{"id":91676,"date":"2021-03-21T07:38:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T07:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=91676"},"modified":"2023-08-08T09:03:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T09:03:32","slug":"ipecacuanha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/ipecacuanha\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipecacuanha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A drug made from the root of an American plant, used as a treatment for coughs, and also as an emetic.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The root of Cephaelis ipecacuanha, a Brazilian shrub. It contains an alkaloid, emetine, which acts as an irritant when brought into contact with the interior of the stomach, producing vomiting. 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The root of Cephaelis ipecacuanha, a Brazilian shrub. It contains an alkaloid, emetine, which acts as an irritant when brought into contact with the interior of the stomach, producing vomiting. Formerly used to induce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ipecacuanha - Definition of Ipecacuanha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A drug made from the root of an American plant, used as a treatment for coughs, and also as an emetic.The root of Cephaelis ipecacuanha, a Brazilian shrub. 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