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Ipecacuanha
Cephaëlis ipecacuanha · IP
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Origin Plant · Rubiaceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture and trituration of the dried root.
Sources 18 entries across 17 books: Boericke, Clarke, Hering, Allen, Nash …

Dose Boericke
200X
Third to 200th potency

Reason for useRoberts

The bruised, dislocated feeling in the bones of the lower limbs is marked in Ipecac., but in order to be well indicated the constant and distressing nausea is always present and very pronounced. Ipecac. is complementary to Cuprum. NECK AND BACK . — (Ipeca) Cramp between scapulae on motion. Much pain in back and limbs. Shooting pains from right kidney down thigh to knee. INFERIOR EXTREMITIES. — (Ipeca) SENSATION IN FEMUR AS IF DISLOCATED ON SITTING DOWN. Cramps in thighs at night. EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL . — (Ipeca) Sensation in joints as if they had gone to sleep, which soon becomes painful. BRUISED PAIN IN ALL THE BONES. PAIN AS IF ALL THE BONES WERE BEING TORN TO PIECES. CONCOMITANTS . — (Ipeca) PROFUSE ACCUMULATION OF SALIVA, CONSTANTLY OBLIGING TO SWALLOW. DISTRESSING NAUSEA WITH INCLINATION TO VOMIT. AGGRAVATIONS . — (Ipeca) ON SITTING DOWN.


Books*
Antidoted by Cinchona Officinalis 5, Arsenicum Album 4, Arnica Montana 3 +12
Complementary Cuprum, Antimonium Crudum, Antimonium Tartaricum +4
Follows well Arsenicum Album, Belladonna, Bryonia Alba +16
Compare Pulsatilla Pratensis, Calcarea Carbonica, Chamomilla +35

* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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