16 FLORA HOMOSOPATHICA. 



taining the millionth part of a grain of the essence of the root, 

 and its effects have appeared too powerful. 



" It is only in cases of poisoning by too large a dose of 

 opium, that it is necessary to give a large dose of Ipecacuanha ; 

 that is to say, thirty, forty, or sixty drops of the strong tincture, 

 unless circumstances indicate strong coffee or Camphor in pre- 



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Ipecacuanha is used with advantage in affections against 



Nature 



to effect the desired object. In these, Ipecacuanha presents to 

 the nerves of the upper orifice of the stomach, the most sensitive 

 part of the organ of vitality, a substance that produces a most 

 uncongenial disgust, nausea, anxiety; thus acting in a similar 

 manner to the morbid material that is to be removed. Against 

 this double attack Nature exerts antagonistically her powers 

 with still greater energy, and thus, by means of this increased 

 exertion, the morbid matter is the more easily removed. Thus 

 fevers are brought to the crisis ; stoppages in the viscera of the 

 abdomen and of the chest, and in the womb, put in motion ; 

 miasmata of contagious diseases expelled by the skin ; cramp 

 relieved by the cramp that Ipecacuanha itself produces ; their 

 tension and freedom restored to vessels disposed to hemorrhage 

 from relaxation, or from the irritation of an acrid substance 

 deposited in them, etc. But most distinctly does it act as a 

 similarly acting remedy to the disease sought to be cured ; in 

 cases of chronic disposition to vomit without bringing anything 

 away. ^ Here it should be given in very small doses, in order 

 to excite frequent nausea ; and the tendency to vomit goes off 

 more and more permanently with each dose than it would with 

 any palhative remedy" (Hahnem. Suctions for ascert. the 



C ZT 0fDnUJS > trans - h ? R E ' D "%»* M.D.) 



But as the diseased organism is altogether much more sen- 

 sitive for the dynamic power of all medicines, so also is the 

 skin of diseased persons. A moderate quantity of the tincture 

 of Ipecacuanha applied to the bend of the arm effectuallv 



