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Guarana

Q / 30CGuarana

Paullinia Cupana · Brazilian Cocoa · "The Nervous Headache Stimulant"

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🎯 Acts primarily on the nervous system and digestive tract, specifically for headaches and gastrointestinal disturbances.

📖 Boericke writes:

(PAULLINIA SORBILIS)

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

👤 Constitution

•Individuals who have a history of excessive consumption of stimulants like tea, coffee, or alcohol.

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Useful for throbbing headaches caused by over-stimulation or substance excess.

Intellectual excitement.

Sick headache in persons who have used tea and coffee in excess.

Throbbing headache after use of liquor.

🔑 Modalities

↓Worse from

💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

15-60 grains

Other

📝Must be given in material doses of the powder.

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Apis Mellifica →Chloralum Hydratum →Dulcamara →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Guarana is listed in 16 rubrics across 6 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 2 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Head6 Skin4 Abdomen3 Generalities1 Nervous System1 Mind1