Guarana
Boericke - Pocket Manual of Materia Medica · William Boericke · 628 chars · source ↗
General
GUARANA Guarana (PAULLINIA SORBILIS)
Contains a large percentage of Caffeine, which may explain its use as a remedy for certain forms os sick headache.
Head
Intellectual excitement.
Sick headache in persons who have used tea and coffee in excess.
Throbbing headache after use of liquor.
Bowels.--Stools profuse, bloody, bright green; flakes inter-mixed; odorless. Cholera infantum.
Skin
Chloasmata on temples and arms.
Urticaria (Dulc;
Apis;
Chloral).
Sleep
Uncontrollable sleepiness and heaviness of head, with flushed face after eating.
Dose
Must be given in material doses-fifteen to sixty grains of the powder.