| Ipecac (ipecacuana) DESCRIPTION Ipecac or "Raicilla" is a plant nativ of tropical America; it is the only medicinal plant grown under the forest of humid tropics of Costa Rica, it has been commercialized as raw material for the international pharmaceutical industry. It is use to make Ipecac syrup, a very powerful emetic Ipecac syrup is a medicine used to remove poison from the stomach through the vomiting. When swallowed this extract from the plant irritates the stomach and causes vomiting in both adults and children. |
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