QUINO (cinchona sp.)

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	QUINO
	*cinchona sp.*

Name
QUINO

Scientific Name
cinchona sp.

QUINO

Thanks to the plantations of quinos that the Dutch acclimated in the XlX century in Java, in present Indonesia, this island continue being one of the main world-wide producers of Peruvian bark.

Small branch of a quino, that shows the detail of a flower. Native of the $andes, it was presented in Europe by the jesuitas. Its acclimatization in the Mediterranean zone was tried, but its culture in the island of Java was not obtained finally, so it was procured in Asia, being obtained. Of its crust the dust of Peruvian bark, stimulating of the appetite and digestive is extracted.

At the present time, the crust of the quinos uses the pharmaceutical industry for the drug extraction diverse, but when the Spaniards arrived at Peru, the natives knew well this tree, although they hid its properties to the foreigners. In the XVll century the counts of Chinchón, virreyes of Peru, offered the quino to the jesuitas, that studied it and propagated their knowledge by all Europe, reason why the extracted drug was denominated dust of the jesuitas.

CHARACTERISTICS: Quino is a name generic that receives diverse species (more than a twenty) of original trees of America, pertaining to the Cinchona sort, of whose crust, denominated Peruvian bark, diverse substances are extracted, among them the quinine, used to fight the paludismo. They are trees of more than 10 ms of height, some of up to 30. The flowers, of white or pink color, are grouped forming ears. The appreciated quinos more are those than they grow in the province of Loja, in Ecuador. Also it is called cascarillero, husk and cuarango.

LOCATION: Walk, of not more than 100 km in width, between 1,000 and 3,000 ms of altitude. It is a strip of about 3,000 km in length that crosses Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, of warm and rainy climate, with abundant sun and dense fog.

ACTIVE PRINCIPLES: The Peruvian bark, that is to say, the crust of the quino, is of complex composition, particularly rich in alkaloids, of which the quinine is most interesting. Also one is a bitter principle and an essence that its particular aroma gives to the crust.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: The Peruvian bark dust stimulates the appetite and facilitates the digestion. But the importance of the Peruvian bark must to the alkaloids (the similar quinine and other substances), of stimulating action on the nervous system, activators of the breathing, although to high doses they exert the opposite effect, debilitating until stopping the respiratory movements totally. Of analogous form they act on the cardiac muscle, stimulating it to low doses and exerting the action opposed when increasing them. The quinine power in addition the digestive action to the tannin.

The quinine is used in the pharmaceutical industry in the treatment of the malaria (also well-known disease like paludismo) because it makes to go down the fever.

HARVESTING: The trees destroy themselves level with ground and they are decorticated. The crusts stretch and they are let dry flattened. In the plantations of Java, the trees take themselves to also take advantage of the crust the roots.

USES And APPLICATIONS: The dried and crushed crust is the Peruvian bark dust, the most frequent form of use. From the dust it is used in tisanes or dye like tonic and digestive. Also wine is taken as from Peruvian bark (mixed Peruvian bark

The quinine, an alkaloid obtained from ] Peruvian bark dust, is used in the pharmaceutical industry to fight the malaria due to its antipirética action, that is to say, against the fever.

QUINO

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	CHAMPU CABELLOS SECOS Shampoos of 300 ml Algologie Cosmetic Shampoo	Shopping Cart	9,87 €
	GEL SUERO FITOMAR QUINOA ALOE Gels of 500 ml Algologie Cosmetic Bath	Shopping Cart	12,10 €
	GEL ESPECIAL DERMO PROTECCIÓN Gels of 500 cc Algologie Cosmetic Bath	Shopping Cart	12,10 €
	QUINOA BIOLOGICA Package of 500 gr El Granero Integral Dermatology Skin	Shopping Cart	2,67 €
	ESCALOPAS QUINOA BORRAJA BIO Package El Granero Integral Several Others	Shopping Cart	3,46 €
	COPOS QUINOA BIO (250 gr) Package of 250 gr El Granero Integral Several Others	Shopping Cart	2,16 €
	HOLOFIT ANTRAQUINONAS Package EQUISALUD Several Others	Shopping Cart	13,23 €
	ECOMIL QUINOA INSTANT BIO Package of 400 gr NUTRIOPS Several Others	Shopping Cart	12,00 €
	ECOMIL QUINOA Package of 1 Lt NUTRIOPS Several Others	Shopping Cart	2,68 €

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