Carapichea ipecacuanha
plant
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Carapichea ipecacuanha is a tropical plant whose dried rhizome and roots have been used since ancient times. The plant, also known as ipecac, is a source of a drug that induces nausea and vomiting, historically used to treat poisoning. This drug is also referred to as ipecac syrup or syrup of ipecac. While it was once common, its use as an emetic has been discouraged in Western medicine in favor of more effective treatments.12
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