China officinalis
(Cinchona officinalis · Peruvian bark)
The remedy of depletion. In the materia medica, China officinalis is associated with weakness after a loss of fluids, such as heavy bleeding, sweating or diarrhea, along with bloating that belching doesn’t relieve and a marked rhythm to symptoms.
Source
The dried bark of the cinchona tree, the original source of quinine
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Chin.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Weak, sensitive and drained after losing fluids such as blood, sweat or through diarrhea
Huge bloating and gas, with belching that brings no relief
Very sensitive to light touch and drafts, yet better for firm pressure
Symptoms that return in a pattern, such as every other day; ideas crowd the mind at night
Tends to feel better
Firm, hard pressure
Bending double
Warmth
Open air
Tends to feel worse
Slightest touch
Drafts of air
Loss of fluids
After eating, especially fruit
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with China officinalis)
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Carbo vegetabilis
(Carbo vegetabilis)
Both bloated and depleted; Carbo vegetabilis feels better for belching and wants to be fanned.
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Phosphoricum acidum
(Acidum phosphoricum)
Both exhausted after loss of fluids; Phosphoricum acidum is more apathetic after grief, China more sensitive and irritable.
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Ferrum metallicum
(Ferrum metallicum)
Complementary; Ferrum is pale with flushing and weakness, often after bleeding.
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Side-by-side comparisons
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From the classic texts
“Debility from exhausting discharges, from loss of vital fluids, together with a nervous erethism, calls for this remedy. Periodicity is most marked. Sensitive to draughts.”
“Pains are < by slightest touch, but > by hard presure (Caps., Plumb.). One hand icy cold, the other warm (Dig., Ipec., Puls.).”
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