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Paullinia Pinnata
6XPaull-pPaullinia 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 Medica↗✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraPhatak's Concise MM
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