by Henry N. Guernsey — Key-Notes to the Materia Medica
Nervous sleeplessness; heart troubles, etc., of old tea-drinkers, palpitation of the heart, can't lie down.
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Thea chinensis appears in 5 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Thea chinensis. Natural order , Camelliaceæ. Common name , Tea. Preparation , Tincture or trituration of the leaves. Authorities.”
“Tea (THE) Nervous sleeplessness, heart troubles, palpitation, and dyspepsia of old tea-drinkers. Produces most of the sick headaches Tabacum antidotal (Allen). Temporary mental exaltation. Ill-humored. Sick headache radiating from one point. Sleepless and restless. Hallucinations of hearing. Cold damp feeling at back…”
“chinensis. Tea. N. O. Ternströmiaceæ (Genus, Camellia). Infusion. Tincture. Trituration of Theine. Delirium; tremens / Mania; suicidal / homicidal / Megrim / Nervousness / Neuralgia / Paralysis / Sleeplessness The use of Tea has spread from the older civilisations of the East to the newer ones of the West. Tea…”
“Sensation of complete relaxation of the stomach, with qualmishness and nausea, and discharge of water from the mouth; her stomach felt as if hanging down like an empty bag, and heavy.”
Kent's Repertory lists Thea chinensis in 145 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in MIND (42), HEAD (22), EXTREMITIES (17), STOMACH (17), GENERALITIES (11).
