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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Felter's Materia Medica on Guarana
CAFFEA
The seeds of Caffea arabica, Linné (Nat. Ord. Rubiaceae). Native of Arabia-Felix and Ethiopia; and extensively cultivated in Asia and America... / ...y. The common non-alcoholic beverages of mankind (except coca)coffee, tea, cocoa, kola, maté and guarana owe their grateful stimulus to caffeine or related alkaloids. The theine of tea is practic... / ...preferably without sugar or cream; for use in narcotic poisoning very strong, black coffee may be given freely, both by mouth and per rectum.1
The seeds of Caffea arabica, Linné (Nat. Ord. Rubiaceae). Native of Arabia-Felix and Ethiopia; and extensively cultivated in Asia and America... / ...y. The common non-alcoholic beverages of mankind (except coca)coffee, tea, cocoa, kola, maté and guarana owe their grateful stimulus to caffeine or related alkaloids. The theine of tea is practic... / ...preferably without sugar or cream; for use in narcotic poisoning very strong, black coffee may be given freely, both by mouth and per rectum.1
GUARANAPACU7
...g not less than 4 per cent of caffeine. A shrubby vine of northern and western Brazil. Common Name; Guarana. Description.Cylindrical, dark reddish-brown sticks, paler internally, and admixed with fr......incipal Constituents.Caffeine, volatile oil, saponin, and tannin. Preparation.Specific Medicine Guarana. Dose, 10 to 30 drops. Specific Indications.Headache with pallor, weak circulation, the pa......h cerebral anemia; mental exhaustion or depression; headache from dissipation. Action and Therapy.Guarana is a gentle excitant acting very much like tea and coffee. It is valuable where the brain be...1
...g not less than 4 per cent of caffeine. A shrubby vine of northern and western Brazil. Common Name; Guarana. Description.Cylindrical, dark reddish-brown sticks, paler internally, and admixed with fr......incipal Constituents.Caffeine, volatile oil, saponin, and tannin. Preparation.Specific Medicine Guarana. Dose, 10 to 30 drops. Specific Indications.Headache with pallor, weak circulation, the pa......h cerebral anemia; mental exhaustion or depression; headache from dissipation. Action and Therapy.Guarana is a gentle excitant acting very much like tea and coffee. It is valuable where the brain be...1
WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Physician's Materia Medica on Guarana
CAFFEINE
Alkaloid found in Coffee, Tea, Guarana. Kola and some other plants. Cerebral and cardiac stimulant, acting indirectly as a diure tic. Prescribed often for headache. especially in combination with acetanilid. Useful in adynamic conditions and in all forms of heart failure; a standard remedy in poisoning by opium and other narcotics. Dose of Caffeine or Caffeine Hydrobromide, 0.03 to 0.3 Grm. (96 to 5 grs.- or more. [Caffeine Citrated must be given in double the dose to produce the same effect].2
Alkaloid found in Coffee, Tea, Guarana. Kola and some other plants. Cerebral and cardiac stimulant, acting indirectly as a diure tic. Prescribed often for headache. especially in combination with acetanilid. Useful in adynamic conditions and in all forms of heart failure; a standard remedy in poisoning by opium and other narcotics. Dose of Caffeine or Caffeine Hydrobromide, 0.03 to 0.3 Grm. (96 to 5 grs.- or more. [Caffeine Citrated must be given in double the dose to produce the same effect].2
GUARANAPACU7
A paste prepared chiefly from the seeds of PAULLINIA CUPANA, Kunth. Astringent, nervine. deriving its medicinal value chiefly from the caffeine it contains. Prescribed in nervous headaches. Dose, 0.3 to 2.0 Grm. (5 to 30 grs.).2
A paste prepared chiefly from the seeds of PAULLINIA CUPANA, Kunth. Astringent, nervine. deriving its medicinal value chiefly from the caffeine it contains. Prescribed in nervous headaches. Dose, 0.3 to 2.0 Grm. (5 to 30 grs.).2
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.