregnancy. [Ant. t; Arg. n.; Nux v.; Tabac.; Sep.; Sulph.^ Pain from navel to uterus. Menses too early and too profuse. 406

Fever

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Intermittent fevers with persistent nausea; heat with thirstlessness.

William Boericke 1922

Intermittent fever, irregular cases, after Quinine. Slightest chill with much heat, nausea, vomiting, and dyspnoea. Relapses from improper diet.

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

The chief action is on the ramifications of the pneumogastric nerve, producing spasmodic irritation in chest and

William Boericke 1922

digestible food, raisins, cakes, etc. Especially indicated in fat children and adults, who are feeble and catch cold in relaxing atmosphere ; warm, moist weather. Spasmodic affections. Haemorrhages bright-red and profuse.

Head

William Boericke 1922

Bones of skull feel crushed or bruised. Pain extends to teeth and root of

Introduction

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Persistent nausea with a clean tongue — gastric states, spasmodic coughs, and haemorrhages with nausea.

Mind

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Irascibility with moaning; children cry and whine, want things then reject them; full of whimpering dissatisfaction.

William Boericke 1922

Irritable; holds everything in contempt, frull of desires, for what they know not.

Modalities

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Worse: overeating, rich foods, lying down after eating. Better: open air (cough), cold drinks temporarily.

Mouth

William Boericke 1922

Bleeding from lungs, loith nausea; feeling of constriction; rattling cough. Croup. Hiemoptysis from slightest exertion. [Millef.] Hoarseness, especially at end of a cold. Complete aphonia.

Nose

William Boericke 1922

Coryza, with stoppage of nose and nausea. Epistaxis.

Relationships

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Compare Pulsatilla (rich-food dyspepsia with thirstlessness), Nux vomica (irritation with tongue coat); Arsenicum adds prostration.

Respiratory

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Spasmodic cough ending in gagging or vomiting; chest feels constricted; childhood asthmatic states with nausea.

William Boericke 1922

Dyspnoea ; constant constriction in

Skin

William Boericke 1922

Pale, lax. Blue around

Sleep

William Boericke 1922

With eyes half open. Shocks in all limbs on going to

Stomach

William Boericke 1922

Tongue usually clean. -Mouth, moist; much saliva. Constant nausea and vomiting, with pale, twitching of

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Constant nausea unrelieved by vomiting; tongue clean and unmarked; gagging with little result; intolerance of all food.

William Boericke 1922

Morphia habit. The principal feature of Ipecacuanha is its persistent nausea and vomiting, which form the chief guiding symptoms. Indicated after in-

References

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