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PAULLINIA SORBILIS

Guarana.

Paullinia Sorbilis; Brazilian Cocoa. Sapindaceae.

A climbing shrub, native to Brazil, the seeds of which contain Caffeine, and are used by the aborigines as a beverage.

Alcoholic solution of the dried paste made from the seeds.

Introduced by Gavrelle, who found it useful “in diarrhea of phthisis, sick headache, paralysis, tedious convalescence, and as a general tonic”. –U. S. D.

Proving by Macdowell, see Allen's Encyclopaedia, vol. 4, p. 511.

CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.

- Headache, Bradley, Hom. Rev., vol. 16, p. 504; Megrim, Raue's Rec., 1873, p. 34; Palliative use in megrim, Müller, Trinks, B. J. H., vol. 21, p. 20, 284; Diarrhea, dysentery, Raue's Rec., 1873, p. 34.

MIND. [1]

Gayety; extravagant behavior.
Mental hyperesthesia; intellectual excitement.

INNER HEAD. [3]

Sick headache in persons who have used tea and coffee to excess, or in whom nervous headaches, followed by vomiting, are excited by any error in diet or depression of mind.
Frequent attacks of sick headache.
Megrim.

OUTER HEAD. [4]

Throbbing, congestive headache after excessive use of liquor.

SIGHT AND EYES. [5]

Persistent twitching of eyelids.

APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14]

Loss of appetite.

STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20]

Profuse, green, odorless, mucous stools. ~ Infantile diarrhea.
Summer complaints of children; diarrhea from teething; diarrhea and vomiting from improper food.
Cholera infantum.
Chronic diarrhea, nearly to marasmus, in a child.
Diarrhea of phthisis.

URINARY ORGANS. [21]

Spasm of the bladder.

HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29]

Diminution of the heart-beats.

NERVES. [36]

Restlessness.
Nervousness and weariness.
Neuralgia.
Rheumatic neuralgia.
Reduced vital powers; grief; depression of spirits; anorexia; nervous hemicrania.
Convalescence from prostrating diseases.
Paralysis.

SLEEP. [37]

Unpleasant and uncontrollable sleepiness, drowsiness and heaviness of head, with flushed face, in persons of sedentary habits, after eating.
Sleeplessness.

ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41]

Frequent attacks of sick headache.

SENSATIONS. [43]

Rheumatic neuralgia.
Throbbing, congestive headache.
Twitching: of eyelids.
Spasm of bladder.

TISSUES. [44]

Chlorosis.

SKIN. [46]

Urticaria; prurigo.

RELATIONS. [48]

Compare: Agar. (in twitching of eyelids); Ignat., Nux vom., especially latter, in sick headache, etc.


DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR

Source: The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica Vol. 08, 1889
Description: Clinical materia medica of Paullinia Sorbilis
Remedies: Paullinia Sorbilis
Author: Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C.
Year: 1889
Editing: errors only; interlinks; formatting
Attribution: Legatum Homeopathicum