Adven Cinchona officinalis (Peruvian Bark / China)

A trusted homoeopathic remedy for weakness, digestive disturbances, flatulence, periodic fever, and recovery after loss of vital fluids

Cinchona officinalis, commonly known as Peruvian Bark or China, is a homoeopathic medicine prepared from the bark of the Cinchona tree. It is especially valued for conditions arising from loss of body fluids, such as weakness after illness, diarrhoea, hemorrhage, or exhaustion. The medicine is known for its action on the digestive system, liver, respiratory tract, nerves, and circulation.

Common Name

Peruvian Bark / China

Adven Cinchona officinalis can be helpful in the following conditions:

General Weakness & Exhaustion

• Helps weakness after prolonged illness, diarrhoea, bleeding, or loss of vital fluids
• Supports recovery from fatigue with trembling and sensitivity to cold air
• Useful in debility with sweating from slight exertion
• Assists weakness associated with nervous exhaustion and low vitality

Digestive Disorders & Flatulence

• Helps bloating, flatulence, and heaviness after meals
• Supports slow digestion and vomiting of undigested food
• Useful when food feels undigested with bitter belching or regurgitation
• Assists digestive complaints aggravated by fruit, milk, tea, or beer

Liver Enlargement & Abdominal Discomfort

• Helps flatulent colic and distended abdomen
• Supports liver and spleen enlargement with abdominal sensitivity
• Useful in jaundice and gallstone-related discomfort
• Assists abdominal pain relieved by bending double

Headache & Dizziness

• Helps throbbing headaches with weakness and sensitivity
• Supports headache after loss of fluids or exhaustion
• Useful in dizziness while walking and pressure in the head
• Assists scalp sensitivity and headaches aggravated by touch or open air

Respiratory Weakness & Cough

• Helps influenza-related weakness and chest congestion
• Supports rattling cough with difficult breathing
• Useful in violent cough after meals and asthma worse in damp weather
• Assists respiratory weakness with suffocative catarrh

Periodic Fever & Night Sweats

• Helps intermittent fever with marked periodicity
• Supports weakness associated with chills and sweating
• Useful in excessive perspiration from slight exertion
• Assists hay fever with watery coryza and sneezing

Joint Pain & Gout

• Helps chronic gout and sensitive swollen joints
• Supports sprained-like pain relieved by hard pressure
• Useful in stiffness and weakness of limbs with aversion to exercise
• Assists joint discomfort associated with weakness and debility

Sleep Disturbance & Nervous Exhaustion

• Helps unrefreshing sleep, drowsiness, and sleeplessness
• Supports anxious dreams and disturbed sleep after weakness
• Useful in mental fatigue with confused awakening
• Assists nervous exhaustion with restlessness and sensitivity