Cinchona (Cinchona officinalis)

金鸡纳jīn jī nàJinjina

Cinchona officinalis · Plant

Cinchona officinalis
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains quinine; caution with heart rhythm disorders, myasthenia gravis.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Cinchona for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Muscle PainFever SyndromeMalaria Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Cinchona does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Digestive

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Cinchona officinalis and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

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