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milk, and so on to the thirtieth attenuation, by which the power 
of the medicine seems to be increased. 
Puystorocica Errxcts.— Coffea acts as an astringent and 
antiseptic. When a person unaccustomed to the use of Coffee 
drinks a moderate quantity, or one accustomed to its use drinks 
an immoderate quantity, for the first hours the self-conscious- 
ness—the feeling of his existence, of his life—becomes more 
lively. He gets a circumscribed redness of the cheeks, a red- 
ness which does not become gradually lost in the surrounding 
parts, but which presents the appearance of a well-defined red 
spot. The forehead and palms of the hands become warm and 
moist; he feels warmer than before. There occurs a kind of 
voluptuous palpitation of the heart, somewhat resembling that 
occurring during great joy; the veins of the hands swell. 
Presence of mind, attention, sympathy, become more active 
than in the healthy, natural state; all external objects seem to 
excite a feeling of pleasure. If the quantity of Coffee taken be 
immoderately great, and the body very excitable and quite 
unused to Coffee, there occurs a semilateral headache, from the 
upper part of the parietal bone to the base of the brain. The 
cerebral membranes of this side also seem to be painfully sensi- 
tive. The hands and feet become cold. On the brow and 
palms, cold sweat appears. The disposition becomes irritable 
and intolerant; no one can do anything to please him; he is 
anxious and trembling; restless; weeps almost without cause, 
or smiles most involuntarily. After a few hours, sleep comes on, 
out of which he starts with affright. I have seen this rare 
state two or three times” (Hahnemann on Effects of Coffee, 
trans. by R. E. Dudgeon, M.D.) 
Mepicat Uses (Homa@oparuic).—Coffee produces in large 
doses headaches; it therefore cures in moderate ones head- 
aches that do not proceed from derangement of the sto- 
mach, or acidity of the prime vie. It favours the peristaltic 
motion of the bowels in large doses, and therefore cures, in - 
smaller doses, chronic diarrhceas; and in like manner, the 
