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Paullinia Pinnata

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Paullinia Pinnata · "The Guarana-Related Stimulant Vine"
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🎯 It acts primarily on the chest, abdomen, and head, producing sharp, constricting, and stabbing pains.
📖 Clarke writes:
Paullinia pinnata. N. O. Sapindaceae. Tincture of fresh root.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Predominating pains: lancinating, stitching, and pressing
Constricting pains as with iron bands or with iron plates
Primary sites of action: Head, abdomen, and chest
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Aggravation by motion
Aggravation by inspiration
Amelioration in open air (neck)
Amelioration by friction (pain in right shoulder)
Unusual longing for coffee—to smell and drink it
Sensation as if the chest opened on drawing a breath
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Sensation of chest being constricted by iron bands or plates.
Clarke
Sharp, lancinating, and stitching pains throughout the body.
Clarke
Unusual, intense longing for coffee, both to smell and drink.
Clarke
Sensation as if the chest is breaking open when drawing a breath.
Clarke
Pain under the sole of the foot when walking, worsened by pressure.
Clarke
Headache feeling as if the head is covered by a leaden cap and struck.
Clarke
Fear of becoming consumptive.
Clarke
Sensation while talking as if a stone were buried deep in the stomach.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Consider for states of sadness, drowsiness, laziness, and a specific fear of consumption.
Fear of becoming consumptive.
Sad
drowsy
lazy.
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
Motion
general symptoms
pricking in upper chest
Better from
Open air
neck pain
📚 Sources & References
Kent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryAllen's EncyclopediaBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraPhatak's Concise MM

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