Thursday, 21 June 2018

Ipecacuanha. Kader Kochi.


Synonyms

Ipecac cephaelis, Carapichea ipecacuanha.


Constituents

Perennial shrubs seen in Brazil. Height 40 cm. Spiral like root contains emetine, cephaeline, ipecacuanhic acid, ceretin, and choline. 


Therapeutics

It is anti-microbial medicine.

It is a medicine for influenza, HIV infection, hepatitis, pyorrhoea, and amoebiasis.

It is diaphoretic medicine for fever. 

It is an expectorant medicine for unproductive cough.

It is medicine for sick headache due to undigested foods.

It is remedy for intermittent fever with least chill and much heat.

It is remedy for vomiting, and diarrhoea.

It is remedy for symptoms of nausea with clean tongue.

It is remedy for asthma, aphonia, haemoptysis, and productive cough with nausea.

It is remedy for bleeding from lungs (Millefolium).

It is used as an emetic medicine in poisoning.


Dose

1 to 10 drops.

Dilution.




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