INTRODUCTION
IPEC. See Hahnemann’s “Mat. Medorrhinum Pur., ” III. Duration of Action; from two hours to several days.
COMPARE WITH.
Aconite, Alumina, Ambr., Arnica, Arsenicum,Belladonna, Calcarea, Cantharis, Carb-v., Caust,. Chamomilla, China, Cina., Cocc., Croc., Cuprum, Drosera, Dulcamara, Ferrum, Ignatia, Lauroc., Lycopodium, Nux v., Opium, Phosph., Pulsatilla, Sabina, Sepia, Sulphur, Tabacum, Tart., Veratrum, Ipecac., is frequently suitable after: Aconite, Arsenicum, Arsenicum, Veratrum AFter Ipecac. are frequently suitable: arn., ARs., China, cocc., Ignatia, Nux. v.
ANTIDOTES.
Of large doses: The tincture of Galls.- of small doses: Arnica, Arsenicum, China, Nux-v., Ipecac. antidotes Opium (30, 40, tO 60 drops of the strong tincture of Ipecac.). Alumina, Ant-tart., Arsenicum, Chamomilla, China, Cupr-k, Dulcamara, Ferrum, Lauroc., Tabacum,.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
Drawing pain in the humerus and femur in evening after lying down. Cracking in the joints. Bruised pain in all the bones. Pain in the joints as when the limbs go to sleep. Emprosthotonos and opisthotonos. The body of followed by a spasmodic jerking of the arms, towards one another.
SKIN.
Pricking pains in different parts of the body, excited by motion, and terminating burning pains. Rash of lying-in females. Suppressed rash.
SLEEP.
Drowsiness. Sleep full of restlessness and moaning.
Starting during sleep. Sleep interrupted by frequent waking and frightful dreams. Anxiety in the blood in the morning on waking.
Moaning fearfulness when asleep;.
FEVER.
Shuddering with yawning. Chilliness, he is unable to bear the least warmth. Excessive sensitiveness to cold and warmth. Hands and feet are icy cold and dripping with cold sweat. External coldness and internal heat. Towards four o ‘clock in the afternoon sudden attack of heat. Feeling of heat in the afternoon and evening, almost like a burning in the head and cheeks, without thirst. Night-Sweat.
MORAL SYMPTOMS.
Taciturn ill-humor. Peevish humor. Anguish and dread of death. Extreme impatience. The least noise irritates him.
SENSORIUM..
Vertigo, with momentary vanishing of the thought.
HEAD.
Short vertigo,.with momentary violently -stinging pains in the head, increasing to an aching. Stinging headache and heaviness of the head. also with drowsiness. lacerating pain in the forehead, excited and aggravated by feeling the heart, or by stooping. lacerating headache from morning till noon. Headache as if the brain and skull were bruised, penetrating through all the bones down to the root of the tongue, with nausea. Aching pain in the head. (Constrictive headache in the temple, and over the orbit of the eye.). Tensive headache, in the occiput and nape of the neck, extending as far as the shoulders. dull drawing in the head, to and fro. Pain of the occiput and nape of the neck, excited by moving the head.
EYES.
Dry lids, with drowsiness., Red inflamed eyes.
EARS.
Aching pain. coldness and chilliness of the ears, during the febrile heat.
NOSE.
Bleeding of the nose. Loss of smell. A frequent sneezing. Coryza, with stoppage of the nose, or with drawing in all the limbs.
FACE.
Pale, bloated, or livid, yellowish face. Pale face, with blue margins around the eyes, and great weakness, as after a long and severe illness. Convulsive movements of the facial muscles. The lips are covered with aphthae and eruption. Red skin around the mouth. Rash in the face.
TEETH.
Pain in the teeth as if they would be turn out in paroxysms.
MOUTH AND THROAT.
The mouth feels intensely painful. Smarting sensation in the edge of he tongue. Copious secretion of saliva. Yellowish or white coating of the tongue. Pain when swallowing, as if the pharynx were swollen. Difficulty deglutition. Pain in the throat and in the chest.
