Understanding Ipeca

Dr. Claudio C. Araujo M.D. F.F. Hom. (Lon.) et al.

Based on the proving symptoms -: what is the world the Ipeca patient sees before his eyes? What is coming inside through Ipeca senses? If we could ask to this patient, what he sees, what he would say?

He is averse to everything 

Ill humor, despises everything. 
Morose mood that scorns everything, and desires also that others shall not appreciate or value anything. 

Ipeca has a very particular way to perceive reality. For him, nothing really matters and, besides, is extremely dissatisfied with everything else. There´s nothing pleasing him, and he also can´t understand why people come to like one thing or another – because nothing pleases him.

Takes no delight in anything; nothing pleases him.

As the symptoms states, he doesn´t see the value of life, of living, he has no pleasure in the simplest things in life. From that standpoint, following the tracks provided by the proving, we will now find our Ipeca patient drowned in his own feelings and disappointments:

 Extremely inclined to be obstinate and fretful. 

Extremely impatient.

He becomes exasperated at the slightest noise.

He frequently becomes angry at the merest trifles; and again just as easily and speedily can be quieted.

The next proving symptoms may represent Ipeca´s mood – better saying: this is the way we will probably meet our Ipec patient for the first time:

Whining mood; must be carried about, 

His courage sinks, and he is extremely inclined to be peevish and ill-humored,

He is thoughtful, fearful, and thinks trifles are very important (after six hours). 

Ill-humored and vexed that his business does not proceed fast enough. 

Ill-humored, quiet, retired in himself, scorning everything, [1]. 

Extremely inclined to be obstinate and fretful,. 

Extremely impatient]. 

He becomes exasperated at the slightest noise. 

Ipeca has no love for life, he is an unhappy fellow, peevish, taciturn, swallowed by his own extreme disgust for living, trying to convince his fellow men to feel the same.  Falling deeply into a state sadness and depression.

Ill-humored the whole day; had no desire to talk, and was inclined to weep. 

He frequently becomes angry at the merest trifles; and again just as easily and speedily can be quieted . 

Ill-humored; he thinks that he is very unhappy,

Ipeca groups

Symptoms from Hahnemann, Allen, Hering & Kent

Dr. Claudio C. Araujo M.D. F.F.Hom. (Lon.)

With the environment

Is awkward and stumbles against everything. 
Ill humor, despises everything. 
Morose mood that scorns everything, and desires also that others shall not appreciate or value anything. 

Takes no delight in anything; nothing pleases him, [1]. 

His mind is full of wishes and longings, but he does not know for what, [1]. 

He is averse to everything, [1]. 

With Oneself

Wrapt in thought; taciturnity. 
Full of inexpressible desires. 
Every 6 or 8 weeks anorexia and hypochondria, with pressure and tension, and tympanitis of epigastrium ; constipation, with disgust and impatience of labor ; attacks preceded by nausea, and tendency to diarrhœa. θ Hypochondriasis. 
Dejected mood, morose, enjoys nothing. 
Peevish ; irritable ; impatient ; morose, scornful mood. 
Ill humor, despises everything. 
Fretfulness. θ Intermittent. θ Cholera infantum. 
Extremely impatient. 
Morose mood that scorns everything, and desires also that others shall not appreciate or value anything. 

Whining mood; must be carried about, [28]. 

Takes no delight in anything; nothing pleases him, [1]. 

His courage sinks, and he is extremely inclined to be peevish and ill-humored, [1]. 

He is thoughtful, fearful, and thinks trifles are very important (after six hours), [1]. 

Ill-humored; he thinks that he is very unhappy, [1]. [10.] 

Ill-humored the whole day; had no desire to talk, and was inclined to weep, [2]. 

Ill-humored and vexed that his business does not proceed fast enough, [1]. 

Ill-humored, quiet, retired in himself, scorning everything, [1]. 

Morose mood that scorns everything, and desires also that others shall not appreciate or value anything, [1]. 

Extremely inclined to be obstinate and fretful, [1]. 

Extremely impatient, [1]. 

He becomes exasperated at the slightest noise, [1]. 

He frequently becomes angry at the merest trifles; and again just as easily and speedily can be quieted (after five hours), [1]. 

Disinclination to work, [3]. [20.] 

Aversion to literary work; ideas fail him (after twenty-nine hours), [3]. 

His flow of ideas is very slow, [1]. 

With the others

Ailments from vexation and reserved displeasure. 

Lively mood; he is inclined to talk, and even to joke, [2]. [Curative reaction from the previous opposite condition of mind. -Hahnemann.] 

He does not speak a word, [1].