2007-03-24 17:00:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
If you ate something with quinine in you will itch.
Quinine is a flavour component of tonic water, bitter lemon, and vermouth. According to tradition, the bitter taste of anti-malarial quinine tonic led British colonials in India to mix it with gin, thus creating the gin and tonic cocktail, which is still popular today in both India and Great Britain, and in other former British colonies.
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration limits tonic water quinine to 83 ppm, which is one-half to one-quarter the concentration used in therapeutic tonic.
In France, quinine is an ingredient of an apéritif known as Quinquina.
Quinine is often added to street drugs cocaine or ketamine in order to "cut" the product and make more profit.
Because of its relatively constant and well-known fluorescence quantum yield, quinine is also used in photochemistry as a common fluorescence standard.
In Canada, quinine is an ingredient in the carbonated chinotto beverage called Brio.
In the UK, quinine is an ingredient in the carbonated and caffienated beverage, Irn-Bru.
In the United States, quinine is an ingredient in the Howling Monkey Energy Drink.
2007-03-24 17:10:12 · answer #1 · answered by Steve G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a sign of healing tissue. For instance, I had a cut on my arm years ago. It's still healing because that very spot itches.
It can also be a sign of dead skin. Ever notice how you itch sometimes during sun burns? It's because a layer of skin needs to come off (which is an odd way your body tells you, "I want off of this surface") in order for your new skin cells to expose.
2007-03-25 00:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anin003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The feeling of itchiness can be caused by a movement of hairs or the release of a chemical (histamine) from cells under the skin. Itchiness is regarded as protective, as it helps creatures remove parasites that land on their skin.
2007-03-25 00:05:29 · answer #3 · answered by Never More!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I itch when I am in a place with lots of dust. I am allergic to dust mites, YUCK!
2007-03-25 00:04:16 · answer #4 · answered by greengirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont itch i scratch
2007-03-25 00:03:03 · answer #5 · answered by LOLO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a way to get rid of extra skin
2007-03-25 00:02:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the way God made u.....2 itch.........DUH!THINK!
2007-03-25 00:03:48 · answer #7 · answered by pattiethepenguin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T TAKE A BATH FOR THE PAST 20,000 YEARS!!!!!!!
2007-03-25 00:55:13 · answer #8 · answered by JOHANN L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do I fart? Just somthing we do..And I'm very good at it too....(scratching my backside while I fart)...LMAO
2007-03-25 00:34:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because you are healing.
2007-03-25 00:01:50 · answer #10 · answered by student202003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