APPETITE AND GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.
Sweet taste as of blood. Bitter taste in the morning. Aversion to food. Desire or dainties Inclination to vomit and vomiting. Qualmishness. Nausea and effort to vomit. qualmishness in the abdomen, with incipient and colic Nausea as if proceeding from the stomach, with empty eructations and accumulation of a quantity of saliva. Nausea with heaviness of the abdomen. Empty retching, particularly after a cold drink and after smoking. Vomiting of the ingesta, when stooping, without any previous eructations. Vomiting of yellow mucus. Vomiting of green, jelly-like mucus. Vomiting of black, pitch-like substances.
STOMACH.
Sensation of emptiness and relaxation of the stomach. Excessive sick feeling in the region of the stomach. Horrid pains in the stomach. Dull sticking pain in the pit of the stomach.
ABDOMEN.
Uneasiness in the abdomen. Contractive sensation below the short robs. Colic of children, with uneasiness, screams. and tossing about. Sensation of excessive distention of the abdomen and tossing about. Sensation of excessive distention of the abdomen Flatulence colic, with frequent diarrhoeic stools. Griping pinching in the abdomen, as if one were grasping with the hands, alleviated by rest, but excited by motion. cutting pain around the umbilicus, with shuddering. cutting colic around the umbilicus, as if accompanied with rising of internal heat to the head. Lacerating colic above the umbilicus. Pricking colic, with burning and stinging in the rectum, and desire fro stool. Pains as from soreness in the abdomen. Enteritis.
STOOL.
Stool green as grass. lemon-colored stool. Diarrhoeic stools having the appearance of being fermented. Fetid stools. Stool covered with red, bloody mucus. Frequent liquid diarrhoea, with qualmishness in the abdomen. Diarrhoea. Bloody stool. Stinging, cutting, burning pain in the margin of the anus, as in inveterate haemorrhoids. Creeping in the anus, as of ascarides.
URINE.
Bloody urine. Also after suppression of the, with cutting in the abdomen and urethra. Frequent desire to urinate, with scanty emission. Turbid urine with brick-dust sediment.
GENITAL ORGANS.
Writhing drawing pain in the testicles. Pressing towards the muteus and anus. Suppression of the menstruation discharge towards the end. Metrorrhagia.
LARYNX.
Rattling noise in the bronchial tubes, when drawing breath. Suffocative cough. Dry cough produced by a titillation in the titillating sensation in the throat, extending from the upper part of the larynx to the lowest part of the bronchial tubes. Also when lying on the side. Cough., continuing without an interruption after walking in the cold air and when lying down, morning and evening, excited by a deep inspiration;l accompanied with a colic. Haemoptysis, occasioned by th least effort. Cough towards evening, continuing for one hour, suffocating, fatiguing, exhausting. Pain in the abdomen when coughing, like pressure on the bladder. Cough occasions an inclination to vomit without nausea beating pain in the head and pit of the stomach after coughing.
CHEST.
Asthma. Evening Asthma. Spasmodic asthma, with violent contraction in the throat and chest. Contraction of the chest with short and panting breathing. Oppression of the chest in the forenoon, and short breathing, as if inhaling dust. Spasms of he best from the vapor of copper and arsenic. Soreness in the chest. Palpitation of the heart,, without anxiety. REd itching spots on the chest, burning after scratching.
ARMS, LEGS, AND BACK.
Opisthotonos and emprosthotonos. Cramp-pain during notion between the scapulae Swelling and suppuration in the throat-pit. Sensation as if the femur would be dislocated, on sitting down. Pain in the knees and if the tendons and locate, d on sitting down. Pain in the knee as if the tendons and ligaments and been wearied by fatigue. Weariness of the lower limbs. Convulsive twitchings of the lower limbs and feet. Nightly cramp in the thighs. Ulcers on the foot, with a black base.
