IPECACUANHA

REMEDY OF THE DAY: IPECACUANHA, Adapted to cases where the gastric symptoms predominate. IN ALL DISEASES WITH CONSTANT AND CONTINUAL NAUSEA. tincture made of dried root, Fluidextractum ipecacuana Brazil. Hahnemann proved it, also for conjunctivitis, and inflammation of the mucous membrane and the nose and bronchial tubes. Its chief action is on the ramifications of the pneumo-gastric nerve, producing spasmodic irritation in chest and stomach. Malarious states hence its great use. In headache? sensations as if the bones of the head were crushed or bruised, there is an unilateral sick headache over one eye. with deathly nausea and very pale face, there is a drawn, nauseated expression about the mouth. Stomach: Intense nausea and vomiting, which are followed by exhaustion and sleepiness, worse from fat food, pork, pastry, candy, etc. stomach with a hanging down relaxed feeling. Ipeca stool, green, bloody or fermented, looking like molasses. accompanied by griping about the umbilicus, worse by motion. Respiratory system, spasmodic cough, ending in choking and gagging, and a tickling which extends from the larynx to the extremities of the bronchi. Coarse rales all over the chest, with violent paroxysms of coughing and retching with pale face, great dyspnea, incessant cough with every breath. Spasmodic asthma, with weight and anxiety in chest. Whooping cough, convulsive cough, where the child stiffens and becomes pale or blue and loses its breath, great nausea and relief from vomiting. remedy complementary with ipeca, CUPRUM Special Symptoms !Aching in forehead with nausea and vomiting, vomiting of undigested food, diarrhea, swelling and pain in stomach, colic in children, spasmodic and suffocating cough, with bleeding at nose and mouth, stiffening of the body, short, anxious breathing; spasmodic asthma, loss of breath on the least motion. Worse in damp, warmth room, overeating, ices, pork, veal, better open air Cries, screams and is hard to please, irritable and peevish. Indicated by Clarke as a remedy of gastric ulcer when there is persistent nausea which is not ameliorated by vomiting. Beatriz H Hill, Medicina Homeopática behhill