Coffea Cruda

Coffea Arabica, Linn. Nat order, Rubiacese.

Preparation, Tincture of the raw berries.

Authorities.^ 1, Hahnemann, from Stapf's Beitrage zur rein. Arzn. ; 2, "A.," from ibid.; 3, "Br.," ibid.; 4, Franz, ibid.; 5, " Hsch.," ibid. ; 6, Langhammer, ibid.; 7, Staph, ibid.; 8, Thore, ibid.; 9, Marvaud, Aliments d'Epargue (with sphygmographic tracings, see Plate 1), cold infusions of raw Coffea.

Mind

Emotional. Lively fancies; full of plans for the figure; contrary to bis custom is very much charmed by the beauties of nature, descriptions of which are related to him (after three hours)

During the febrile heat she talked irrationally, with open eyes, and wished this or that thing brought to her

Quiet mood, free from care (curative action)

He is able to hear many annoying things spoken of, without being affected or becoming offended thereby (curative action).

On walking in the open air, he became sad, lachrymose, and disinclined to work

Anxiety and unsteadiness

Great anxiety, so that she does not know what she shall do with herself; she trembles, and cannot hold the pen still (after three hours)

Peevish ; he could throw everything away from him

Peevish, full of care, lachrymose mood.

Very peevish

She has only peevish and sad thoughts ; she cries aloud and can be quieted by nothing ; this ill-humor seems to be somewhat relieved in the open air

Somewhat fretful

Very much out of humor ; not inclined to speak ; makes short answers (immediately)

Intellectual, *Unusual activity of mind and body until midnight I after six hours), when she fell asleep

* The greatest activity of mind

Acuteness of thought

Vivid flow of ideas

Inability to think clearly (after six hours)

It seemed as though his thoughts disappeared for a moment (second day).

Inattention and loss of thought (after forty-eight hours)

While reading, loses the whole connection ; does not know what he is reading or has read, without, however, being conscious of any foreign thoughts (absentmindedness) ; when he does not read he is beset by a thousand thoughts, and recollects the most remote events,4/}

Head

Confusion and Vertigo, Confusion in the head (after three hours)

Confusion in the forepart of the head, sometimes extending to the right temple, as a sticking-drawing pain ; aggravated on walking in the open air

* Dizzy confusion of the head (after four hours)

Vertigo, with blackness before the eyes, on stooping (first day)

General Head. Rush of blood to the head, especially while talking

Rush of blood to the head, with anxious heat and redness of the face.

Lightness of the head, and of all physical movements ; a general, unusual, increased sensation of health and vigor

Heaviness of the head, with heat in the face

Head seems heavy and dizzy, with general anxiety ; she believes that she will fall (second day)

Headache, as if the brain were too full and crushed, especially in the occiput, after waking from the midday nap, neither aggravated nor especially relieved by motion, by mental exertion, nor in the open air (after four hours)

Headache in the morning on waking; lack of general tension in the brain ; he avoids opening the eyes; on stooping it seems as if the brain fell forward, and so pressed against the temples and forehead

Reflection caused drawing headache, accompanied by pressure in the upper part of the forehead

Headache, as if the brain were torn or beaten, commencing while walking in the open air, but soon disappearing in the room/.f

* T~he headache is renewed and aggravated after eating ; it disappears in the open air, but returns in a short time in the room

Forehead. Compressive headache in the forehead (second evening)

Headache on reading, as if the brain at the frontal eminence, then behind the frontal bone, were beaten, torn, and crushed (after *two hours)

Temples. Pressive headache in the temples, extending to the occiput, while walking in the cold air; (it is relieved while sitting in a room); again it becomes very violent on first going into the open air, but afterwards it almost entirely disappears (after three-quarters of an hour)

Vertex. Crackling is sometimes heard and felt in the vertex, while sitting still

Pressive pain in the upper part of the vertex.

Farietals. Crackling in the brain in the region of the ear, rhythmical with the pulse

* One-sided headache, as if a nail were driven into the parietal bone

Occiput. Slight rheumatic drawing in the left side of the occiput

External Head. Itching on the scalp.

Eyes p. 436

Hardened mucus in the canthi of both eyes, in the forenoon (after half an hour)

Boring in the right eye, with diminished acuteness of vision.

Vision. In the open air he sees much more clearly than before

She was able to read fine print clearly, without the pressure in the eyes which she formerly experienced/.]

Ears p. 436

Music sounds too loud ; he can bear only the lowest tones of the instrument.

