Coffea Cruda
Umoasted Coffee*
Blood
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Hypersensihve vulva and vagina. Voluptuous itching.
Compare
William Boericke 1922
Coffea tosta (excruciating facial neuralgia from decayed teeth); Aeon.; Cham.; Nux; Cyp.; Caffein and plants containing it, as Kola, Thea, etc. Strong black coffee, drunk as hot as possible, is indispensable as an antidote in a large number of poisons, especially narcotics. Hot coffee by rectum in cases of extreme collapse. Caffein is a direct heart stimulant. 260 COFFEA CRUDA — COLCHIUM Raises the blood pressure, increases pulse rate and stimulates the muscles of the
Dose
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Third to two hundredth potency.
Extremities
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Crural neuralgia; worse, motion, afternoon and night; better, by pressure.
Face
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Dry heat, with red cheeks. Prosopalgia extending to molar teeth, cars, forehead, and scalp.
Female
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Menses too early and long lasting. Dysmenorrhoea, large clots of black
Guiding symptoms
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Great nervous agitation and restlessness* Extreme sensitiveness characterizes this remedy. Neuralgia in various parts; always .with great nervous excitability and intolerance of pain, driving to despair. Unusual aetk^ity of mind and 'body. Bad effects of sudden emotions, surprises, joy, etc. Nervous palpitation. Coffea is specially suited to tall, lean, stooping persons with dark complexions, temperament choleric and sanguine.
Head
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Worse in open air. Sen.ktivc hearing.
William Boericke 1922
Tight pain, worse from noise, smell, nar cotics. Seems as if brain were torn to pieces, as if nail were driven in
Heart
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It is given to support the heart in extreme feebleness or threatened failure. Stimulates the respiratory centre, nerve centres and increases diuresis. Use the Caffeinze Sodio- Salicylas, 1-4 grains, hypodermically. Caffcin, one of the best stimulants to act on the vaso-motor centres. Antidotes ; Nux; Tabac.
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Violent irregular palpitation especially after excessive joy or surprise. Rapid high ten.sioii pulse and urinary suppression.
Mind
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Gayety, easy comprehension, irritability, excited; senses acute. Impressionable, especially to pleasurable impressions. Full of ideas, quick to act. Toss ing about in anguish. [Aeon.]
Modalities
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Worse, excessive emotions (joy), narcotics, strong odors, noise, open air, told, night. Better, warmth, from lying down; holding ice in
Mouth
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Toothache; temporarily relieved by holding ice-water in the
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[Mangan. opposite.] Hasty eating and drinking. Delicate taste.
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^Relationship. — Incompatible: Camph.; Coccul. Complementary: Aeon.
Respiratory
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Short, dry cough of measles in nervous, delicate children.
Sleep
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Wakeful ; on a constant move. Slccp.s till 3 A. M., after which only dozing. Wakes with a start, sleep disturbed by dreams. Sleepless, on account mental activity; flow of ideas, with nervous excitability. Disturbed by itching of anus.
Stomach
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Excessive hunger. Intolerance of tight clothing. After wine and liquor.
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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