Make your own Tonic Water | Quinine is Anti-Viral, Anti-Bacterial, Anti-Fungal, Anti-Cancer
Quinine is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree, an evergreen. Quinine has been used for centuries to treat malaria, discovered by Peruvian natives in the 1600s and subsequently brought to the West. Cinchona trees are native to humid Andean mountain slopes, where they prefer temperatures of 50-70F. They are now widely cultivated in many other tropical countries for their commercial value. Tonic water in the U.S. contains about 80 mg. per quart (83 mg. per liter). You can make your own tonic extracted from cinchona bark, although there …
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