# Cacao

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
The main ingredients of chocolate are caffeine, phenylethylamine, theobromine and 
theophylline. Feeding with waste Chocolate led to fatal poisoning in calves. The animals showed excitement, 
stared about in all di rections, walked with exaggerated strides and had convulsions. One calf died, possibly 
from heart failure. 
Allen noted, “In explaining the nutritive value of Cacao, we must take into account the presence in this 
 
 
substance of a special 
alkaloid, theobromin, whose physiological effects are identical with those of caffeine and thein.  
“Which, retarding the organic waste in the same way as the active principles of coffee and tea, place Cacao 
high up among the preservative substances or those that check tissue-waste.” 
“By placing ourselves under the influence of a decoction highly charged with aromatic principles and made 
from powdered Cacao well roasted, we ascertained that this beverage produces an excitement of the nervous 
system similar to that caused by a strong infusion of black coffee. 
“Since these effects are insignificant if a decoction of the raw bean is employed. It is natural to attribute them 
to the aromatic essences that are developed in the Cacao by the process of roasting. A still wider differen ce 
is observed when we compare the effects on the circulation respectively produced by a decoction of powdered 
Cacao roasted and one of the same substance in a crude state. 
“The former case indicated an excitement of the circulation, as shown by an acceler ated pulse, with an 
increased fullness and diminished arterial pressure. 
“When, on the other hand, an infusion of the raw bean is made use of, the action of the theobromin 
predominates and an entirely different character of pulse is the result, as may be placed beyond doubt by 
examining the results, obtained from a single individual.” 
Causation - Damp. Disappointed love. Sun.

## Symptoms by System

### Generalities
- Finger were enlarged on wak ing.
- Grain of sand under skin.
- Worm under skin which ran 
away when touched.
- COMMENTS - Allen stated “In order to ascertain the effect of the active ingredients, contained in Cacao, 
(aromatic essences and theobromin) upon the nervous system.
- It was necessary to separate those ingredients, 
as far as possible from the fatty substances (cacao butter ) of which the beans are so largely composed.
- With 
this view, we prepared a decoction of powdered Cacao in boiling water and conducted our experiments with  
this liquid.