Erythroxylon Coca- Linaceae
General
For persons who are wearing out under the physical and mental strain of a busy life; who suffer from exhausted nerves and brain [compare, Fluor. ac.]. Melancholy, from nervous exhaustion; bashful, timid, ill at ease in society. Sad, irritable; delights in solitude and obscurity. Longing for alcoholic liquors and tobacco; for the accustomed stimulants. Wants of breath: in those engaged in athletic sports; shortness of breath, in old people; in those who use tobacco and whiskey to excess. Haemoptysis, with oppression of chest and dyspnoea. Sleepy, but can find no rest anywhere. Violent palpitation: from incarcerated flatus [Arg. n. , Nux]; from overexertion; from heart strain [Arn. , Bor. , Caust.]. Bad effects: from mountain climbing or ballooning [Ars.]; of stimulants, alcohol, tobacco. Prevents caries of teeth.
Relations
Compare: patient desires light and company, Stram. ; desires darkness and solitude, Coca. Was first used as a tobacco antidote.