IPECACUANHA PROPERTIES - MEDICINAL PLANTS

What is Ipeca used for?



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Ipeca is a small shrub, only 30 cm high, which can be used as a medicinal plant to induce vomiting, to stop diarrhea and to release secretions from the respiratory system. It is also known as Ipecacuanha, true ipeca, poaia and gray poia, much used to provoke vomiting. Its scientific name is Psychotria ipecacuanha and can be bought in the form of syrup in natural products stores and in some pharmacies of manipulation