Ipecacuanha

Common name: ipecac.

Adapted to cases where the gastric symptoms predominate (Ant-C., Kali-M., Nux-V., Puls., Sep.) (A.).

Relieves the exhaustion following bleeding from the orifices of the body (Carb-V., Chin., Ferr., Kali-P., Sec.).

Tetanic spasms (Bell., Cic., Cupr., Nux-V., Op., Strych., Verat.).

Spasmodic oppression of the chest after taking cold (Ant-T., Phos., Stram.).

Whooping cough (Ant-T., Cina, Cupr., Dros., Kali-C., Meph., Puls., Verat.).

CONVULSIVE COUGH; THE CHILD STIFFENS AND BECOMES PALE OR BLUE AND LOSES ITS BREATH; GREAT NAUSEA AND RELIEF FROM VOMITING (D.).

A sensation in the joints as if they had gone to sleep, with tingling of the same.

Tearing in the limbs when going to sleep.

Hæmorrhages (active) from all orifices, profuse, bright red (Mill., Phos.) (N.).

Cough with bloody expectoration (Phos.) (G.).

Miliary eruptions, when they come out with difficulty, or when they appear on females during the period of uterogestation.

Bad effects from the abuse of Opium, Arsenic and Quinine (Puls.).

Sensation as if the bones of the head were crushed or bruised; there is unilateral sick headache over one eye, with deathly nausea and very pale face; there is a drawn nauseated expression about the mouth (D.).

Incessant cough with every breath (D.).

DRY, SPASMODIC COUGH, ENDING IN CHOKING AND GAGGING (D.).

A tickling extends from the larynx to the extremities of the bronchi (D.).

Coarse rales all over the chest, with violent paroxysms of coughing and retching, pale face and great dyspnœa (D.).

TONGUE CLEAN, OR SLIGHTLY COATED (Apis, Ars., Bell., Colch., Ferr-P., Gels., Kali-B., Lac-C., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Rhus-T.) (A.).

APPLICABLE IN ALL DISEASES WITH CONSTANT AND CONTINUAL NAUSEA (Ant-C., Ant-T., Ars., Cadm., Dig., Graph., Kreos., Lac-C., Lyc., Mag-M., Nat-M., Nux-V., Petr., Phos., Sil., Verat.) (A.).

Nausea accompanies most complaints (Ant-T., Nux-V., Puls.).

Bad effects from intemperance and cold; also from effects of pork eating.

DISTRESSING AND INTENSE NAUSEA AND INCLINATION TO VOMIT, AND AFTER VOMITING THERE IS IMMEDIATE INCLINATION TO DO SO AGAIN. CONSTANT NAUSEA WITH A CLEAN TONGUE IS THE WATCHWORD (D.).

Intense nausea and vomiting, which is followed by exhaustion and sleepiness (Aeth., Ant-T.) (D.).

Troubles arising from fat food, pork, pastry, candy, etc. (D.).

The stomach has a hanging down, relaxed feeling (Carb-An., Sep., Sulph.) (D.).

Vomiting of large quantities of tenacious, white, glairy mucus (Bt.).

DESIRE FOR DELICACIES (Aur., Chin., Kali-C., Mag-C., Nat-C., Rhus-T., Sabad., Spong., Tub.) (K.).

Aversion to food (Ars., Chin., Cocc., Colch., Ferr., Lil-T., Nux-V.) (K.).

Flatulent, cutting colic about the umbilicus (A.).

Diarrhœa of a dysenteric nature (Acon., Bell., Colch., Coloc., Merc-C., Nux-V., Sulph.).

Autumnal dysentery; cold nights, after hot days (Acon., Colch., Merc.) (A.).

STOOL: GRASSY-GREEN; OF WHITE MUCUS (Ant-C., Colch.); BLOODY; FERMENTED; FOAMY; SLIMY; LIKE FROTHY MOLASSES (A.).

Asiatic Cholera: First symptoms, where nausea and vomiting predominate (Ant-C., Nux-V., Puls.) (A.).

Often used in the secondary stage of cholera when marked nausea and persistent vomiting is present (Ars., Bism., Colch., Cupr., Cupr-Ars., Phos., Podo., Sec., Tab., Verat.).

Metrorrhagia (Calc., Chin., Cinnm., Ferr., Kali-C., Lach., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sep., Sulph., Ust., Vib.).

Hæmorrhages of bright red blood, which flows steadily (D.).

DURING HAEMORRHAGE FROM THE WOMB SHE COMMENCES TO BREATHE HEAVILY (N.).

POST-PARTUM HAEMORRHAGE; PROFUSE FLOW, BRIGHT RED AND CONSTANT NAUSEA (N.).

Threatened abortion, often with a sharp or pinching pain around the umbilicus, which runs downward to the uterus, with constant nausea and discharge of bright, red blood (G.).

Menstruation too early and too profuse (Chin., Phos., Sep.) (G.).

Vomiting of pregnancy (Bry., Colch., Nux-V., Sep., Symphori., Tab.) (A.).

Chlorosis: menses scanty; skin and mucous surfaces pale, anæmic (Calc., Ferr., Nat-M.) (C.).

Cutting pains across the abdomen from left to right (Lach.; from right to left- Lyc.) (A.).

Red, scanty urine (Lyc., Puls., Sep.) (C.).

Pains from the region of the kidneys into the thighs (Agar., Berb., Hep., Kali-B., Nux-V.) (K.).

Intermittent fever with slight chills and much heat, which is accompanied with much heat, gastric symptoms, and oppression of the chest in all cases.

Backache, short chill long fever; mostly heat with thirst; raging headache, nausea, cough, and sweat last; chill worse in warm room or warm covering (N.).

Better than quinine in intermittents, or after its abuse, the symptoms agreeing (N.).

One hand cold, the other hot (Hr.).

Postponing type of fever (Alst., Bry., Chin., Cina, Gamb., Ign., Ipec.) (K.).

Catarrhal or gastric fevers (Acon., Ant-C., Bry., Kali-M., Nux-V., Puls.) (B.).

PAINS IN THE EXTREMITIES DURING CHILL (Ars., Bov., Coloc., Dulc., Eup-P.) (K.).

EPISTAXIS WITH WHOOPING COUGH (Arn., Bry., Cina, Cor-R., Crot-H., Dros., Led., Merc., Mur-Ac., Nux-V., Spong., Stram.) (K.).

Sneezing with cough and expectoration (R.).

Capillary bronchitis with great accumulation of mucus in the larger tubes, violent paroxysms of coughing, retching and vomiting, also expectoration of a good deal of mucus (R.).

SPASMODIC ASTHMA, WITH WEIGHT AND ANXIETY ABOUT THE CHEST; SUDDEN WHEEZING DYSPNOEA, THREATENING SUFFOCATION; AGGRAVATED BY MOTION; THE COUGH CAUSES GAGGING AND VOMITING (D.).

Hæmoptysis: the blood is bright red and comes in gushes, with nausea and gagging (D.).

The chest seems full of phlegm, but does not yield to coughing (Ant-T.).

AGGRAVATION: From motion; in winter and dry weather; in warm moist, south winds; from the slightest motion; from stooping; and over-eating.

AMELIORATION: In the open air;

RELATIONSHIP: Complementary: Ars., and Cupr.

Similar to: Ant-C., Cocc., Colch., Kali-M. and Puls., in gastric troubles.

Ipec. antidotes: Ars., Chin., Cupr., Ferr., Op. and Tab.