by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Ipecacuan Spurge. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Powdered root.
Gastritis / Vomiting
E. ipecac. is a more active emetic than Ipecacuanha.
Active and long-continued vomiting with a sense of heat, vertigo, indistinct vision, and prostration.
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Euphorbia Ipecacuanhæ appears in 2 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Authority. Bigelow's Sequel, 1822, p. 177, experiment. In doses of from ten to twenty grains it is both and emetic and cathartic, that is more active than ipecacuanha in proportion to the number of grains administered; in small doses it operates with as much ease as most emetics in a majority of instances. If it…”
