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Broncholytic (1; PHR; PH2); Cardiotonic (1; PHR; PH2); CNS-Stimulant (1; APA; TRA); Comedogenic
(1; CRC); Digestive (f; APA); Diuretic (1; APA; PHR; PH2; TRA); Ecbolic (f; CRC; DAD); Emmen-
agogue (root) (f; CRC; DAD); Emollient (1; APA; CRC); Hypotensive (f; GMH); Lipolytic (1; BRU;
FNF); Myorelaxant (1; PHR; PH2); Parasiticide (f; CRC; DAD); Secretolytic (f; PH2); Stimulant (f;
APA; PH2); Thermogenic (1; HAD); Thyroregulator (f; HH2; PH2); Tonic (f; KOM; PHR); Vasodilator
(1; JFM; PHR; PH2).
Indications (Cacao) — ADD (1; DAD); Adenopathy (f; HH2); Alopecia (f; CRC); Asthma (1; APA;
DAV); Bacteria (1; APA); Bite (f; DAD); Bleeding (f; IED); Bronchosis (1; APA); Burn (f; APA;
IED; JFM); Cancer (f; JFM); Cellulite (1; BRU; FNF; HAD); Chafing (f; APA; FEL); Childbirth (f;
CRC; DAD; JFM); Cold (1; APA); Congestion (1; APA); Cough (f; APA; CRC; DAD); Cystosis (f;
KOM; PHR; PH2); Debility (f; TRA); Dermatosis (f; IED); Diabetes (f; KOM; PHR; PH2); Diarrhea
(1; APA; KOM; PHR; PH2); Eczema (f; DAV); Enterosis (1; APA; PHR; PH2); Eruption (f; JFM);
Fever (f; APA; CRC); Flu (1; APA); Hemorrhoid (1; CRC); Hepatosis (f; PHR; PH2); High Blood
Pressure (f; GMH); Hyperkinesis (1; DAD); Infection (1; APA; PHR); Malaria (f; CRC); Mastosis
(f; APA; CRC; JFM); Nephrosis (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Nipple (f; FEL); Obesity (f; BRU; FNF; HAD);
Ophthalmia (f; CRC; DAD); Parasite (f; CRC; DAD); Parturition (f; APA); Pregnancy (f; APA);
Proctosis (f; JFM); Rheumatism (f; CRC); Scabies (f; DAV); Screw Worm (f; JFM); Snakebite (f;
CRC); Thyroidosis (f; HH2); Tumor (1; CRC; JFM); Vaginosis (f; JFM); Water Retention (1; APA;
PHR; PH2; TRA); Worm (f; CRC); Wound (f; DAD; JFM); Wrinkle (f; APA; CRC; DAD).
Dosages (Cacao) — 1–2 tsp cocoa/cup water and/or milk (APA).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Cacao) — Not covered (AHP). Not approved
(KOM). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages or with consuming
normal amounts of chocolate products” (PH2) (but PH2 designates no dosage level and does not
define normal usage! JAD). Commission E reports contraindications for seed and seed shell:
hypersensitivity; adverse effects: allergic reactions with skin manifestations and migraine (AEH).
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome should avoid cocoa-containing products (APA). Cocoa butter
clogs pores, causing blackheads in animals (APA). Biogenic amines (phenylethylamine, serotonin,
tryptamine, and tyramine) can trigger migraine attacks (free amines total 750–1440 ppm in fer-
mented beans). Even caffeine can trigger headaches in naive subjects. Theophylline is present in
traces only in unroasted beans, which disappear with roasting (HHB). Enzymes such as hydrolase,
lipase, and proteinase are deactivated in roasting. If caffeine from coffee works for hyperkinesis
(ADD), a big if, why not caffeine from chocolate, or tea, both of which may have even more health
benefits via their catechin-tannins? Milk chocolate may have 2000 ppm caffeine, bitter chocolate
4000 ppm (PH2).
CAJEPUT (Melaleuca leucadendra L.) ++Synonyms — Kajuputi leucadendra (L.) Rusby, Myrtus leucadendra L.
After visiting Australia and conferring with teatree experts, I am convinced that most of the
published studies are taxonomically confused. I am using the Cajeput in the sense of the USDA,
not in the narrower Australian sense of cajuput, which follows. The lazy way out, lumping the
species, won’t solve the taxonomic quandary.
Activities (Cajeput) — Analgesic (1; CRC); Antiseptic (1; CRC; PHR; PH2); Astringent (1; CRC);
Carminative (1; CRC); Emollient (1; CRC); Insectifuge (1; CRC; WOI); Rubefacient (1; CRC;
KOM; PHR; PH2); Sedative (f; CRC); Stimulant (1; CRC); Stomachic (1; CRC); Suppurative (1;
CRC); Vermifuge (1; CRC; WOI).
Indications (Cajeput) — Acne (1; CRC); Arthrosis (f; CRC); Asthma (1; CRC); Backache
(1; FNF; PH2); Boil (1; CRC); Bronchosis (1; CRC; WOI); Bruise (f; CRC; PHR); Burn (f;