Source :- Vegetable Kingdom
Common Name :- Ipecac Root
Family :- Rubiaceae
Prover :- Dr. Hahnemann
Miasm :- Psora
Temperament :- Irritable
Diathesis :- Hemorrhagic
Thermal :- Chilly patient
Duration of action :- 1 to 10 days
Active Principle :- Emetine
Inimical to :- Nux Vomica
Side affection :- Left-sided more than right
INTRODUCTION
- It is a great polychrest remedy.
- HAHNEMANN SAYS, “Ipecac is a great anti-spasmodic and anti-emetic remedy.”
- Chief remedy for persistent nausea and vomiting, especially when vomiting does not relieve the nausea.
GUIDING SYMPTOMS
- Persistent nausea not relieved by vomiting – a keynote.
- Nausea with clean tongue (Compare: Iris versicolor – coated tongue).
- Vomiting of food, bile, mucus or blood with intense nausea.
- Haemorrhage – bright red and active from any orifice (Uterus, lungs, stomach, etc).
- Loose cough with vomiting – especially in children.
- Whooping cough with gagging and vomiting.
- Hemoptysis – blood comes with least effort, accompanied by nausea.
- Colic around the navel with griping pain and vomiting.
- Dysentery – with tenesmus and nausea, stools green as grass.
- Asthma – with constriction in chest, difficult breathing, and nausea.
- Worse in warm and moist weather.
- Child becomes stiff, pale, and rigid with blue face during convulsions.
- Uterine bleeding – bright red and profuse with nausea.
MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS / PSYCHOLOGY
- Irritable and contradictory; does not want to be touched.
- Complains of everything, especially nausea.
- Restlessness with anxiety due to continuous vomiting.
- Sad, gloomy, feels everything is hopeless.
FEVER
Indicated in intermittent and remittent fevers with gastric disturbances.
a) Intermittent Fever
- BEFORE CHILL: Nausea and vomiting, tongue clean
- DURING CHILL: Shivering with nausea
- DURING HEAT: Flushed face with vomiting of bile or food
- DURING SWEAT: Exhaustion with continued nausea
b) Remittent Fever
- Associated with gastric irritation, vomiting, or haemorrhage
- Tongue remains clean despite serious illness
- Headache, nausea, and cough present during fever
RESPIRATORY
- Spasmodic cough with gagging and vomiting.
- Chest seems full of phlegm, but hard to expectorate.
- Asthma with rattling of mucus and vomiting after coughing.
- Hemorrhage from lungs, bright red, comes with least effort.
GASTRO-INTESTINAL
- Persistent nausea – as if stomach is turned inside out
- Vomiting of food, bile, mucus or blood
- Diarrhea with nausea and colicky pain
- Dysentery – green, slimy, or bloody stools with constant nausea
- Colic with cutting and gripping pain around umbilicus
FEMALE
- Uterine haemorrhage – bright red and gushing, with constant nausea
- Threatened abortion from slightest motion
- Dysmenorrhoea with nausea and vomiting
- Labour pains with intense nausea
SKIN
- Small red spots with nausea
- Urticaria with gastric derangement
- Pruritus with bleeding from scratching
- Sweat with a sour smell
MEMORIZING TIPS – IPECAC
- I – Intense nausea with clean tongue
- P – Persistent vomiting, not relieving nausea
- E – Emesis of blood, bile, mucus or food
- C – Cough ends in gagging and vomiting
- A – Asthma with rattling of mucus
- C – Children with convulsions, stiffness, and blue face
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