Author:
Cyrus Boger
Book:
Synoptic key
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
Ipecacuanhan
Ipecacuanha
Profuse secretions. Foamy discharges, stool, etc. CONTINUOUS NAUSEA, gastric disturbances, BRIGHT RED, GUSHING HÆMORRHAGE (rapidly clotting), or shortness of breath accompany most complaints. Infantile convulsions.
Cries, screams and is hard to please. Downward crushing in head, to root of tongue. Migraine. Occipital pain, < vomiting, during chill, etc. Gushes of tears. Conjunctivitis. Cold (r), ear. Nosebleed. Sneezing. Face pale; blue about eyes or lips; white linea nasalis. Clean or red, pointed tongue. NO THIRST. Sudden faintness. HORRID NAUSEA; not > vomiting. Vomiting; bilious; < stooping. Repugnance to food. Miserable sinking or hanging loose feeling at stomach. Griping, clawing or cutting at navel; toward uterus. Brown, grass or yellow-green, molasses-like or bloody stools. Balls of mucus in stools. Dysentery. Urging to urinate; bloody urine. Cutting in uterus (l to r). Uterine haemorrhage; gasps with each gush of blood. Painless hoarseness. Larynx and chest tight, < least motion. Spasm of vocal cords. Gasps for breath. Asthma. Paroxysms of retching, incessant or SUFFOCATIVE cough; with every breath; stiffens out, turns red or blue and finally is nauseated, gags or vomits; < stepping into open air; > warmth and repose. Pertussis. LOOSE (coarse) RATTLE IN CHEST, WITHOUT EXPECTORATION. Broncho-pneumonia. Haemoptysis. Pains from kidneys into thighs. Short chill; alternates with heat or with external heat (Ap.). One hand cold, other hot. Long heat; without thirst. Hands and feet drip cold sweat. Suppressed or mixed intermittents; nausea in all stages. Catarrhal or gastric fevers.
Region: MUCOUS MEMBRANES, DIGESTIVE; Stomach; RESPIRATORY; Lungs; Nerves, Pneumo-gastric; Spinal; Cutaneous; Umbilicus.
Worse: WARMTH, damp; Room; Overeating: Ices; Pork; Veal; Mixed or rich foods; Periodically; Quinine; Heat and cold; Recessions.
Better: Open air.