Softer Foods, Smaller Portions. While following a bland food diet, a patient eats softer foods such as cream of wheat, mashed potatoes or cooked rice in place of heavier starches such as bread, crackers and grain cereals.
Quinine is an alkaloid, a naturally occurring chemical compound. How it works as a medicine is not entirely clear. Quinine was first isolated in 1820 from the bark of a cinchona tree. Bark extracts have been used to treat malaria since at least 1632.
Overview. 1  Quinine, a bitter tasting powder made from the bark of the cinchona tree, is known mainly for its use in malaria treatment. 2  Tonic water, a bitter liquid sometimes used as a mix for alcoholic drinks, contains only a small amount of quinine compared to quinine medications.