Ipecacuanha
09/11/2017
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By Rhonda Johansson
Ipecacuanha – sources, health benefits, nutrients, uses and constituents at NaturalPedia.com
We were first introduced to the root crop ipecacuanha in 1570 when a Portuguese friar spoke of an effective remedy for the bloody flux (a medieval term used to describe bloody diarrhea or swine dysentery). The unknown devotee named the plant for the native word i-pe-kaa-guéne which meant “road-side sick-making plant”. Since then, ipecacuanha has […]
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