Latin, Callicocca Ipecacuanha, Cephaelis emetica, C. ipecacuanha, Hipecacuanha, H. brasilienses, H. dysenterica, Ipecacuanha fusca, I. officinalis, Psychotria Ipecacuanha;
English, Brown Ipecac ;
French, Ipecacuanha;
German, Brechwurzel.
A half-shrubby, perennial plant, with several spreading, twisting
roots, about the size of a goose quill, simple, or somewhat branched,
descending obliquely into the ground. The stem, 2 or 3 feet long, partly under ground,
rooting easily, is smooth and gray at the base pubescent and green above. The leaves are opposite,
petiolate, obovate acute, entire, blackish-green, somewhat rough above, pale, downy and
veined beneath, 3 to 4 inches long, 1 to 2 inches
broad, with large stipules. The flowers are very small, white,
sessile, 10 to 20 in a dense head, on an axillary, but apparently
terminal, peduncle, surrounded by an involucre of four bracts. The
dried root, as met with, is 1/8 to ¼ inch thick composed of a thread
like centre wholly or partially encircled with knotty ridges, also
wrinkled lengthwise. It is brittle, externally brown, internally
whitish-gray and somewhat resinous, or waxy.
Found in :-
West Bengal, Brazil and the upper part of South America.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Hahnemann, in 1805. Frag. de. Vir. Med. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. V. 137 X. 551.)
The dried root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Ipecacunaha, in fine powder | 100 gm
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Distilled water, a sufficient quantity in this proportion | 200 Cc.
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity in this proportion | 824 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
(c) Triturations: 1x and higher.
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