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Physician's Materia Medica on Ipecac (ipecacuanha)
IPECAC (ipecacuanha)CEIP
The root of URAGOGA IPECACUANHA, (Brot.) Baill. Emetic; in small doses diaphoretic (especially when combined with opium), expectorant, stomachic. In large doses has a specific action in dysentery. Dose, as emetic, 1 to 1.5 Grm. (15 to 25 grs.), repeated if necessary, as diaphoretic. 0.06 to 0.120 Grm. (1 to 2 grs.); as expectorant or stomachic, 0.015 to 0.06 Grm. (1/4 to 1 gr.).1
The root of URAGOGA IPECACUANHA, (Brot.) Baill. Emetic; in small doses diaphoretic (especially when combined with opium), expectorant, stomachic. In large doses has a specific action in dysentery. Dose, as emetic, 1 to 1.5 Grm. (15 to 25 grs.), repeated if necessary, as diaphoretic. 0.06 to 0.120 Grm. (1 to 2 grs.); as expectorant or stomachic, 0.015 to 0.06 Grm. (1/4 to 1 gr.).1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.