Johore-Ipecacuanhae Radix

Cepahelis species (Rubiaceae) are shrubs that grow wild in areas of Brazil, Colombia, and Malaysia. The roots of this plant (Ipecacuanhae Radix) are used as an emetic and to clear the throat of phlegm. There are three kinds of Ipecacuanhae Radix, and they are known as Rio-, Carthagena- and Johore-Ipecacuanhae Radix. 

Johore-Ipecacuanhae Radix is prepared from the roots of C. ipecacuanha, which was transplanted from Brazil to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Johore in the Malay peninsula in the late nineteenth century. Nowadays, the cultivation of this plant in these areas has declined. 

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