Ipecacuanha

{ip’-e-kak, ip-e-kaku-anf-ah) [Braz., ipecaaguen\. Ipecac. The root of Cephselis ipecacuanha, a plant of the order Rubiaceae, containing an alkaloid, emetin, C28H40N2O5, and ipecacuanhic acid. Ipecac in large doses is emetic, in small doses diaphoretic, expectorant, and in minute doses, a gastric stimulant. It is used as an emetic, especially in narcotic poisoning, and, in children, to dislodge membranes and secretions in croup and capillary bronchitis; as a diaphoretic in acute colds, as an expectorant in bronchitis, as a sedative in vomiting (in minute doses), and in dyspepsia as a stimulant. It is said to be a specific in tropical dysentery. Emetin is emetic, but irritant in large doses. Emetin. Dose as an emetic, gr. yi—}£ (0.008- 0.016). I., Extractum, Fid. Dose TT\vxxx (0.32-2.0). I. et morphinse, Trochi sci. Dose j-yj. I. et opii, ch393.xhtml p 341