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COCA (Erythroxylum coca Lam.) +Activities (Coca) — Analgesic (f; CRC; HHB); Anesthetic (1; CRC; PHR; PH2); Antibacterial (1;
CRC); Aperient (f; CRC); Aphrodisiac (f; CRC); Astringent (f; CRC); Carcinogenic (f; PHR);
Carminative (f; CRC); CNS-Stimulant (1; CRC; PH2); Deobstruent (f; CRC); Depurative (f; CRC);
Digestive (f; CRC); Diuretic (f; CRC; HHB); Embryotoxic (f; PHR); Euphoriant (f; CRC); Hallu-
cinogen (f; CRC); Immunosuppressant (f; PHR); Mydriatic (f; CRC); Narcotic (f; CRC); Nervine
(f; CRC); Paralytic (1; PH2); Psychedelic (f; CRC); Stimulant (f; CRC); Tonic (1; HHB).
Indications (Coca) — Altitude Sickness (1; CRC; HAD; JAD); Asthma (f; CRC; HHB); Bacteria
(1; CRC); Bleeding (f; CRC); Cancer (f; CRC); Childbirth (f; DAV); Conjunctivosis (f; CRC);
Dermatosis (f; CRC); Diarrhea (f; DAV); Dyspepsia (f; CRC; DAV); Eczema (f; CRC); Edema (f;
CRC); Enterosis (f; DAV); Epistaxis (f; CRC); Fatigue (1; CRC; DAV); Fracture (f; CRC); Gas (f;
CRC); Gastrosis (f; CRC); Gingivosis (f; CRC); Gout (f; CRC); Headache (f; CRC; DAV); Hem-
orrhoid (f; CRC); Hoarseness (f; CRC); Hunger (f; DAV; HHB); Hypochondria (f; CRC; HHB);
Itch (f; CRC); Melancholy (f; CRC); Nausea (f; CRC); Neuralgia (f; CRC); Nervousness (f; CRC);
Neurasthenia (f; CRC); Neurosis (f; CRC); Ophthalmia (f; CRC); Pain (1; CRC; HHB; PHR; PH2);
Rheumatism (f; CRC; DAV); Side Ache (f; CRC); Sore (f; CRC); Splenosis (f; CRC); Stomachache
(f; CRC; DAV); Stomatosis (f; CRC); Swelling (f; CRC); Syncope (f; CRC); Throat (f; CRC);
Water Retention (f; CRC; HHB); Wound (f; CRC).
Dosages (Coca) — Individual dose, 3 g dry leaf (HHB). Maximum individual dose 30 mg cocaine
(HHB).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Coca) — Not covered (AHP). Classified as
a drug, which, normally, must be registered as a pharmaceutical specialty (AEH). Embryotoxic,
cocaine passes into the fetus and mother’s milk (PHR). In high doses it may paralyze motor neuron
fibers (PH2).