Ipecacuanha
Ipecac root · Abbrev.: IP
Abdomen
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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.
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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
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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
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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