MDElliottMD: Em-dash sweep: replace em-dash with comma per project rule; PendellsCorner verbatim quotes preserved.

2026-05-19T03:16:05Z

Em-dash sweep: replace em-dash with comma per project rule; PendellsCorner verbatim quotes preserved.

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	\| routes = Oral		\| routes = Oral
	\| mechanism = Caffeine (highest of the ''Ilex'' genus) plus saponins that produce ritual vomiting at high doses.		\| mechanism = Caffeine (highest of the ''Ilex'' genus) plus saponins that produce ritual vomiting at high doses.
	\| intro = Black Drink is ''Ilex yopo'' — wait, no, ''Ilex vomitoria'', the only caffeine-bearing plant native to North America, distributed across the US southeast. Used ceremonially by Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chitimacha and many other tribes for purification before council, war, or ball games. Sometimes brewed to induce vomiting, sometimes drunk weak as a stimulant.		\| intro = Black Drink is ''Ilex yopo'', wait, no, ''Ilex vomitoria'', the only caffeine-bearing plant native to North America, distributed across the US southeast. Used ceremonially by Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chitimacha and many other tribes for purification before council, war, or ball games. Sometimes brewed to induce vomiting, sometimes drunk weak as a stimulant.
	\| seealso = [[Yerba mate]], [[Yopo]]		\| seealso = [[Yerba mate]], [[Yopo]]
	\| references = <references/>		\| references = <references/>

MDElliottMD: Create skeletal Plant Medicines page from Pendell

2026-05-15T17:57:22Z

Create skeletal Plant Medicines page from Pendell

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{{MedTemplate
| generic = Black Drink
| brand = ''Ilex vomitoria''
| classes = Plant Medicine, Excitantia, Caffeine plant
| uses = <vote slug="ceremonial-purge-use">Ceremonial purge</vote>
| preparations = Toasted leaves and twigs decocted to a near-black concentrate
| routes = Oral
| mechanism = Caffeine (highest of the ''Ilex'' genus) plus saponins that produce ritual vomiting at high doses.
| intro = Black Drink is ''Ilex yopo'' — wait, no, ''Ilex vomitoria'', the only caffeine-bearing plant native to North America, distributed across the US southeast. Used ceremonially by Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chitimacha and many other tribes for purification before council, war, or ball games. Sometimes brewed to induce vomiting, sometimes drunk weak as a stimulant.
| seealso = [[Yerba mate]], [[Yopo]]
| references = <references/>
}}

[[Category:Caffeine plants]]
[[Category:Medicines]]

Black Drink - Revision history

MDElliottMD: Em-dash sweep: replace em-dash with comma per project rule; PendellsCorner verbatim quotes preserved.

MDElliottMD: Create skeletal Plant Medicines page from Pendell