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Medicine Of The Day

Latin Name:
Cinchona Officinalis

Common Name:
china, peruvian bark, cinchona bark, Jesuits' bark

Description:
Used for nervous exhaustion for those recovering from illness, weakness from nursing, or excess dehydration such as from sweating, vomiting, or diarrhea. Also used for excessive sweating, shivering, and flushing, dizziness, nosebleeds, hemorrhages, stomach flu, gall bladder, gas, ringing in the ears, muscle spasms due to exhaustion, headaches that improve with firm pressure, but are worse with light pressure. Helpful for lack of concentration, apathy, indifference, edginess, and uncharacteristic angry outbursts (Lockie 92).

Health Tip of the Day

No allopathic medicine is free from side-effects. It matters little whether a doctor tells you or not. Be careful in taking any of them in excess.

Health Quote of the Day

Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy!"
- Thomas Carlyle