A plant, also known as spurge, which has laxative or purgative properties; sometimes used historically in herbal medicine.
From Latin 'catapucia,' possibly derived from Greek roots relating to purging or voiding. The plant was identified in medieval herbals and used in traditional medicine for its strong digestive effects.
Medieval herbalists had extensive knowledge of plant pharmacology, and many plants they used—like catapuce—actually contain compounds that work as laxatives, showing that traditional medicine knowledge was often based on real chemical properties.
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