CAFFEINE

Caffeine

(Coffee Alkaloid)

PHARMACY - Caffe. Caffeine. Alkaloid! Coffea arabica. Coffeine. Trituration of the alkaloid and also of the citrate of caffeine. Historical dose: Trituration and all potencies.

CLINICAL - Anxiety. Brachialgia. Diuresis. Dizziness. Headaches. Insomnia. Nervousness. Neuralgias. Polyuria. Pulmonary edema. Restlessness. Trembling.

HOMEOPATHIC - A crystalline alkaloid. It is a direct heart stimulant and diuretic. One of the best stimulants of the vaso-motor centers. Dropsy depending on cardiac insufficiency. Cardiac insufficiency in pneumonia and other infectious diseases. Myocardial degeneration.

Caffeine raises the blood pressure, increases pulse rate, and stimulates the heart muscle, hence a support in extreme feebleness or threatened failure. Stimulates the respiratory center, nerve centers, and increases diuresis. Acute pulmonary edema. Brachialgia and other neuralgias characterized by slight aggravations.

Comments

A proving has been made with this alkaloid, but has brought out no symptoms not included in the pathogenesis of Coff. Marked pulsation of the arteries on the head and temples. Sparks before eyes, roaring in the ears. Vomiting with relief of all symptoms.

The citrate of caffeine, which is used in allopathic practice, has occasioned dangerous poisonous symptoms in a number of cases. The most characteristic include restlessness and dizziness, inability to keep erect, palpitations, violent precordial anxiety, very rapid pulse, abdominal pulsation, violent trembling of all the limbs, grating of the teeth, features expressive of great anxiety, constriction of the neck and throat, recurring periodically every fifteen minutes.

Relations

Compare:

(1) Aeon., Cham., Coffea, Nux-v, Cypr.

(2) Caffeine and plants containing it, as cacao, kola, Thea, etc.

References

Boericke. Clarke.