Coffeinum
Caffeine · Human-made/chemical
Coffeinum suits patients with extreme nervous restlessness, violent trembling, and periodically recurring constriction of the neck and throat. There is intense precordial anxiety, rapid pulse, and an expression of great distress on the face.
Key symptoms
- Pulsation of arteries of head and temples
- Sparks before eyes; roaring in the ears
- Vomiting with relief of all symptoms
- Restlessness and dizziness; unable to keep erect
- Violent precordial anxiety with palpitation
- Abdominal pulsation
- Violent trembling of all extremities; grating of teeth
- Feeling of constriction of neck and throat recurring periodically every fifteen minutes
- Pulse very rapid; features expressive of greatest anxiety
Better (amelioration)
- Vomiting relieves all symptoms
Coffein or Caffein, an alkaloid obtained from Coffea arabica. C8 H10 N4 O2. Trituration of the alkaloid, and also of the Citrate of Coffein.
Characteristics
A proving has been made with this alkaloid, but has brought out no symptoms not included in the pathogenesis of Coffea. Pulsation of the arteries on head and temples was very marked. Sparks before eyes─roaring in the ears. Vomiting with relief of all symptoms. The Citrate of coffein, which is used largely in allopathic practice, has occasioned dangerous poisonous symptoms in a number of cases. These seem the most characteristic: Restlessness and dizziness; unable to keep erect. Violent precordial anxiety. Palpitation. Abdominal pulsation. Violent trembling of all the extremities. Grating of the teeth. Features expressive of the greatest anxiety. Feeling of constriction of the neck and throat, recurring periodically every fifteen minutes. Pulse very rapid.
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