SBL Cinchona Officinalis

Common Name: Cinchona officinalis, Cinchona calisaya, Peruvian bark

Causes & Symptoms for SBL Cinchona Officinalis

• China officinalis is a known drug for debility from exhausting discharges, from loss of vital fluids together with a nervous erethism. Such patients are very sensitive to draughts. 
• China officinalis is indicated for Tympanitic abdomen with excessive flatulence and belching with no relief. Great distension of entire abdomen. Sensation as if abdomen is full of gas which is not relieved by eructations. 
• Worse from eating fruits, fish and wine.  
• It is also helpful for both acute and chronic diarrhea. Stools are loose, painless excessively offensive flatus with undigested food particles. Marked periodicity and profound debility with diarrhea.
• Cinchona Officinalis is also helpful in chronic liver troubles with pain in the right side of abdomen. 
• Cinchona Officinalis is useful in haemorrhages from any orifice of the body such as mouth, nose, bowels. Long continued haemorrhage occurs with desire for sour things.
• Cinchona Officinalis also helps in anaemia that follows the loss of vital fluid, haemorrhage, prolonged or excessive lactation, diarrhea or sexual excess.
• This remedy is also indicated in lowering the high body temperature.
• It is also useful in the treatment of chronic gout, chronic suppurative pyelitis. 
• China patients have suffered with post operative gas pains that are not relief from passing it.   
• Cinchona Officinalis has marked action on indigestion and diarrhea. There is no desire for eating or drinking although there is appetite. Abdomen is sore and tender worse by slightest touch and relieved by hard pressure and doubling up.
• Vomiting of undigested food, of sour mucus bile or blood is well relieved by it.

Head

• It is indicated for Vertigo with nausea after losses of fluids, with fainting, ringing in ears, loss of sight, cold surface.
• Attacks of headache, with nausea and vomiting, Headache as from suppressed coryza is well relieved by China officinalis.
• Headache, increased by touch, movement, and walking, also by a current of air, or by walking against the wind. Headache often attacks only one side.

Eyes and Ears

• Pressure and pain in the eyes, as from drowsiness.
• Inflammation of the eyes, with heat, redness, burning and pressive pains, and aggravation in the evening.
• Sensitiveness of the eyes to the bright sunlight indicates China officinalis. 
• Tearing in the ears, mostly in the external ear, Intolerance of noise.
• Hardness of hearing, humming and roaring in ears is relieved by China officinalis.

Nose

• China officinalis is useful in Bleeding of the nose, after blowing it.
• Dry coryza, with toothache and lachrymation and sneezing is relieved by China officinalis.

Teeth

• Dull and distressing pains in carious teeth. Throbbing toothache better by external warmth is relieved by it.
• It is also well indicated in the complaint of Swelling of the gums.

Throat

• Dryness of the throat. Shootings in the throat, especially on swallowing, provoked by the least current of air indicates China officinalis.

Abdomen

• It is indicated for Shooting and pressive pains in the hepatic region, especially when it is touched.