Nose p. 436

Objective. Sneezing, in the evening, in bed, and on waking.

Frequent sneezing.

A sudden, profuse, watery discharge from the nose (after half an hour)

Fluent coryza, with sneezing, several evenings, late.

Somewhat fluent coryza, with sneezing, several evenings, late.

Bleeding from the nose

Bleeding from the nose, with heaviness of the head, in the morning on rising, and at G p.m., several days at the same time, with morose ill-humor

Stopped catarrh, with scanty discharge

Stoppage of the nose, as in stopped catarrh

Subjective. Sensation of warmth, like a coryza, in the left nostril, aggravated by hawking

Painfulness in the anterior angle of the left nostril (after one hour;,1.

An almost burning sore pain in the left nostril

Face p. 436

The infant gets red and hot in the cheeks, and sleeps uneasily (first and second days).

Drawing in the left malar bone, alternating with tearing in the teeth (first day)

Mouth p. 436

Teeth. Painfulness of the front teeth on touch and chewing, as if they were loose.

Simple pain in a back tooth, only when biting upon them

Momentary drawing in the hollow left upper back teeth, as

| Symptoms expressing aggravation and amelioration of the headache in the open air, seem to be the primary action.

Hahnemann.

Aggravation p. 436

Stapf. after taking a little cold

(Drawing pain across the left upper back teeth, which disappears on biting the jaws together)/.

Toothache, sticking jerking from above downward into the nerves of the roots of the teeth

Tongue. Sensation of dryness and slight burning in the forepart of the tongue, without thirst (after one hour)

General Mouth. Dryness within the mouth, without thirst, in the morning, in bed

A simple pain in the arches of the palate, when not swallowing, aggravated while swallowing (after four hours)

Saliva. Increased secretion of saliva

Taste. Taste excessively bitter

Bitter taste in the mouth in the morning (second day)

Bitterness in the mouth the whole dav, though food does not taste bitter

Taste in the mouth as after hazelnuts",1.

Taste in the mouth as after sweet almonds

Food has a good but too strong taste, on which account he cannot eat much ; tobacco tastes excessively strong, and he is unable to smoke much (after three hours)

Tobacco has an especially pleasant taste

Pure drinking water has a bitter taste (second day)

Bitter things taste excessively bitter,1. .

Throat p. 437

Sensation of catarrh in the back of the throat, in the morning after rising; catarrhal mucus flows from the nose, without sensation of catarrh in the nostrils or frontal sinuses.

Heat rises up into the throat, immediately

A kind of sore throat ; swelling of the arches of the palate, which seems like an accumulation of tough mucus

Stomach p. 437

Appetite. Great hunger before dinner ; eager, hasty eating

Diminished appetite; at supper the food tasted good, still he had no appetite and no hunger (after eight hours)

Very long-continued loss of appetite, and aversion to food, drink, and tobacco, with nausea and salt taste in the mouth, although food has no unusual or unpleasant taste (after two hours)

Thirst. Thirst at night; he frequently awoke to drink

Excessive thirst, without heat of the body or dryness of the tongue

Aversion to coffee

Eructation. Eructations tasting of the food, from noon till evening

Short eructations of only air

Hiccough. Hiccough.

Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea in the morning.

Nausea in the afternoon about 5 oclock ; he became weak, was obliged to sit down, followed by inclination to vomit

Nausea, as if in the stomach, from 8 to 9 p.m., like a faintness and vertigo ; she was obliged to sit and lie down, with weariness of the limbs and some chilliness (after twenty-four hours)

Nausea and vomiting (in large doses, fasting)

While eating palatable food he became qualmish and nauseated

Constant inclination to vomit, which seems to have its seat in the upper part of the throat

Stomach. Easy contraction of the gastric and intestinal muscles

An unpleasant sensation beneath the stomach, followed by distension and dull pain.

Tension across the stomach and hypochondria.

Sensation of pressure in the pit of the stomach at various times during the day ; the clothes seemed too tight, and she was obliged to loosen them

While eating bread, soon after a moderate meal, an extremely painful pressure in the left side of the epigastric region

Stitches in the pit of the stomach, combined with pressure ; after a few hours painless distension and swelling of the pit of the stomach

Abdomen p. 437

Objective. Fermentation in the abdomen and passage of much flatus, the whole day (after four hours)

Fermentation in the abdomen, followed by vomiting ; soon afterwards repeated vomiting for the second and third time

Movings about the abdomen, as if necessitating a stool.

Passage of much flatus.

