Cinchona

Counte of Cinchon. Peruvian (sin-ko'-nah) Bark. The. calisaya. Other varieties are C. succirubra, red bark, C. cond a mine a, pale bark, C. pitayenis, pitaya bark, and C. micrantha. Cinchona bark contains 21 alkaloids, of which 4, quinin, cinch on in, quinidin and cinch on i din, are the most important. Cinchona has the same physiologic action and therapeutic uses as its chief alkaloid, quinin. See Quinin. It is also an astringent, bitter and stomachic tonic, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion, beneficial in atonic dyspepsia and adynamia, but especially useful in malarial affections. C, decoctum (B. P.). Dose C. Febrifuge. See Quinetum. C, Ext. Dose gr. j-v. C, Fid. Ext. Dose C, Ext. liquidum (B. P.). Dose C, infusum, bark 6, arom. sulphuric acid I, water 93 parts. Dose C, Infus, Acidum (B. P.). Dose Jjj-ij. C. rubra, red cinchona, the bark of C. succirubra. C, Tinct., 20 per cent, of the bark. Dose 3 — ij. C, Tinct., Comp., red bark 10, bitter-orange peel 8, serpent aria 2, alcohol So parts. Dose Huxham's Tinct. of Bark, red bark iv, orange peel serpent aria gr. Spanish saffron gr. clx, cochineal gr. branch' 3 xl, digested four days, expre ed and filtered. Dose 3 -ij.