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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Felter's Materia Medica on Kino

CINCHONACINCH
   I. Cinchona.-The dried bark of Cinchona Ledgeriana, Moens; Cinchona Calisaya, Weddell, and hybrids of these with other species of Cinchona... / ...nidine—all important crystalline alkaloids; quinamine, an important alkaloid; kinic (quinic) acid, kinovin (quinovin), cinchotannic acid (astringent); cinchona red (coloring agent); and a volatile oi... / ...chronic suppuration; and to arrest profuse and debilitating night sweats in one suffering from general debility with poor recuperative powers.1

KINO
   ...e). A tree of the mountains of the Malabar coast of Hindustan. Dose, 10 to 30 grains. Common Names: Kino, Gum Kino. Synonym: Resina Kino. Principal Constituents.—Kinotannic acid (75 per cent), kinoin......Synonym: Resina Kino. Principal Constituents.—Kinotannic acid (75 per cent), kinoin, Pyrocatechin, kinored, and gum. Preparation.—Tinctura Kino, Tincture of Kino. Dose, 1 to 2 fluidrachms. Action an...1


WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Kino

KINO
   Inspissated juice of PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM, Roxburgh. A powerful astringent. Its liquid preparations are liable to gelatinize and are consequently not now much used. Dose, 0.6 to 1.3 Grm. (10 to 20 grs.).2

RED GUM (Eucalyptus Kino)
   Exudation from EUCALYPTUS ROSTRATA, Schlect. Strongly as tringent, having the same properties as true kino. Fluid Red Gum. Each pint represents; Red Gum, 6 1/2 ozs. Dose, 0.3 to 2.0 c. c. (5 to 30 M). Tincture; Fluid Red Gum, 5; Alco hol. 6; Glycerin. 2 1/2; Water, 3 1/2 volumes. Syrup Red Gum; Fluid Red Gum, 1; Syrup, 3 volumes.2


References

1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.