Difference between revisions of "Cinchona (Peruvian Bark)"
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* Dysentery (249): used in the early stages of the disease, (can be replaced with the use of other barks), during the third stage of treatment that involves restoring and toning the intestines. | * Dysentery (249): used in the early stages of the disease, (can be replaced with the use of other barks), during the third stage of treatment that involves restoring and toning the intestines. | ||
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Revision as of 15:40, 13 April 2016
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Description
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
"It may, however, be well to observe that bark in substance has of late fallen into considerable disuse, since the discovery of sulphate of quinine, a substance which contains all the active principles of the bark divested of extraneous matter, and the dose being consequently small, it is less likely to produce nausea or any derangement of stomach." (48)
Treats: intermittent and low fevers, relaxation of the system (caused by intemperance or from living in a warm climate), restores general health and strength (48)
Remedies Containing or to be used with Peruvian Bark Listed in CDM1865
- Soda, Carbonate of (156-57): grains of carbonate of soda combined with Peruvian bark and Virginia snake-root can remedy ague and fever.
seem to favour quinine over direct use of Peruvian bark
Diseases Treated with Peruvian Bark as listed in CDM1865
- Dysentery (249): used in the early stages of the disease, (can be replaced with the use of other barks), during the third stage of treatment that involves restoring and toning the intestines.
Medical Articles Containing Peruvian Bark as listed in CDM1865
- Decoction of Bark (312): contains Peruvian Bark, not listed what is used to treat