Eating disorders deaths caused

B. Chronic dosing results in cumulative toxicity because of the slow elimination of emetine. Repeated ingestion over time, as in cases of Munchausen by proxy or eating disorders, has been reported to cause myotoxicity with total accumulated doses of 600-1250 mg. Daily ingestion of 90-120 mL of syrup of ipecac for 3 months caused death from cardiomyopathy. 

Terminalia bellirica The Lodha of West Bengal, India reputedly eat dried kernels of this plant for hallucination (Pal Jain 1989). The plant s narcotic properties have been reported from southeast Asia (Perry 1980), and it is used as an anthelmintic in Chinese ethnomedicine (Sheng-ji 1985), as an antipyretic and laxative in Nepal (Singh etal. 1979) and as an asthma remedy in Kerala, India (Pushpangadan Aral 1986). In traditional Indian ethnomedicine, dried fruits, called bahera, are used for stomach disorders, and decoedons of T. sericea root have caused deaths in Africa (Lewis Elvin-Lewis 1977). 

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