Guarana


Guarana signs and symptoms of the homeopathy medicine from the Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by J.H. Clarke. Find out for which conditions and symptoms Guarana is used…


      Paullinia sorbilis. Brazilian Cocoa. *N.O. Sapindaceae. Alcoholic solution of dried paste made from seeds.

Clinical

Alcohol, effects of. Coffee, effects of. Diarrhoea. Eyelids, twitching of. Headache.

Characteristics

*Guarana is a climbing shrub of Brazil, the seeds of which contain *Coffeine, and are used by the natives for making a beverage. In medicine it has found its principal use in conditions of nervous exhaustion, sick headache in those who have abused tea and coffee, the headache being followed by vomiting and excited by any error in diet or depression of mind. Throbbing, congestive headache after excessive use of liquor. Persistent twitching of eyelids is one of its indications. Diarrhoea.

Relations

*Compare: Agaricus (Twitching of eyelids), Ignatia, Nux in sick headache, Coffea, Coca., Thea.

SYMPTOMS.

Mind

Gaiety, extravagant behavior. Mental hyperesthesia, intellectual excitement.

Head

Sick headache in those who have abused tea and coffee, or in whom nervous headaches followed by vomiting are excited by any error in diet or depression of mind. Throbbing, congestive headache after excessive use of alcohol.

Eyes

Persistent twitching of eyelids.

Stool

Profuse, green, odorless mucous stools. Diarrhoea of phthisis.

Urinary Organs

Spasm of bladder.

Generalities

Restlessness, nervousness, weariness. Neuralgia. Reduced vital powers, grief, depression of spirits, loss of appetite. Debility after prostrating diseases. Paralysis. Chlorosis.

Skin

Urticaria. Prurigo.

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica