Induce vomiting only if instructed to, administering syrup of ipecac in dose recommended. (animalplanet.com)
Starting in the 1960s, all parents were urged to keep a bottle of syrup of ipecac in their medicine chest to induce vomiting and empty their child's stomach of ingested poisonous substances. (discovermagazine.com)
Long before Portuguese explorers arrived in Brazil, the indigenous people used ipecac, a dried root, to treat diarrhea. (discovermagazine.com)