A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . JjpecacuanhoB —Euphorbia Ipecacuanha, Linne (Euphorbiacece).Habitat.—The United States near the Atlantic coast. UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA. 443. Figs. 252-253. — Ipe-cacuanha Spurge, rootand stem, natural size. Part used.—Root. Description.—About five centimeters (2 inches) or less, long heads,knotty, branched, marked by scars from the stems. Roots over thirtycentimeters (12 inches) long, and about one centi-meter (J- inch) thick, more or less branched ; ex-ternally light yellowish-brown, wrinkled; whitishwithin ; bark thick. Odor,
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . JjpecacuanhoB —Euphorbia Ipecacuanha, Linne (Euphorbiacece).Habitat.—The United States near the Atlantic coast. UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA. 443. Figs. 252-253. — Ipe-cacuanha Spurge, rootand stem, natural size. Part used.—Root. Description.—About five centimeters (2 inches) or less, long heads,knotty, branched, marked by scars from the stems. Roots over thirtycentimeters (12 inches) long, and about one centi-meter (J- inch) thick, more or less branched ; ex-ternally light yellowish-brown, wrinkled; whitishwithin ; bark thick. Odor, none. Taste sweetish,bitter, acrid. This drug resembles the root and stem ofApocynum cannabinum and Apocynum androsae-mifolium. Constituents.—Acrid resin, euphorbon, andpossibly some glucoside. Medicinal Uses.—It is emetic, diaphoretic,and expectorant, and in large doses hydragoguecathartic. Has been used in bilious colic, dropsicalaffections, menstrual irregularity, etc. Dose.— to 1 gram (8 to 15 grains) as ahydragogue cathartic ; to gram (1 to 3 grains) as an expec-torant and diaphoretic. Euphorfoium. EtJPHORBIUM. Euphorbias Resina. Origin.—Euphorbia resinifera, Berg (Eii
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