emetics
Stomach-emptying medicines
Emetics are substances that induce vomiting.
They have medical uses—clearing poison from the stomach, for instance—though this application has fallen out of favor.
Ipecac syrup was once a household emetic kept for accidental poisonings.
The adjective emetic describes anything that causes or relates to vomiting: an emetic effect, emetic properties.
Substance inducing vomiting
- syrup of ipecacPlant-derived vomiting medicine
- copper sulfateBlue crystalline metallic salt
- lobeliaOrnamental bellflower genus
- asafoetidaDried aromatic gum resin
Agents causing bowel evacuation
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- catharticsAgents causing intestinal purging
- bileLiver-made digestive fluid
- phlegmViscous airway secretion
Pre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- retchingHeaving without expelling
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- queasinessMild stomach disturbance
regurgitation · heaving · dry heaves · salivation · sweating · pallor · weakness · discomfort
Toxicology emergency service
- overdose treatmentCare for toxic consumption
- decontaminationRemoving dangerous substances
- antidoteSubstance neutralizing harmful agents
- toxicologyScience of poisons
emergency medicine · stomach pumping · lavage · ingestion · accidental poisoning · first aid · contraindication
ipecac
Substance inducing vomiting
- syrup of ipecacPlant-derived vomiting medicine
- copper sulfateBlue crystalline metallic salt
- lobeliaOrnamental bellflower genus
purgatives
Agents causing bowel evacuation
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- catharticsAgents causing intestinal purging
- bileLiver-made digestive fluid
phlegm · purging · expectorants · Victorian medicine · apothecary
nausea
Pre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- retchingHeaving without expelling
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
queasiness · regurgitation · heaving · dry heaves · salivation · sweating · pallor · weakness · discomfort · expulsion
poison control
Toxicology emergency service
- overdose treatmentCare for toxic consumption
- decontaminationRemoving dangerous substances
- antidoteSubstance neutralizing harmful agents
toxicology · emergency medicine · stomach pumping · lavage · ingestion · accidental poisoning · first aid · contraindication
- colonial medicinebloodletting, leeches, colonial medicine, cupping, apothecary
- folk medicinefolk medicine, herbalism, herbal remedies, folk healer, herbal medicine
- medical historyHippocrates, germ theory, bloodletting, Galen, four humors
- old curesbloodletting, leeching, purging, cupping, bleeding
- old remediescalomel, laudanum, nostrum, patent medicines, cure-all
- ancient pharmacypharmacopoeia, apothecary, medicinal herbs, medicinal plants, herbal remedies
emeticsantiemetics
Vomiting prevention drugs
antinauseants · promethazine · Dramamine · scopolamine · motion sickness pills
emeticsantidiarrheals
Drugs treating loose bowels
loperamide · Pepto-Bismol · absorbents · digestive aids · binding agents
- tartar emeticAntimony-based emetic compound