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APA; WO2); Digestive (f; APA); Emetic (2; HH2; PHR; PH2; WO2); Expectorant (1; APA; HH2;
PHR; PH2; WO2); Hemostat (f; EFS); Insecticide (f; WO2); Rubefacient (1; WO2); Sialagogue
(1; WO2); Sternutator (1; WO2); Tachycardic (f; WO2); Toxic (f; EFS).
Indications (Ipecac) — Abscess (f; WO2); Alcoholism (f; WO2); Ameba (1; APA; HH2; PHR;
PH2); Anorexia (1; APA; WO2); Asthma (f; PH2); Bilharziasis (f; WO2); Biliousness (f; WO2);
Bleeding (f; EFS; PH2); Bronchosis (1; APA; PHR; PH2; WO2); Constipation (f; WO2); Cough
(1; PHR); Cramp (1; EFS; PHR; PH2); Croup (2; PHR; PH2); Diarrhea (1; APA); Dysentery (1;
PHR; PH2); Enterosis (f; PH2); Fever (f; APA; WO2); Flu (f; APA); Gastrosis (f; PH2); Gonorrhea
(f; WO2); Guinea Worm (1; WO2); Hemorrhoid (f; WO2); Hepatosis (f; WO2); Inflammation (1;
APA; PH2); Leukoderma (1; WO2); Morning Sickness (f; APA); Mucososis (f; PH2); Pain (f;
APA); Pertussis (1; APA; WO2); Poisoning (2; APA); Pulmonosis (f; JFM); Pyorrhea (f; WO2);
Sore (f; WO2); Sore Throat (f; WO2); Vomiting (1; PH2); Worm (1; WO2).
Dosages (Ipecac) — Emetic dose = 15 ml; (AHP); 0.4–1.4 ml ipecac syrup (AHP); 0.25–1
ml root tincture (APA); 0.25–1 ml liquid root extract (APA; PNC); 25–100 mg powdered
ipecac (PNC).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Ipecac) — Class 2b, 2d. Contraindicated
in patients with cardiac problems. Not for long-term use. May cause nausea and vomiting (AHP).
“Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages when used as an expec-
torant” (PH2). Allergenic and myopathogenic after prolonged dosing (PHR). Toxic doses may
lead to convulsions, corrosion of GI mucous membranes, hypotension, respiratory dysfunction,
shock, tachycardia, and maybe even coma (PHR). Cephaeline is more irritant and almost twice
as toxic as emetine (WO2). Ironically, while used primarily as a nauseant to induce the vomiting
of poisons, in low doses the herb serves as an antinauseant, and folklorically, even in morning
sickness (APA).
IRISH MOSS (Chondrus crispus Stackhouse) +++Activities (Irish Moss) — Antiaggregant (1; HHB); Antiinflammatory (1; APA); Antitussive (f;
PH2; PNC); Catabolic (f; PED); Demulcent (f; APA; LAF; PH2); Edemagenic (1; LAF); Expec-
torant (1; PH2; PNC); Gastroprotective (1; APA); Hypotensive (f; APA); Immunosuppressant (1;
APA); Laxative (f; APA); Secretory (1; PH2); Secretolytic (1; APA).
Indications (Irish Moss) — Adenopathy (f; PED); Bronchosis (f; APA; LAF; PH2); Catarrh (1;
HHB); Cholecystosis (f; PNC); Cold (1; APA); Constipation (1; APA; PH2); Cough (1; APA;
LAF; PED; PH2); Cystosis (1; HHB); Debility (f; PED); Diarrhea (1; APA; HHB; PH2);
Dysentery (1; APA); Dyspepsia (1; APA); Eczema (f; PED); Enterosis (1; APA; LAF); Epistaxis
(f; PED); Fatigue (f; PED); Gastrosis (1; APA; PH2); High Blood Pressure (f; APA); High
Cholesterol (1; LAF); Inflammation (1; APA); Mucososis (1; APA); Nephrosis (f; PNC); Phthisis
(f; HHB); Psoriasis (f; PED); Respirosis (1; APA; HHB); Tuberculosis (f; APA; HHB; LAF;
PH2); Ulcer (1; APA; LAF; PH2).
Dosages (Irish Moss) — Few sources list dosages; 1.5/cup alga tea (HHB; PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Irish Moss) — Not covered (AHP; KOM).
No hazards with oral administrations, but injections can trigger problems (PHR; PH2). The mucilage
in Irish Moss swells when it contacts liquid, forming a mucilaginous coating that protects the
stomach lining, reduces gastric secretions, and promotes healthy, bulky stools. The mucilage also
protects mucous membranes in respiratory ailments. Carrageenan is hypocholesterolemic, and
proinflammtory if injected.