Patients often tell Dr. Kiran V. Patel they've been sipping on quinine water to help ease leg cramps. Well-meaning relatives and even some doctors recommend it, said Patel, who's the director of ...

When you think of quinine water do you think of stout, pink-faced British sea captains being revived by gin and tonics? “Just the Tonic, A Natural History of Tonic Water” (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, ...

Save the tonic for gin. As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the country, myths and junk science continue to flood social media. The latest bunk idea? That tonic water can help fight the coronavirus. Here ...

Nmami Agarwal, Celebrity Nutritionist and Dietitian helps us in understanding the health benefits of quinine, that's found in tonic water. Is quinine healthy? Nmami Agarwal, Celebrity Nutritionist and ...

We've ingested many hard-to-pronounce ingredients in our lives, and quinine is definitely one of them. Pronounced kwahy-nahyn, this bitter alkaloid isn't one of those suspicious, scary ingredients ...

Social media users have been sharing a video of a doctor making the primary claim that quinine present in Schweppes tonic water and zinc will "knock out" the COVID-19, the illness caused by the new ...

Drugs derived from cinchona bark, known as cinchona alkaloids, have been used in healing from ancient times. The most prominent representative of this group is quinine, a bitter substance contained in ...

Soda water has given way to a new drink that is often used to dilute vodka, gin and other spirits. It is commonly called tonic water. Some people might consume the drink directly without using it as a ...

BEING a popular choice for many, a chilled glass of G&T is characterised by its bitter flavour. Partly responsible for this taste is an ingredient found in tonic water called quinine. This component ...

Q: Warning bells went off for me when I read your column about taking quinine for leg cramps. In 1983, my father was given quinidine for a heart arrhythmia. He started bleeding internally as a result ...