Western Herbalism
Kola Nut
Cola acuminata
Also known as Cola, Bissy Nut, Guru Nut, Cola Seed, Kola, Female Kola, Bissy-Bissy, Cola (Bissy-bissy.
The physiological action of kola closely duplicates that of caffeine and the caffeine-bearing drugs. It is, therefore, a remedy for muscular and nervous depression due to cerebral and spinal anemia. It is useful in hysteria, mental gloom, neurasthenia, and the diarrhea of debility.
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Indications what the tradition reached for it in
- Mental and physical fatigue and exhaustion
- Drowsiness and poor concentration
- Low mood and mild depression with debility
- Convalescence with weakness
- Migraine and headache with low vascular tone (traditional)
- Atonic diarrhea (astringent)
- Appetite suppression
- Hangover and low vitality
- Depressive states
- Melancholy
- Atony
- Exhaustion
- Dysentery
- Atonic diarrhoea
- Anorexia
- Migraine
- Specifically for depressive states associated with general muscular weakness
Specific indications
Nervous and muscular depression with cerebral anemia.
Safety
Breastfeeding: Use with care while breastfeeding
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Dosing as the sources wrote it
| Preparation | As written | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| Powdered nut | Powdered nut: 1-3 g/day | 1000-3000 mg |
| Tincture (1:5) | Tincture (1:5): 1-4 ml up to three times daily | 1-4 mL |
| C 183 Powdered cotyledons 1-3 g as a decoction three times daily | 1000-3000 mg | |
| (G6, G7) Liquid Extract of cola (BPC 1949) 0.6 -1.2 mL (1 : 1 in 60% alcohol) | 0.6-1.2 mL | |
| Tincture of cola (BPC 1934) 1 -4 mL (1 : 5 in 60% alcohol). | 1-4 mL | |
| Extractum Kolae Fluidum, Fluid Extract of Kola | Dose, ten to thirty minims. | 0.62-1.85 mL |
Doses are reproduced from the sources for practitioners and are not a recommendation for any person.
From the sources
Action and Therapy. The physiological action of kola closely duplicates that of caffeine and the caffeine-bearing drugs. It is, therefore, a remedy for muscular and nervous depression due to cerebral and spinal anemia. It is useful in hysteria, mental gloom, neurasthenia, and the diarrhea of debility.
Therapy. It is used in neurasthenia and hysteria, characterized by great mental despondency, foreboding, brooding, more of a quiet or silent character. It is especially indicated if the heart is feeble and irregular in its action, with general muscular feebleness.
Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage. Holly leaves are tonic and febrifuge; said to be very efficient in the treatment of intermittent fevers, in doses of 60 grains of their powder administered 1 or 2 hours previous to the chill. The infusion has also proved beneficial in icterus, pleuritis, catarrh, variola, arthritis, etc. The berries are said to be emeto-cathartic and cholagogue; from 8 to 15 of them will act as a hydragogue. According to Dr. Rousseau, ilicin acts decidedly upon the spleen, liver, and pancreas, producing a sedative effect, and is a cheap substitute for quinine. Its dose is 10 grains in pill form, gradually increased to 30 grains.
Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage. CHOCOLATE, when scraped into a coarse powder, and boiled in milk, or milk and water, is much used as an occasional substitute for coffee, and for a drink at meals. It is a very useful nutritive article of diet for invalids, persons convalescing from acute diseases, and others with whom its oily constituent does not disagree, as is apt to be the case with dyspeptics.
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.
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