Maté

Ilex Paraguayensis, D. C. (Ilex Maté, Aug. St. Hilaire; Psorulea glandulosa, Linn.)

Natural order , Ilicineæ.

Common names , Maté, Paraguay tea.

Preparation , Tincture of leaves.

Authorities.

1 , Mantegazza, general effects, Gaz. Med. Ital., Lombardy, 1859 (from Marvaud); 2 , Marvaud, Les Aliments d'Épargne, Page 343, experiments on self with the infusion (20 grammes of Maté to 250 grammes of water) taken fasting; also three experiments with the sphymograph; No. 1, a man of 35, took 60 grains of infusion (15 grammes Maté to 200 of water), tracings 1 to 3; No. 2, a man of 30, took same, tracings 4 and 5; No. 3, a man of 25, took same, tracings 6 and 7.

MIND

• State of satisfaction and contentment with everything, without any delirium, 2.
• Feeling of calmness and comfort; happy and pleased with all the world; remained several hours tranquil and motionless on my bed, occupied with a throng of pleasant thoughts, but unable to sleep, though without the malaise which generally accompanies wakefulness (after fifteen minutes), 2.
• Acts especially on the intellect, 1.

HEAD

• Slight headache (after a few minutes), 2.

STOMACH

• Quite painful cramps in the stomach (after a few minutes), 2.
• A peculiar, quite specific, but indefinable, sort of gastric irritation; more than any other similar beverage, it is apt to disturb digestion when taken after a meal; but few stomachs can bear it well, 1.

ABDOMEN

• Borborygmi (after a few minutes), 2.
• Tension of the abdomen (after a few minutes), 2.

STOOL

• Promotes the peristaltic action of the bowels; removes constipation, 1.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS. [10.]

• Respiration quickened, 2.
• Considerable acceleration of respiration, 1.

HEART AND PULSE

• Acts more strongly on the heart than any other similar beverage, 1.
• The sphygmographic tracings show an accelerated action of the heart, wider oscillations, and diminished arterial tension, 2.
• Considerable acceleration of pulse, 1.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

• General hyperæsthesia, 1.
• Removes weariness, and disposes to exertion, 1.
• Violent excitement (after a few minutes), 2.

SLEEP

• The state of mental activity was at last succeeded by a peaceful slumber, from which I awoke next morning without the slightest headache or sense of depression, 2.

FEVER

• Bodily temperature lowered, 2. [20.]
• Cold feeling in the extremities and lumbar region (after a few minutes), 2.