Purchase a one pound package of Raintree's sustainably harvested pure quinine bark powder (Cinchona succirubra) - rich in active and beneficial phytochemicals that occur naturally in this plant. Quinine bark contains a alkaloid chemical also called quinine which has been turned into a antimalarial drug as well as used as a bitter agent in the manufacture of tonic waters and beverages.* This plant has been milled into a fine powder which is suitable to stuff into capsules or to prepare your own teas, tinctures or extracts. Raintree's quinine bark has been sustainably wild-harvested in the Brazilian Amazon (without any pesticides or fertilizers).

Traditional Uses:* for malaria; as a bitter digestive aid to stimulate digestive juices; for nocturnal leg cramps; for intestinal parasites and protozoa; for arrhythmia and other heart conditions.

Ingredients: 100% pure quinine (Cinchona succirubra) bark. No binders, fillers or additives are used. This product is non-irradiated and non-fumigated. It is a wild harvested product—grown naturally in the Brazilian Amazon without any pesticides or fertilizers.

Suggested Use: This plant is best prepared as a decoction. Use ½ teaspoon of powder for each cup of water. Bring to a boil and gently boil in a covered pot for 20 minutes. Allow to cool and settle for 10 minutes and strain warm liquid into a cup (leaving the settled powder in the bottom of the pan). It is traditionally taken in ½ cup dosages, 1-3 times daily.

Contraindications: Quinine bark contains naturally-occurring quinine alkaloids. These quinine alkaloids are sold as prescription drugs with numerous side effects and warnings documented in the literature. Do not exceed the suggested use shown above unless you are under the care and advice of a qualified health care practitioner who is familiar with the warnings, side effects, and contraindications of higher therapeutic levels of quinine alkaloids.

Drug Interactions: May potentiate blood thinning medications such as Warfarin®.

 

Retail Price 24.00