Homoeopathy — Page 405
Ipecacuanha 405 IPECACUANHA (Ipecac-Root) The Ipecac is prepared from the dried-up roots of the Ipecac plant. In allopathy, it is used to induce vomiting, while in , Ipecac is used to control nausea and vomiting. Its patient has a persistent feeling of nausea even after vomiting. Ipecac is a very important anti-malarial treatment. Malaria is strongly connected with nausea and also attacks the stomach. From this point of view, Ipecac is naturally related to malaria. A distinctive feature of Ipecac is that the patient feels severe cold in his back with constant waves of cold up and down. The pain also undulates similarly in the back. A child struck with malaria obviously cannot explain the symptoms himself. However, the symptoms of feeling severe cold, shivering and chattering of the teeth will indicate the need for Ipecac. If such a child presents other symptoms of Ipecac also, then there should be no delay in treating him with Ipecac. A severe stabbing pain is felt over the stomach, moving from left to right. The patient feels as if the stomach has been cut with a knife. The patient becomes riveted in one position. However, the pain disappears after a short while. Pains that are not of a permanent nature, which come on fast like a spell of lightning and then leave the patient weak and exhausted, typify Ipecac. In every ailment of Ipecac, nausea is a must. Even coughing provokes nausea. Ipecac ailments become worse in hot and humid climate. Ipecac is the best treatment for bleeding. The bleeding is of a sudden and forceful nature. In Ipecac, bleeding is always associated with a feeling of nausea. The patient does not feel thirsty at all. Like the patient of Arsenic, the Ipecac patient may feel very weak and restless, but other symptoms of course are different. Every ailment comes on in the form of an attack, whether in the form of weakness or feeling cold. Similarly, there can be an episode of bleeding which will end after some time. These attacks are usually not that long. The Ipecac ailments do not stay permanently. However, there is a possibility of rapid progress of the disease. Whenever an ailment starts, it progresses rapidly and then goes away equally fast.