Frequent and easy passage of flatus during the first hour after taking Coffea, but after twelve hours difficult, scanty, short, interrupted emission of flatus, and constant urging to pass it on account of disturbance in the abdomen

Frequent and profuse passage of almost odorless flatus

Fulness in the abdomen, with some griping pain, after supper.

Fulness of the abdomen, after a walk in the open air

(Frightful cramplike pain in the abdomen and chest, with outward manifestation of the most severe labor-pains, complaints as if the intestines would be cut to pieces, with convulsions ; her body was bent up, feet drawn up towards her head, with frightful cries and grinding of the teeth ; she became cold, constantly uttered the most piteous cries, and held her breath)

Pressure in the abdomen, as from incarcerated flatus

Constant painful pressure in both sides of the abdomen, in the morning, in bed, also extending into the abdominal rings, as though a hernia would protrude, without distension of the abdomen ; passage of some flatus relieves for only a moment

Jerking stitches in the side of the abdomen, with every expiration (after a quarter of an hour)

Colic, as if the abdomen would burst asunder

Colic and diarrhoea (in large doses, fasting)

Hypogastrium. Sticking, extending out at the abdominal ring, as in inguinal hernia

Rectum and Anus p. 438

Urging to stool; the stool was soft, yet he was not able to pass it easily

Stool p. 438

Two stools every day (contrary to custom), the first consistent, the second liquid

Three hard stools (second day).

Urinary Organs p. 438

Bladder. Pressure upon the bladder, which obliges him to urinate

Urethra. Burning tearing in the forepart of the urethra

Frequent urging to pass urine in the morning, though it was passed in very small quantities and by drops (after a quarter of an hour).

Micturition. Frequent micturition

The quantity of urine is very much increased (after fourteen hours)

Passage of much urine about midnight, with relaxed genitals (after five hours)

Scanty secretion and passage of urine (immediately)

Urine. Urine blood-red, though not turbid.

Sexual Organs p. 438

Male. Erections and emissions

The genital organs seemed relaxed, with diminished sexual desire.

Incapacity for coition and impotency ; the sexual organs could not be excited, and the desire was sluggish (after two hours)

Itching in the forepart of the penis and glans.

Voluptuous itching on the tip of the glans penis, which obliges scratching for several hours (after forty-seven hours).

Relaxation of the scrotum, with excitement of the inner genital organs yet with cold fantasies.

Sore pain on the scrotum, on the slightest rubbing of the clothes/.

Digging-smarting pain in one testicle.

Absence of sexual excitement; the genitals were relaxed; even his fantasies were not at all inclined to sexual desire (first three days).

Great desire for coition ; the sexual organs were very much excited, but there followed only general dry heat of the body, without emission

Nightly emissions

Female. The after-pains are immediately relieved, and then removed. J

(Menstruation appears the same evening, with scarcely any drawing pains in the abdomen), (first day).

Respiratory Organs p. 438

Larynx. Great roughness and hoarseness in the larynx, in the morning on waking?.

Violent irritation to cough

j Excitement of the sexual organs is the primary action, relaxation thereof the secondary action of Coffea.

J Curative action. about midnight, lasting an hour

Co ugh. Cough, in the evening, in bed, and on falling asleep.

Short coughs in rapid succession, severe, interrupted, frequently scraping (after one hour)

Short hacking coughs in quick succession, as from irritation in the throat, frequently repeated (after one hour)

Dry hacking cough in sudden paroxysms, as from spasmodic constriction in the larynx, which seemed to be covered with dry mucus

The child coughs quite dry, several times immediately after falling asleep (first evening).

He was obliged to hold himself inwardly with the cough ; the eyes became obscured ; he became faint, and felt as if he were whirling around

Chest p. 439

Oppression of the chest (immediately)

Oppression of the chest ; she is obliged to take short breaths ; respiration raises the chest visibly (after the disappearance of the heat of the face)

Pain in the side of the chest, on coughing, almost like sticking

Back p. 439

Pain in the small of the back, while walking

Paralytic pain in the small of the back, while sitting and standing

Pressive pain in the small of the back.

Extremities in General p. 439

Objective. Exhausted, heavy, and powerless in the limbs; the knees knock together ; febrile warmth internally and externally, together with chilliness, after 4 p.m.,1.

Subjective. Sense of lightness in the limbs.

