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Ipecacuanha – DANGEROUS old fashioned emetic

Posted by frann under Not so common herbs

Ipecacuanha or ipecac has the Latin name Carapichea ipecacuanha. This is the correct name according to the USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program Germplasm Resources Information Network, although Wikipedia has it listed as Psychotria ipecacuanha and the RHS lists it as Cephaelis ipecacuanha in the 2008 edition of their Encyclopedia of Herbs. Both of these [...]

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