Homoeopathy — Page 277
Coffea Cruda 277 Coffea Cruda (Unroasted Coffee) 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 due 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 person and loud voices perturb him. However in Coffea, the noise provokes pain up to the periphery of the limbs. Also, noise rekindles the previous pains of the leg or the knee. In fact, the re-appearance of old pains 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 intake of alcohol. In the countries where drinking is extremely common, 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 intolerance 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