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Maté

Ilex Paraguariensis
Maté.PlantUncommonPsoricAllen only

Exclusively Documented in Allen

This remedy is documented exclusively in Allen's Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.

🎯 Acts as a powerful stimulant on the heart and intellect while promoting digestive peristalsis.
About: Maté is a South American tea known for its profound effects on the cardiovascular system and mental state. It induces a unique sense of tranquil contentment while simultaneously accelerating heart rate and digestive activity.
👤 Constitution
Individuals who require a stimulant for the intellect or those suffering from sluggish digestion and constipation.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Profound sense of satisfaction, contentment, and tranquility.
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Accelerated heart action with diminished arterial tension.
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Mental activity that prevents sleep without causing malaise.
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Promotes peristaltic action and relieves constipation.
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Lowers bodily temperature with coldness in extremities.
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Gastric irritation and painful cramps after meals.
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Tension and borborygmi in the abdomen.
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Slight headache shortly after ingestion.
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🩺 Systems & Indications
Allen Exclusive
🧠Mind
Use for states of mental over-activity where the patient feels tranquil and pleasant but cannot fall asleep.
State of satisfaction and contentment with everything, without any delirium, [2] .
Feeling of calmness and comfort
  • happy and pleased with all the world ;
  • remained several hours tranquil and motionless on my bed, occupied with a throng of pleasant thoughts, but unable to sleep, though without the malaise which generally accompanies wakefulness (after fifteen minutes), [2] ..
Acts especially on the intellect, [1] .
🔑 Modalities
Allen Exclusive
Worse from
After a meal
gastric irritation
disturbed digestion
📚 Sources & References
Allen's EncyclopediaBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryPhatak's Concise MM

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