# Coffea Cruda (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Unroasted Coffee
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Coffee is used as a favourite drink in most countries of the world,
especially in the western world.   Coffee dispels sleep.  It stimulates
the nervous system, and enhances the flow of ideas and mental
alertness.  The person cannot go to sleep  even if he so desires and
tries.

The homoeopathic Coffea Cruda is prepared from the unroasted
Coffee bean.  If sleeplessness is du e to excessive talking or mental
commotion, a dose or two of Coffea bring about peaceful sleep.  The
person is whisked into sleep without any preliminary slumber.  Nux
Vomica also has a similar feature of  bringing about sleep rapidly.
One symptom of Nux Vomica and Belladonna shared by Coffea is
that the noise agitates the pers on and loud voices perturb him.
However in Coffea, the noise provoke s pain up to the periphery of the
limbs.  Also, noise rekindles the previ ous pains of the leg or the knee.
In fact, the re-appearance of old pa ins due to the noise is a typical
feature of Coffea.

The symptoms of Coffea are brought about by sudden joy rather than
to grief.  In other words, sudden, happy news causes mental
commotion.  A loss of sleep due to profound grief needs to be treated
with different kinds of remedies.

The Coffea patient reacts badly to in take of alcohol.  In the countries
where drinking is extremely comm on, a Coffea patient would refrain
from drinking alcohol for fear of serious reaction, and alcoholics often
use coffee to dispel the effects of alcohol.

In a patient of Coffea, the hypersensitivity of the skin is extreme, and
is in the form of a strange kind of  tingling and discomfort.  Regarding
the extreme sensitivity of the skin, Zincum Metallicum is the next in
order.

A Coffea patient has strong into lerance towards the sound of
footsteps.  Itchy rashes appear on the skin.  These are red in colour.
They appear and then disappear equally fast.  The underlying mental

anguish causing these eruptions does not last long.  The skin
conditions secondary to the diso rder of the stomach and blood, do
however, last a long time.

Coffea by nature is a rapidly eff ective form of treatment.  It works
promptly to induce sleep when the sleeplessness is due to severe
mental commotion or mental exhaustion .  Similarly, it benefits
other ailments pretty rapidly also .  Some of the patients of Coffea
develop hysteria.  Under the heavy emoti onal overlay, they lose
consciousness.  Their jaws close together tightly .  Severe headache
and neuralgic pains (trigeminal neuralgia) on the face and a tendency
towards diarrhoea are also amongst the symptoms of Coffea.

Coffea patients are extremely intelligent.  They react immediately
when addressed.  Their senses  become sharp as does their sense of
hearing.  They can perceive distant sounds and voices inaudible to
others.  When they retire to sleep, they cannot do so.  Instead, they
hear the distant barking of the dogs or sounds produced by other
animals.  These unusual sounds inte nsify some of their preexisting
symptoms.  Interestingly enough, thes e patients happen to recall their
good old days, including the poetry they  have read in the past.  Their
mental capability is enhanced im mensely.  Their thinking is not
merely superficial but their thought s are very deep and broad.  The
commotion provokes their subconscious mind bringing back old
memories and perception of distant sounds.  They can also recall good
old tastes and fragrances.  All th ese are the happier and enjoyable
components of their overall symptoms.

A Coffea patient is also very sensitive to cold.  The pain inside the
mouth however, benefits from ice cold  water (the usual neuralgic pain
does not follow any particular rule).  The toothache of a Coffea
patient definitely responds to cold application.

The face of a Coffea patient is usuall y not congested or flushed but in
some situations the blood may rush towards the head.  The face and
the head then become warm, but th e patient remains fairly conscious
and alert. Unlike Belladonna, he is not drowsy.

Another typical sign of Coffea is that the patient feels as if something
is cracking open on the back of his head.

Nux Vomica is the most effective treatment to annul the effects of
Coffea.  Among the Coffea symptoms in women, there is intense
genital itching.  The heartbeat is very fa st, and may become irregular
on hearing sudden happy or sad news.  The blood pressure rises, while
the urinary output decreases.

Adjuvant: Aconite
Antidote: Nux Vomica
Potency: 30

## Symptoms by System