Quebracho

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried bark of trunks and twigs of Aspi- dosperma quebracho-blanco Schlecht., a native of South America. N.O. Apocy- naceae.

The main indications are:

Bronchial asthma and asthmatic bronchitis with dyspnoea; also in emphysema and catarrh of smokers.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Aspidosperma quebracho-blan- co, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for quebracho: chronic diseases of the respiratory passages, ac- companied by acute respiratory distress.