Apomorphinum
Remedy of violent vomiting and sea-sickness. Immediate, projectile vomiting without preceding nausea. Empty retching. Nausea without ability to vomit. Vertigo with vomiting. Uncontrollable vomiting of pregnancy.
Source
Prepared from apomorphine hydrochloride, a semi-synthetic derivative of morphine, potentised.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Vomiting — violent, immediate, projectile, without preceding nausea. Or: intense nausea and retching without ability to vomit. Vertigo with vomiting. Sea-sickness. Morning sickness of pregnancy — uncontrollable. Dilated pupils. Yawning, drowsiness.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull, drowsy. Indifferent.
General Symptoms
Emetic center. Worse from motion, smell of food. Better from rest.
Physical Symptoms
Stomach
Violent projectile vomiting without nausea — or nausea and retching unable to vomit. Empty retching. Sea-sickness. Morning sickness.
Head
Vertigo with vomiting. Dilated pupils.
Eyes
Pupils dilated.
Modalities
Better From
Rest, lying still
Worse From
Motion, smell of food, riding
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Used for acute vomiting states.
Clinical Indications
Violent vomiting, sea-sickness, morning sickness (uncontrollable), vertigo with vomiting, retching
Comparative Materia Medica
Ipecacuanha has persistent nausea with vomiting. Tabacum has nausea with pallor and cold sweat. Lobelia has nausea not relieved by vomiting.
Safety Information
Chloroform (antidote to crude apomorphine).
Apomorphine is a potent emetic used medically (formerly for poisoning treatment, now for Parkinson's). Causes violent vomiting, hypotension, respiratory depression. Use only potentised forms.
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