ipecac, ipecacuanha

(ip’e-kak, ip’’e-kak-u-an’- ah) (Tupi-Guarani name]. The root of Cepha’- dis tpecacuan'ha, a rubiaceous plant of tropical America. It is a local irritant, emetic in full doses, in small doses expectorant, diaphoretic, and stimulant to the stomach. It is employed in moderate doses as an emetic, and is given in small doses in laryngitis, bronchitis, chronic diarrhea, cholera morbus, and as a sedative in hemorrhages, such as hemoptysis and uterine hemorrhage. Emetic dose, 15-30 gr. (1-2 gm.); expectorant dose, 3-1 BT. (0.011-0.066 gm.); dose of fluidextract, 1-5 min. (0.066-0.333 c.c.); of sytup, 4-2 dr. (2-8 c.c.); of wine (vi’num ipecacuan’ha), 1-60 min. (0.066-4 c.c.); of finctu’ra ipecacuan’he εἰ o pit, or liquid Dover’s powder, 10 min. (0.6 c.c.); of trochis’ca morph’ ina εἰ ipecacuan’ha, τ or more; of pul’vis ipecacuan’he compos‘it us, or Dover’s powder, 10 gr. (0.66 gm.). deémetized i. 1,iPecac deprived of its emetic properties. wild 1, the plant Euphor’bia ipecacuan'he, of North America, an acrid cathartic and emetic.