Chinese Tree

Stem plant

Vahl, Rubiaceae, China tree.

Medicinal drug

Cinchonae cortex – cinchona bark: the whole or cut bark of Vahl ( Pavon), of (Weddell), of (Moens ex Trimen), of their varieties and hybrids (PhEur). The PhEur requires a minimum content of alkaloids.

Preparations

Cinchonae extractum ethanolicum liquidum

Ingredients

Effects

Drug: as a bitter agent quinidine: antiarrhythmic quinine: local irritant, local anesthetic, antiparasitic: kills unicellular organisms, e.g. bacteria, trypanosomes, plasmodia.

Indications

Dosage

Drug: as an infusion, half an hour before meals, daily dose 1-3 g of drug.

Adverse effects

Drug: allergic skin reactions, fever.