Homeopathic Materia Medica

by William Boericke, M.D.

PAULLINIA SORBILIS
Guarana

Contains a large percentage of Caffeine, which may explain its use as a remedy for certain forms os sick headache.

Head: Intellectual excitement. Sick headache in persons who have used tea and coffee in excess. Throbbing headache after use of liquor.

Bowels: Stools profuse, bloody, bright green; flakes inter-mixed; odorless. Cholera infantum.

Skin: Chloasmata on temples and arms. Urticaria (Dulc; Apis; Chloral).

Sleep: Uncontrollable sleepiness and heaviness of head, with flushed face after eating.

Dose: Must be given in material doses-fifteen to sixty grains of the powder.

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