ipecac

Question 1

native name

Answer 1

i-pe-kaa-guenem or roadside sick-making plant

Question 2

type of plant

Answer 2

small shrub
30-50 cm in height
understory plant of moist, shady, woodlands in the brazilian highlands and eastern bolivia

Question 3

related species

Answer 3

p. acuminata

occurs in columbia

Question 4

indigenous ppls

Answer 4

used bark of the thickened fibrous root to treat intestinal infections (dysentery)

Question 5

france 1672

Answer 5

samples of powdered ipecac root first appeared

Question 6

paris merchant garnier

Answer 6

imported 70kg in 1680

Question 7

jean-adrien helvetius

Answer 7

successfully treated members of the french royal family, and cure the heir to the throne (dauphin) of dysentry

Question 8

helevetius was granted the sole rights to the use of ipecac by

Answer 8

louis XIV

-1699 he sold rights to the french government

Question 9

botanical source of ipecac unknown until

Answer 9

1880, when Portuguese physician gomez first brought the plant to europe

Question 10

thomas dover

Answer 10

in england developed dovers powder
a mixture of ipecac,opium and other substances sold as a treatment for fever, gout and dysentry
dovers powder and other ipecac syrups popular in the 18th century

Question 11

ipecac used as a very powerful emetic

Answer 11

a substance that induces vomiting and was commonly administered to children as a purgative

Question 12

moderate doses of ipecac were used to induce

Answer 12

perspiration and as an expectorant in treating bronchitis, and small doses were recommended as a digestive stimulant

Question 13

active principles

Answer 13

alkaloids emetine and cephaeline

Question 14

ipecac root is an effective treatment for amoebic dysentery (amoebiasis but its powerful…

Answer 14

emetic properties (characterized by vomiting and diarrhea) limit its use

Question 15

emetine and cephaelin

Answer 15

cause inflammation of the peripheral nerves, irregular heartbeat, sudden lowering of blood pressure and extreme cases sudden death

Question 16

much safer treatments for amoebic dysentery

Answer 16

diloxanide (for intestinal ameobiasis)
metronidazol (for hepatic ameobiasis)
semi synthetic dehydroemetine

Question 17

until recently

Answer 17

ipecac syrup was also used as an emergency emetic: it induces vomiting expelling from the stomach accidentally ingested irritants and non caustic poisons -this se is now actively discourages, since much safer emetics are available.

Question 18

ipecac has also been used in aversion therapy

Answer 18

treating chronic alcoholism