Ipecacuanha

Common Homeo Name = Ipecac

Full name = Ipecacuanha

Abbreviated Name = Ip.

English Name = Ipecac Root

Guiding Symptoms.     The major feature of this remedy is its constant nausea and vomiting, which highly guides to advice Ipecac. This remedy acts on the consequences of the pneumogastric nerve, constructing intermittent anger in chest and stomach. Particularly used for fat patients who is shabby and feel cold in soothing environment. Irregular warmth. Hemorrhages bright red and copious. Morphia practice. designated after indigestible food and cakes etc.

Mind Symptoms. Patient full of wishes for what he does not know. Bad-tempered holds everything in disapproval manner.

Stomach Symptoms. Invariable queasiness and vomiting and face pale and convulsive. Tongue found generally clean. Vomits blood, mucus, food and bile. Stomach feel contented feels that it is hanging down. Mouth moist more dribble.

Respiratory Symptoms. Whooping cough with hemorrhage from nose and mouth. Asthma. Yearly attacks of difficult dumpiness of breaths. Nonstop sneezing, coryza and winded cough. Cough never-ending and aggressive. Roughness particularly at end of cold season. Chest full of phlegm. Sparkling rales. Bad smell cough. Child becomes rigid and face blue. Dyspnea, constant restriction in chest. Hemorrhage from lungs with vomiting, feeling of limitation, rattling cough. Hemoptysis from little effort. 

Face Symptoms. Regular orbital neuralgia and photophobia and burning eyelids. Blue color rings appears around eyes.

Eyes Symptoms. Eyesight continuously decreasing. Vomiting due to looking moving substance. Eyes freckled and red. Pain in eyeballs. Plentiful lachrymation. Contraction of housing from ill-tempered fault of the ciliary muscle. Eyes exhaust from looking nearby things.

     

Skin Symptoms. Miliary skin complaint found.  Skin pale and negligent. Blue rings found around eyes.

Fever Symptoms. Degeneration from rude diet. Little chill with more warmth, nausea, vomiting, and dyspnea. Irregular fever. 

Female Symptoms. Severe morning-sickness during pregnancy. Pain moves come and fro from navel to uterus. Uterine hemorrhage plentiful and vivid.  Menses soon and plentiful.

Sleep Symptoms. Distress in all limbs while sleeping (compare with Igntia in this condition). Patient sleeps with half open  eyes.

Abdomen Symptoms. Hurtful, holding, severe around the navel area. Body unbending, prolonged inflexible. Amebic dysentery with tenesmus while twisting pain. Little thirst.

Modalities. Worsens periodically from animal protein, moist and warm wind, lying down on bed.

Relationship. 

i.                 Compare with:- Chamomilla, Pulstilla and Arsenic.  

ii.                Antidoted by:- China, and Arsenic.    

iii.              Complementary remedy:- Arnica and Cuprum.

Dosage. 30 C and 200 C potencies recommended.