Guarana
Remedy of sick headache and migraine with heaviness. Throbbing, congestive headache. Heaviness over eyes. Neuralgia. Useful in habitual headaches of intellectual workers. Contains caffeine — acts as a stimulant.
Source
Prepared from the seeds of Paullinia cupana (Sapindaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Sick headache — throbbing, congestive, with heaviness over the eyes. Migraine. Neuralgia — temporal, frontal. Habitual headaches of intellectual workers, students. Stimulant — contains caffeine and other xanthines. Diarrhea. Useful for headache after excess mental work or social obligations.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull from headache. Mental fatigue. Better from stimulation initially, then worse.
General Symptoms
Head primarily. Worse from mental exertion, heat, alcohol, stimulants (rebound). Better from open air, cold applications.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Sick headache — throbbing, congestive. Heaviness over eyes. Migraine. Temporal and frontal neuralgia. Habitual headaches from overwork.
Stomach
Nausea with headache. Flatulence.
Rectum
Diarrhea.
Modalities
Better From
Open air, cold applications, rest
Worse From
Mental exertion, heat, alcohol, stimulants (rebound), overwork
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Used for habitual headache in overworked intellectuals.
Clinical Indications
Migraine, sick headache, headache from overwork, neuralgia, intellectual fatigue
Comparative Materia Medica
Coffea has headache with overstimulation but more euphoric. Nux vomica has headache from overwork but with more GI symptoms. Gelsemium has headache with dullness and drooping.
Safety Information
Nux vomica, Coffea.
Guarana seeds contain 2-5x the caffeine of coffee beans. Non-toxic in normal amounts but can cause insomnia, anxiety, tachycardia, GI upset in excess. Widely consumed in South America. Safe in potentised forms.
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