Coffee (Coffea arabica)
Coffea arabica
Western Herbalism
Western Herbalism

Coffee

Coffea arabica

Also known as Green coffee.

WarmingDryingTaste: BitterTaste: Pungent

Primarily used as roasted seed beverage green (unroasted) seed for weight management and metabolic support homeopathic use for over-sensitivity states potentiates analgesics like aspirin

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NervineDiureticBitter tonicLaxativeAntispasmodicCardiac stimulantStimulantAntinarcoticAntiemetic

Indications what the tradition reached for it in

Safety

Pregnancy: Not for use in pregnancy

Breastfeeding: Use with care while breastfeeding

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Dosing as the sources wrote it

PreparationAs writtenMetric
Infusion: 1 Tbsp seed/cup, 1-3 cups/day
Dry extract/green bean stdDry extract/green bean std 45-50% chlorogenic acids &lt
4% caffeine: 115-1000 mg/day up to 12 weeks oral115-1000 mg
Tincture/specific medicine: 1-10 minims Henriette's Herbal0.06-0.62 mL
Specific Medicine CoffeaDose, one to ten minims.0.06-0.62 mL
Caffeina Citrata, Citrated CaffeinDose, three to eight grains.194-518 mg

Doses are reproduced from the sources for practitioners and are not a recommendation for any person.

From the sources

Clinical Notes. Primarily used as roasted seed beverage green (unroasted) seed for weight management and metabolic support homeopathic use for over-sensitivity states potentiates analgesics like aspirin

Therapy. Coffee in strong infusion is given both by stomach and rectum in opium poisoning. It should be made fresh and as strong as possible. The warmth adds to its efficiency. A cup of strong, hot coffee is often an effectual sobering draught in acute alcoholism.

Therapy. The tincture of coffee made from the unroasted berries is a nerve stimulant and antispasmodic. It increases the heart's action and produces a rise in arterial tension. It is of value in nervous headache, and in vertigo from imperfect circulation in the nerve centers-in cerebral anemia.

Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage. To the nervous system caffeine is stimulant, its effects being rapidly developed. It produces a characteristic wakefulness, and a state of nervous unrest. Mental activity is pronounced, thought is rapid, and so great is the cerebral stimulation, that an enormous amount of brain power is developed, so that individuals are capable of prolonged and severe mental application.

Drawn from King's American Dispensatory, 18th edition (Felter and Lloyd); Ellingwood's American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy; Felter's Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and the Bountiful Herbs editorial.

In formulas

Coffee stands in 7 documented formulas in the library, among them xião feng sǎn.

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