She was obliged to lie down after every walk, on account of pain in the limbs

Bruised pain in all the joints, especially of those that had been bent, in the morning, in bed, disappearing on rising

Sticking jerking in one or another limb

Superior Extremities p. 439

Objective. A kind of spasmodic drawing up, together with twitches in the arms, after holding them in a bent position

Great weakness in the arms, and weariness in the whole body

Subjective. Tearing in the left arm, so that she could not move it easily

Arm. Rheumatic, bruised pain in the left upper arm

Hands. The hands tremble if he tries to hold them still, i.f

Fingers. Cramplike contraction, at times, in one or another finger ; in the morning he was unable to straighten the little finger

Sensation of numbness in the fingers (after a quarter of an hour)

Sensitive drawing or tearing downward in the soft parts of the fingers (after two hours)

A finger that had been slightly burnt, but was quite painless before the drug was taken, began to pain violently (after three hours)

Inferior Extremities p. 439

Thigh. The slightest rubbing of the woollen clothing made the inner side of the thigh sore, or at least caused a painful sensation of soreness

Pain, as if bruised, on the nates beneath the hip-joints, from the ischium to the thigh, while sitting and walking ; while walking he was obliged to limp

Knee. Trembling motion of the knees while descending steps (secondary action?)

Cramp in the calf, on drawing up the knee

Drawing pain beneath the right knee.

A jerking, corroding, and smarting on the right tibia, during rest and motion, with a sensation as if the bones were bruised, together with a sensation of heat in them

Ankle. A jerking sticking beneath the inner malleolus of the right foot, on stepping upon the heel or bending the foot backward, even on touching the part

Foot. Trembling of the feet (after one hour and three-quarters)

Constant weariness of the feet, extending half way up the thighs, after walking in the open air

Cramp in the soles of the feet, on putting out the foot

Toes. Slight stitches in the balls of the great toes, at 4 p.m.

Generalities p. 440

He became extremely excited as soon as the Coffea was taken in the evening ; all movements were performed with unusual lightness (after twelve hours)

Great mobility of the muscles ; every motion was easy, rapid, and performed with a certain consciousness of vigor

Trembling motion, together with warmth in the back and between the shoulders

Disinclined to work ; he lost the desire to work, even while busy

Inclination to lie down and close the eyes, without ability or desire to sleep

The greatest mental and physical exhaustion (after forty-five hours)

Sabjeetive. Dulness of internal sensibility on account of supernatural speculations (secondary action).

Great weariness on ascending steps, soon disappearing

Pain in the whole body, so that he had little rest

Walking in the open air affects him extremely ; it forces water from his eyes, and he soon becomes very weary (after six hours and a half)

Aversion to the open air

Skill p. 440

Eruption and itching over the whole body (secondary action)(?)

Coffea changed the itching of the eruption into a burning

Itching on the right side of the scrotum.

Sleep and Dreams p. 440

Sleepiness. Yawning

Frequent deep yawning

Much yawning and sleepiness (first day).

* Very weary with sleep (after twelve hours)

Overpowered with sleep; he dreaded apoplexy

Sound sleep.

Talking immediately after falling asleep, in a girl six years old.

Unconscious tossing about at night in sleep, so that in the morning he was lying turned about in bed

Sleeplessness. '^Sleeplessness on account of excessive mental and physical excitement, 7.f

Sleeplessness after midnight (from 2 to 7), with colic-like incarceration of flatus under the ribs, which causes anxiety and sensation of heat over the whole body, without sweat, excepting under the nose, without thirst, and » with desire to be uncovered

Very wide awake in the evening.

At first he is wide awake, but soon afterwards sleepy

Light sleep

Sleep at night uneasy; he was obliged to turn from side to side

Frequent waking from sleep at night, as from fright

* He slept until 3 a.m., after which he only dozed, bid on waking did not come to his senses

Waking, with starting.

Frequent waking towards morning

Dreams. Dreams at night

Very long vivid dreams at night

Interrupted fancies at night while half asleep, busied with thoughts from which he cannot free himself and which deprive him of sound sleep.

Fever p. 440

Chilliness. Bodily temperature lowered from 0.4 to 0.6,9.

Chilliness throughout the whole body (with warm skin), more noticed and worse when moving; on rising from the chair creeping chills, with pale face, for ten minutes (after half an hour)

Chilliness aggravated by motion

Violent chill, though without thirst, at 5 a.m. and 1 p.m.,1.

Internal shivering, even in the chest, with chilliness, and at the same time heat in the head and sweat in the face ; all without thirst

Great sensitiveness to cold.

