{"id":682,"remedy_name":"Cacao","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"The main ingredients of chocolate are caffeine, phenylethylamine, theobromine and \ntheophylline. Feeding with waste Chocolate led to fatal poisoning in calves. The animals showed excitement, \nstared about in all di rections, walked with exaggerated strides and had convulsions. One calf died, possibly \nfrom heart failure. \nAllen noted, \u201cIn explaining the nutritive value of Cacao, we must take into account the presence in this \n \n \nsubstance of a special \nalkaloid, theobromin, whose physiological effects are identical with those of caffeine and thein.  \n\u201cWhich, retarding the organic waste in the same way as the active principles of coffee and tea, place Cacao \nhigh up among the preservative substances or those that check tissue-waste.\u201d \n\u201cBy placing ourselves under the influence of a decoction highly charged with aromatic principles and made \nfrom powdered Cacao well roasted, we ascertained that this beverage produces an excitement of the nervous \nsystem similar to that caused by a strong infusion of black coffee. \n\u201cSince these effects are insignificant if a decoction of the raw bean is employed. It is natural to attribute them \nto the aromatic essences that are developed in the Cacao by the process of roasting. A still wider differen ce \nis observed when we compare the effects on the circulation respectively produced by a decoction of powdered \nCacao roasted and one of the same substance in a crude state. \n\u201cThe former case indicated an excitement of the circulation, as shown by an acceler ated pulse, with an \nincreased fullness and diminished arterial pressure. \n\u201cWhen, on the other hand, an infusion of the raw bean is made use of, the action of the theobromin \npredominates and an entirely different character of pulse is the result, as may be placed beyond doubt by \nexamining the results, obtained from a single individual.\u201d \nCausation - Damp. Disappointed love. Sun.","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":{"Generalities":"Finger were enlarged on wak ing. Grain of sand under skin. Worm under skin which ran \naway when touched. \nCOMMENTS - Allen stated \u201cIn order to ascertain the effect of the active ingredients, contained in Cacao, \n(aromatic essences and theobromin) upon the nervous system. It was necessary to separate those ingredients, \nas far as possible from the fatty substances (cacao butter ) of which the beans are so largely composed. With \nthis view, we prepared a decoction of powdered Cacao in boiling water and conducted our experiments with  \nthis liquid."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}