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The bark of the cinchona tree had healing properties due to quinine, a compound that prevents malaria-causing parasites from reproducing, though tonic's quinine level is low.
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"Genever... became a self-prescription for soldiers during the 17th-century Thirty Years' War, who claimed it gave them strength and calmed their nerves."
