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Tonic water (or Indian tonic water ) is a carbonated soft drink flavoured with quinine, which gives it a distinctively bitter taste. The drink has garnered its name from the medicinal effects of th...
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Quinine ( /ˈkwaɪnaɪn/ , /kwɪˈniːn, ˈkwɪniːn/ ) is a natural white crystalline alkaloid having antipyretic (fever-reducing), antimalarial, analgesic (painkilling), and anti-inflamm...
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Relieve muscle cramps with Health911 folk remedies and alternative medicine treatments. ... Quinine/tonic water Drinking four to eight ounces of tonic water (make sure it has quinine in it!) an hour before going to bed is a very effective remedy for most people. If it is too tart for you, add some lemon for flavoring.
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Aug 12, 2009 ... Tonic water is a carbonated beverage that derives its somewhat bitter taste from the addition of quinine. It is usually flavored with lemon ...
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Find out all about quinine tonic water, including the most common uses, side effects, interactions and risk factors from leading medical experts. ... Members related to quinine tonic water...
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Find out all about quinine in tonic water, including the most common uses, side effects, interactions and risk factors from leading medical experts. ... You Ask, I Answer: Quinine/Tonic Water by Andy B. The tonic water I drink says "contains quinine" across the front? What is that? Is it some sort o ...
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Quinine has been used medicinally to ward off malaria since the 17th century. The normal dose to treat malaria is 648 mg every eight hours for a week. A glass of tonic has roughly 20 mg, so you can see that there is a big difference. Some p...
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Tonic water contains quinine, because (I gather) quinine was the "tonic" against malaria in Britain's colony days. So is the dose in tonic water today the same as it was when it was being used medicinally? If so, does drinking ...
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For those who wanted to know, tonic water contains approcimately 27 milligrams of quinine per eight ounces. I am a chemist and actually verified this by experiment back in college. Hope that helps! ... Re: Tonic Water/ Quinine Anita 8/24/00 (0)
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In Reply to: Tonic Water/ Quinine posted by Joel on June 09, 2000 at 01:09:42: ... IF a person cannot afford to take quinine tablets - cost is $7.50 per tablet (travel to India involved in September), how much tonic water does the person need to drink every day?
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