Ipecacuanha

1 . The gastric symptoms predominate in nearly all complaints ; violent and persistent nausea not > vomiting.

2 . Morose irritability with pale, drawn face and hollow eyes encircled with dark rings. Children readily cry and scream and have vague, indefinite longings.

3 . Alimentary disorders ; aversion from all food with vomiting of tenacious, white glairy mucus ; tongue usually clean ; stomach feels as if "hanging relaxed" ; after indulgence in rich, fat foods ( Puls .) or sweets, ices, etc. ( Ars .) ; salivation ( Merc., lod .).

4 . Diarrhoeas and dysentery ; char. Stools : (a) fermented, foamy like yeast, (b) grass green, mucous or watery, (c) slimy with more or less blood.

5 . Respiratory complaints ; violent dyspnoea with wheezing, anxious respiration, or dry, spasmodic cough ; great accumulation of mucus (fine rales) yet nothing comes up.

6 . Active or passive haemorrhages of bright arterial blood ; in gushes from all orifices.

7 . Obstinate Malarias with no regularly defined stages ; after abuse of quinine ; will often bring out the true drug picture.

8 . Pains as if bones all torn to pieces.

9 . Intense irritation of the skin with uncontrollable desire to scratch.

10 . Patient sensitive to every change of weather- - heat and cold ; moist, winds.

Keynote : Nausea.