{"id":13619,"remedy_name":"Cinchona Officinalis (HMT)","remedy_type":"Remedy","alternative_names":["China"],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Cinchona 261\n\nChina is prepared from the Cinchona tree.  The well-known anti-\nmalarial medicine quinine is prepared  from the bark of the same tree.\nIn homoeopathy, this is called Ci nchona but it is more commonly\nknown as China.  An effective and useful medicine, it is extremely\nbeneficial to annul the bad aftereffects of malaria.  It is used in the\nmajority of malaria cases.  Cinchona overcomes the symptoms of\nmalarial fever, which it suppresses.  In most malarial patients, the\nsymptoms continue to exist in a suppressed form.  These after effects\nand suppressed symptoms of malaria are amenable to treatment with\nhomoeopathic China.  Sometimes, it can be useful in the treatment of\nmalaria fever as such.  Normally in the cold weather, one does not feel\ntoo thirsty.  But when intense thirst is felt in cold weather and fever\nbecomes high, the patient feels thirst y again.  In this particular\nsymptom, probably the best treatment would be China.\n\nIt has been repeatedly said that in the case of mala ria, no medicine\nshould be given when the fever is  coming on.  The best time to\nadminister medicine is when the feve r is subsiding or has subsided or\nthere is an onset of a new attack of  fever.  After the malarial attack,\nthe malarial parasites settle in the liver.  Thus the ideal time to\nadminister medicine is when the ma larial parasites are on their way to\nsettle in the liver.  Most of them will be destroyed with treatment but\nif some happen to survive, they will definitely become weakened.\nSimilarly, the treatment should be repeated after the next episode of\nfever.  The statement I have made seems philosophical, but it is a hard\nfact that I have personally obser ved time and time again, and many\nother homoeopaths will agree with me.\n\nChina is also very useful in curing the weakness and other side\neffects of malarial fever .  Its patient is very sensitive to touch.\nMovement aggravates his condition. Cold air is unbearable.  All the\nnerves happen to become very exc itable.  Mental fatigue and physical\nweakness are typical signs of China.   The patient becomes extremely\nirritable, careless, depressed and bad-tempered.  He cannot\nconcentrate.  While talking to others, the conversation is often\ninterrupted.  The associated severe headache that spreads down the\n\nCinchona 262\nneck feels better by applying pressure and in a warm room.  There is a\nfeeling of throbbing over the forehe ad.  The patient does not tolerate\nlight pressure, yet at the same time he feels relief by deep pressure.\nTouch, a draft of air and a thump of  anything aggravate the headache.\nDarkish blue rings form around the eyes.  Due to the affliction of the\nliver, the eyes become yellow and f eel heavy.  Vision becomes dim,\nand temporary blindness may also ensue.\n\nDigestion is slowed down .  Fruit and sour food hurt the stomach.\nFood is not digested properly.  Th e abdomen distends.  China would\nbe ideal to treat the inflammation of liver and spleen with jaundice and\npain at the gall bladder area, if the patient\u2019s constitution matches that\nof China.  In this condition, Ch ina 30 should be used continuously\nover a long period.\n\nThe China patient has a tendency to bleed.  There is bleeding from\nthe throat, nose and uterus , which is also associated with cramps.\nPeriods start before their due time.  Leucorrhoeal discharge is mixed\nwith blood.  China would be an important remedy during childbirth\nwhen labour pains stop due to blee ding and convulsions start, if the\nother symptoms of the patient are also  of the nature of China.  Post-\npartum bleeding continues for a longer period and smells foul.\n\nThe arms and legs of a China patient hurt as if sprained and jolted.\nThe tonic contractions of the mu scles, like epilepsy,  and the\nparalytic weakness of the affected part is also a symptom of China.\nThere is a rush of blood towards the head, ringing in the ears  and\nblackout in the eyes.  In the stat e of commotion, the patient becomes\nunconscious.  The patient feels restle ss and sleepless due to weakness\nafter losing blood.  In women, afte r bleeding and due to nursing the\nchild, anaemia develops.  They sweat at night.  The skin feels cold.\nOne hand feels cold and the other wa rm.  The hands and feet of China\nfeel weak and shaky.  The gums swell and the teeth become loose,\nresulting in a severe pain on chewing , as if the teeth have become\ntoo long.  Taste is bitter.  Food also  feels bitter or ex tremely salty in\ntaste.  Thereby, the patient hates food.  Milk upsets the stomach.  The\nassociated chronic form of diarrhoea is aggravated at night.  Unlike\nChina, the diarrhoea of Petroleum starts during the day and stops\nbefore the night sets in.\n\nCinchona 263\nIn China, the abdomen becomes distended but the flatus does not\nsmell.  This particular symptom is saliently described in homoeopathic\nbooks.\n\nAdjuvants: Ferrum Phos, Calcaria Phos\nAntidotes: Arnica, Arsenic, Nux Vomica, Ipecac\nPotency: Generally 30; otherwise 200 or 1000","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":[],"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}