Open air, which was usually agreeable and to which he was accustomed, seemed very cutting

Sensation of coldness over the whole body ; cold creepings up the back, as in a cold room, soon followed by redness and heat of the face, with cold hands, which are hot on the inner surface, while externally they are cold

Chilliness in the back, mingled with sensation of heat, especially warmth in the middle of the back and across the lower abdomen, as if 'sweat would break out

Repeated attacks of chilliness and shivering in the back, with the usual general warmth of the body

Some chilliness, with heat, on both cheeks

Coldness of the hands, followed by coldness of the feet (after two to three hours)

Cold feet in the afternoon after 4, together with headache and rush of blood to the head, disappearing in the open air (after twenty-four hours)

Heat. Heat of the whole body, externally perceptible, at 8 p.m., with great dryness of the mouth, then shivering intheback and posterior portion of the body ; then the hands and feet became icy cold ; then in the bed at one time great heat, then great coldness until after midnight; in the morning headache, as if beaten, so that every step on walking is painful (after thirty hours)

General heat, with redness of the face and much thirst, at 3 p.m., without previous chill ; following the heat general sweat, which during the first hours was accompanied by thirst

Slight heat, without thirst, after the chilliness (after a quarter of an hour)

Sensation of heat in the morning, in bed, though disliking to be uncovered

Sensation of general heat, after lying down in the evening ; everything seems- too close; general sweat at night, especially in the back

She sometimes awoke at night feeling a great dry heat all over, obliging her to toss about, two nights in succession ; the breath came hot from the mouth, though without thirst or dryness of the mouth

Sensation of warmth, with somewhat red face, though without thirst

Heat in the face and redness of the cheeks (after a quarter of an hour)

Heat in the face, with red cheeks, after eating (after six hours)

Heat and redness of one cheek, with almost constant shivering

Warmth in the chest and abdomen

Unusually warm feet

Dry warmth of the face

JPersjjh'f/t ion . Perspiration, towards morning

Sweat of the hands, while writing.

Sweat of the feet, with soreness of the toes.

Conditions p. 441

Aggravation.

(Morning), On waking, headache, etc. ; • on rising, bleeding from nose ; in bed, dryness of mouth; bitter taste ; after rising, sensation in back of throat ; nausea ; in bed, pressure in sides of abdomen; on waking, roughness, etc., in larynx; in hed, pain in joints; at 7 oclock, chilly ; after fever paroxysm, headache ; in bed, sensation of heat.

(Afternoon), Eructations; nausea, etc. ; after 4 oclock, febrile warmth, etc.; at 4 oclock, stitches in balls of great toes; at 1 oclock, chill ; after 4 oclock, cold feet, etc.; at 3 oclock, general heat, etc.

(Evening), In bed and on waking, sneezing ; late, fluent coryza ; at 6 oclock, bleeding from nose; from 8 to 9 oclock, nausea, etc. ; in bed and on falling asleep, cough ; at 8 oclock, heat of body ; after lying down, sensation of heat.

(Night), Thirst; about midnight, passage of much urine; about midnight, irritation to cough ; towards morning, frequent waking ; general sweat ; on waking, dry heat ; towards morning, perspiration.

( Walking in open air), All symptoms; sadness, etc. ; confusion in head ; fulness in abdomen ; weariness of feet.

(While ascending steps), Trembling of the knees; weariness.

( While walking in cold air), Headache in temples.

(Eating), Headache; heat in face, etc.

(Hawking ), Sensation in left nostril.

(Motion), Chilliness.

(On putting out foot), Cramp in soles.

(On reading), Headache.

(Reflection), Headache.

(In room), Headache returns.

(While sitting still), Crackling in vertex.

(On stooping), Vertigo.

(After supper), Fulness in abdomen, etc.

(Swallowing), Pain in arches of palate.

(Talking), Rush of blood to head.

(After waking from midday nap), Headache.

( Walking), Pain in small of back; pain in limbs.

(While writing), Sweat of hands.

Amelioration p. 442

(Open air), Ill-huraor; headache, etc.

(On biting jaws together), Pain across back teeth disappears.

(On rising), Pain in joints disappears.

(Sitting in room), Headache in temples.

Footnotes

† The symptoms without authority are so found in Stapf's resume. % Mental activity the primary effect of Coffea ; dulness of mind, on the contrary, is the secondary effect ; many intermediate symptoms can be classed among the primary effects. — Staff.

† S. 168, 170, 175, 180 can be considered as secondary action(?). — Stapf.

† Excitement and sleeplessness are the primary effects of Coffea, sleepiness in its various forms its secondary effect. — Staff.