Coffeinum

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Coffeinum homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe….

Introduction

Alkaloid obtained from Coffea Arabic. Formula, C8 H10 N4 O2.

Preparation: Triturations.

Mind.

Emotional.

Great excitement, so that he was unable to fix the mind.

Very excited fantasies. Peculiar intoxicated condition.

Delirium. Visions.

Intellectual.

Confusion of ideas. Obscuration of mind.

Head.

Slight vertigo. Pulsation of the arteries on the head and temples very marked. Head heavy and confused. Headache.

Eye.

Vision of sparks.

Ear.

Roaring in the ears.

Stomach.

Vomiting, with relief of all the symptoms (after one hour).

Urinary Organs.

Urethra.

Constant urging to urinate, but only very scanty discharge.

Micturition.

Amount of urine increased 140 c. c.; urea diminished 2.9 grammes; phosphoric acid diminished 0.2 grammes; sodium chloride diminished 0.9 grammes. Amount of urine increased 4.84 c. c.; urea diminished 3.1 grammes; phosphoric acid diminished 0.37 grammes; sodium chloride increased 0.1 grammes.

Urine.

Increase of urea during first twenty four hours. First, Coffeine lessens the quantity of urea excreted, to a remarkable degree; diminution of 14, 100 grammes the first week, from 15 centigrammes Coffeine; of 28, 100 grammes, the second week, from 30 centigrammes. This diminution begins from the first day of taking Coffeine. On the subsequent days it is greater than at first, but is not afterwards increased (no cumulative action in the system, as in the case of Digitalin).

Sexual Organs.

Erections.

Chest.

Oppression of the chest.

Heart and Pulse.

Palpitation. Pulse very rapid. Extremely frequent, irregular, and often intermitting pulse. Pulse full and hard rising from 70 to 80, in fifteen minutes. On considering the changes in the pulse under the action of Caffeine, they are seen to be very similar to those observed after drinking a decoction of raw coffee; only they are, as might be expected, more strongly marked.

General Symptoms.

Great excitement of the nervous and vascular systems.

Trembling. Great uneasiness.

Sleep.

At last very sound sleep. Loss of sleep.

Conditions.– Amelioration.

(Vomiting) All symptoms.

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TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.