Botanical Index No. 263

Cinchona

Medicinal Actions

Elephantiasis

Primary Conditions Treated

Carcinomata Cardiopathy Catarrh Childbirth Chill Chlorosis Cold Conjunctivosis Cough Cramp Debility Dermatosis Diabetes Diarrhea Diphtheria Dysentery Dyspepsia Erysipelas Felon Fever Flu Gas Gastrosis Gonorrhea Hangover Headache Heart Heatstroke Hemicrania Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Hiccup High Blood Pressure Hydrocele Hyperglycemia Infection Inflammation Lumbago Malaria Metastasis Myalgia Myotonia Neuralgia Neurosis Pain Palpitation Pertussis Pinworm Pneumonia Pyemia Rash Respirosis Rheumatism Rhinosis Sciatica Septicemia Sore Sore Throat Splenomegaly Splenosis Stomatosis Tachycardia Tonsilosis Trachoma Tumor Typhoid Ulcer Varicosis Wen Wound

General Dosage

1 tsp bark boiled 5–10 min, 3 ×/day; 1–3 g bark; 10 grains for hay fever, hemicrania, neuralgia, pertussis, splenomegaly; 0.3–1 g powdered bark; 0.3–1 ml liquid extract; 0.3–1 ml cinchona extract; 2–4 ml cinchona tincture; maximum dose 50 mg alkaloids.

Safety & Contraindications

Commission E reports contraindications; pregnancy and hypersensitivity; adverse effects: allergic reactions, rarely thrombocytopenia; and interaction: potentiation of coumarin derivatives. Other sources report contraindication for GI-ulcer, adverse effects for allergic skin reactions and fever. Overdosing or prolonged use may produce toxic effects. 8–20 g quinine may be fatal in humans.

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