The label is named after syrup of ipecac, an emetic, or vomit-inducing, medicine. The roots were used to make syrup of ipecac, a powerful emetic. Acalyphin is used as a substitute for ipecacuanha, a vermifuge, expectorant and emetic. Mayapple has been used by American Indians as an emetic, cathartic, and antihelmintic agent. The plant is bitter, acrid, cooling, alterant, narcotic, emetic, antiviral and rejuvenating. The Ojibwa use a decoction as a quick-acting emetic. They also use a decoction as a quick-acting emetic. Cucurbitacin glycosides are primarily responsible for the plants' bitterness and emetic effects. The rhizome has historically been used as an herbal remedy, most often as an emetic. Hydrogen peroxide is used as an emetic in veterinary practice. I then prescribed her an emetic, some opening powders, and a mint julep. Copper sulfate was used in the past as an emetic. Copper sulfate was also used in the past as an emetic. After Chihiro saves No-Face with the emetic dumpling, he becomes timid once more. The leaf sap is taken as an emetic.