...It has long been used by local people in South America to treat amoebic dysentery, but in Europe, it has spread as a specific remedy for dysentery and diarrhea since the late 17th century when the Dutch physician Elvesius used it to treat the sons of Louis XIV. In addition to ipecac, the roots of C. acuminata Karst., native to Colombia, and C. emetica Pers., distributed from Guatemala to Bolivia, are also used as ipecac (false ipecac), although it is a different genus from the Rubiaceae family. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Cartagenatokon" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…古くから南アメリカの現地民がアメーバ赤痢治療に使用していたが,ヨーロッパでは17世紀末にオランダの医師エルベシウスがこれを用いてルイ14世の王子らを治療して以来,赤痢や下痢の特効薬として広まった。 トコンのほかに薬用で吐根として利用されるものにコロンビア原産のカルタゲナトコンC.acuminata Karst.,グアテマラからボリビアに分布するコクショクトコンC.emetica Pers.がある。属は異なるがアカネ科でブラジル原産のRichardia scabra L.の根も吐根(英名false ipecac)として利用される。… ※「カルタゲナトコン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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