HERBAMAMA Quinine Drops for Leg Cramps - Vegan Cinchona Cramp Bark Tincture - Non-GMO, Alcohol & Sugar-Free Pure Quinine Liquid Supplement, 42-Day Supply

Between plantar fasciitis and a bunch of joint issues that cause me to alter my walk, I get a lot of foot and calf cramps. Sometimes they are just annoying, but often, they keep me awake or cause me to awaken, screaming and trying desperately to stretch my leg behind my head to alleviate the excruciating cramping. I read online that quinine was a good home remedy so I got a bottle of tonic water and kept it by my bed and sure enough, within ten minutes of a few swigs, relief! Knowing from using CBD oil for my autoimmune issues that holding a liquid under the tongue gets it into the bloodstream quickly, I wanted to try this. It’s much less cumbersome and tonic water has sugar (so I hate to not brush my teeth afterwards in the middle of the night) and I thought this might be even faster since it’s just the quinine. The instructions are to put it in liquid but I decided to try shaking the bottle, expressing what’s in the dropper, and filling the dropper only about 1/4 of the way. I then took that sublingually, holding it under my tongue for about a minute before swallowing. I kid you not, within three minutes the cramps were relaxing!!!! Obviously, check with a doctor especially if you’re on meds or have any health issues, and apparently a very small percentage of folks have a severe allergic reaction to quinine so if you’re like me and have had anaphylaxis before to meds, keep your EpiPen around just in case, but this stuff is life-changing if you frequently deal with shin splints and calf cramps and feet curling of their own spastic volition. I realize this probably sounds like I was paid to say this or something but I wasn’t. I paid $18 for it and don’t get anything for writing this, other than to hopefully help other sufferers. I’m actually going to get a second bottle, to keep upstairs where I watch tv in the evening, as it sometimes strikes there. As long as you’re not allergic to quinine and it doesn’t interfere with a med you’re on, get this stuff!

Unless I take quinine, I get leg cramps every nights. I can drink tonic water, but I get bloated. With this I get no side effects at all (at least for now).

Great service, product does the job.

It has been years since I've been able to sleep through the night because I get cramps. I get them in my legs, my arms and even occasionally in my back and they wake me up. They don't go away for hours. So I thought I'd try this. I began putting 4 droppers full in my drink after dinner time. It took a few days but my cramps totally quit ! I thought it was imagination so I quit taking it and lo and behold the cramps came back. I have tried EVERYTHING on the market and nothing has worked until now. My only regret is that his brand does not come in a 4oz size so I had to purchase another brand, since I'm going through about 1 2oz bottle of this every 2-3 weeks. I have high blood pressure and diabetes and take a bunch of medications for those. I have been taking this now for 3 weeks and have had no adverse side effects or adverse medication reaction from adding the quinine to my extensive drug inventory.

It's toddler strength, in which case could be great if it's for a child. For adults though, it's too weak and too sugary. If it was half the price, it would get twice the stars, but for this price, it's bad value. Buy your won root and make your own tincture seems to be the answer.