{"id":2215,"date":"2013-05-20T04:02:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T04:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2013-06-30T00:51:43","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T00:51:43","slug":"cinchona-cinchona-succirubra-c-calisaya-c-ledgeriana-c-officinalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2215","title":{"rendered":"Cinchona ~ Cinchona succirubra, C. calisaya, C. ledgeriana, C. officinalis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cinchona\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Latin name<\/em>: Cinchona succirubra, C. calisaya, C. ledgeriana, C. officinalis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family<\/em>: Rubiaceae<\/p>\n

Part used<\/em>: root, bark of stem<\/p>\n

Habitat<\/em>: native to mountainous tropical regions of south America, cultivated in Africa and S.E. Asia<\/p>\n

Main constituents<\/em>: quinoline alkaloids (quinine, quinidine, cinchonine, cinchonidine), glycosides, tannins<\/p>\n

Energetics<\/em>: very cold and dry, very bitter, cooling to lower urinary and lymphatic activity, warming to rest of body<\/p>\n

Major herbal actions<\/em>: antimalarial, astringent, febrifuge<\/p>\n

Minor herbal actions<\/em>: tonic, spasmolytic, antiarrhythmic, relaxant nervine, stomachic, bitter digestive tonic, antimicrobial<\/p>\n

Main medicinal uses<\/em>: malaria, fever, arrhythmia, cold and flu (Khalsa)<\/p>\n

Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: quinine salts (and whole cinchona bark- Khalsa) are used to prevent leg cramps, GI upset<\/p>\n

Preparations<\/em>: powdered bark 0.3-1g (1-5 grams- Khalsa), 1-3 grams at bedtime for leg cramps (Khalsa); liquid extract 0.3-1ml; tincture 2-4ml; cold infusion 2-3oz up to tid<\/p>\n

Contraindications<\/em>: Pregnancy (except if the patient has malaria), may potentiate blood-thinning medications; watch in hypertensive individuals, as it has a hyptertensive potential<\/p>\n

Toxicity<\/em>: Cinchonism is characterized by headache, tinnitus, abdominal pain, rashes, and visual disturbances; pure quinine at large doses can be toxic<\/p>\n

Comments:<\/em> combines very well (synergistic) with willow bark (Khalsa) for cold and flu, and as relaxant<\/p>\n

Sources<\/em>: http:\/\/www.rain-tree.com\/quinine.htm, http:\/\/www.naturalhealthnotebook.com\/Herbs\/Latin_Herbs\/Genus-C\/cinchona_calisaya.htm, Wren, R.C. Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main medicinal uses: malaria, fever, arrhythmia, cold and flu (Khalsa)
\nMinor medicinal uses: quinine salts (and whole cinchona bark- Khalsa) are used to prevent leg cramps, GI upset
\nPreparations: powdered bark 0.3-1g (1-5 grams- Khalsa), 1-3 grams at bedtime for leg cramps
\n(Khalsa)
\nToxicity: Cinchonism is characterized by headache, tinnitus, abdominal pain, rashes, and
\nvisual disturbances (unlikely from whole raw herb); pure quinine at large doses can be toxic
\nComments: combines very well (synergistic) with<\/span> willow bark<\/a> (Khalsa) for cold and flu, and as relaxant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cinchona Latin name: Cinchona succirubra, C. calisaya, C. ledgeriana, C. officinalis Family: Rubiaceae Part used: root, bark of stem Habitat: native to mountainous tropical regions of south America, cultivated in Africa and S.E. Asia Main constituents: quinoline alkaloids (quinine, quinidine, cinchonine, cinchonidine), glycosides, tannins Energetics: very cold and dry, very …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234,501,81,38,108,512,519,285,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-malarial","category-antiarrhythmic","category-astringent","category-drying","category-febrifuge","category-module-3","category-very-bitter","category-very-cold","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2215"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions\/2563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}