Sunday, December 27, 2020

Chinchona

 Quinine from Chinchona is useful, the unrefined plant has nasty side effects... like deafness. Quinine is effective against traditional malaria. It also stimulates liver. The version of malaria that originated in Asia, in the 1960s isn't affected by quinine.... fevers, liver damage, sweats, nasty stuff.

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