IPECACUANHA
Source indications
Allen's Keynotes
- adapted to cases where the gastric symptoms predominate
- tongue clean or slightly coated
- all diseases with constant and continual nausea
- nausea with profuse saliva
- vomiting of white glairy mucus in large quantities without relief
- sleepy after vomiting
- nausea worse from stooping
- nausea from the primary effects of tobacco
- nausea of pregnancy
- stomach feels relaxed as if hanging down
- clutching squeezing griping in stomach as from a hand each finger sharply pressing into intestines
- stomach symptoms worse from motion
- flatulent cutting colic about umbilicus
- stool grassy-green
- stool of white mucus
- stool bloody
- stool fermented foamy slimy like frothy molasses
- autumnal dysentry during cold nights after hot days
- asiatic cholera first symptoms where nausea and vomiting predominate
- haemorrhage active or passive bright-red from all the orifices of the body
- uterine haemorrhage profuse clotted
- heavy oppressed breathing during haemorrhage
- stitches from navel to uterus
- cutting pains across abdomen from left to right
- cough dry spasmodic constricted asthmatic
- difficult breathing from least exercise
- violent dyspnoea with wheezing and anxiety about the stomach
- whooping-cough where child loses breath turns pale stiff and blue
- strangling with gagging and vomiting of mucus
- bleeding from nose or mouth during whooping-cough
- cough with rattling of mucus in bronchi when inspiring
- threatened suffocation from mucus
- pains as if bones were all torn to pieces
- intermittent fever in beginning of irregular cases
- intermittent fever with nausea or from gastric disturbance
- intermittent fever after abuse of or suppression from quinine
- intermittent dyspepsia every other day at same hour
- fever with persistent nausea
- oversensitive to heat and cold
- worse in winter and dry weather
- worse from warm moist south winds
- worse from slightest motion