China officinalis/ Cinchon

by Anja Heij

 
This remedy is made from the Peruvian bark. For homeopaths China/Cinchona is a special remedy, for it were tests with this medicine that brought S. Hahnemann to the discovery of homeopathy. He noticed that large doses of quinine – made from the bark of this tree – produced the malaria symptoms the same substance in homeopathic form cures. Nowadays China is an important remedy in cases of weakness and exhaustion due to loss of body fluids. Think of it in grave perspiration or bleeding, long lasting breastfeeding or long lasting diarrhea. It can be the right remedy in a disease with fever (for instance a severe flu) when the person remains exhausted long afterwards.

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