Ipecacuanha asthma: an old lesson.

Cases of Dysentery Treated with Ipecacuanha Sine Emetinâ (Merck)

Correlation between cigarette smoke exposure and prevalence of asthma and allergy symptoms in children, Yazd

Introduction: Cigarette smoke is one of the most prevalent pollutants. Regarding the development of lungs and immune system at early stages of life, exposure to these substances can have adverse effects in this period. It seems that tobacco smoke is not an etiology for wheezing attacks burden, instead, it is an exacerbating factor. This survey was designed to determine the relation of environme...

Amoebic Dysentery and Introduction of Emetine Source Carapichea ipecacuanha into Indian Subcontinent

The South-American herb Carapichea ipecacuanha was feverishly sought after in Europe, since it gained a new popularity as a material useful in treating dysentery, especially after the treatment of Dauphin Louis — the eldest son of Louis XIV of France — by Johann Schweitzer (Jean Helvétius) in Paris in 1686. With the isolation and characterization of emetine from C. ipecacuanha roots by Magendie...

Emetine and Ipecacuanha: Their Amœbacidal Value in Pathogenic Amœbiasis

Ipecacuanha, an ancient Brazilian specific for dysentery, was introduced into Europe by Piso in 1G58. Two years later this drug found its way to India. At first it was little used, but gradually and mainly due to the work of officers of the Indian .Medical Service, it has risen to the position of an amcebacidal specific, more especially when the essential alkaloid emetine is used. Annesley. Twi...

Action of Ipecacuanha in Dysentery

the rationale of it. Ipecacuanha ha3 since the last few years been remarkably successful in the treatment of dysentery, and high eulogiums have been passed upon it from different quarters. Many have tried, more or less successfully, to explain its modus operandi. Dr. Hutchinson, in the last number of the Gazette, gives out his view of the action of ipecacuanha in dysentery. He believes that the...