Does anyone have any information on this remedy?

Yes- I have the proving.
Hahnemann Materia Medica pura vol 6 Page: 27.
there was a problem with the source for a long time, so that the remedy was excluded from repertories- but nowadays the problem is solved,a nd it is a valuable remedy which resembles similitude to Nux-v.

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Hans Weitbrecht
Consultant Homeopath

ummm...I feel like an idiot. I didn't find it in allens so I didn't even look in the pura.

from "spirit of homeopathic remedies" by dr.GRANDGEORGE:
Av patients crave coffee and also they often feel disappointed when they've got what they wanted.

He has many observations of this kind in that book.

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Astra<br /><br />"Difficult cases take some time to be cured,<br />impossible - a little longer."

You mean they don't like the coffee when they get it????
Therese

funny.

Sorry. I should have written it more clearly (except that I wanted you to ask!)
The pt craves and likes(!) coffee.
Then Grandgeorge writes about their vertigo that's worse when they cross a bridge over runing water (he says that that bridge symbolizes a challenge they need to undertake and they need stimulants (coffee) to do that.
And, as a separate characteristic: they want something and are often disapponted when they get it.

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Astra<br /><br />"Difficult cases take some time to be cured,<br />impossible - a little longer."

REGION
Muscles; joints; long bones. Digestion. * Right side. Left side.

LEADING SYMPTOMS
M OVERSENSITIVE, irritable and excitable; the slightest offence, a mere trifle, irritates.
"Its similarity to Nux vomica consists mainly in the mental condition of the patient for in Angustura we have to deal with a patient just as irritable and oversensitive as Nux vomica. He is always in ill-humour and discontented, but what enables us to discriminate is the pusillanimity of the Angustura patient. He is more of the nature of a coward. He lacks the tenacity obstinacy and the overbearing self-confidence of Nux vomica. [Choudhuri]
M Appearance.
"Appears happy and excited, but this mask hides a weak character without drive, perseverance and real willpower." [Vithoulkas]
M Enthusiasm.
"Becomes extremely enthusiastic for a particular project. In his mind, he is very creative, but he misses the intellectual power to execute it. He imagines a great future but nothing comes of it." [Vithoulkas]
M Excitement.
Quickly excited and quickly agitated. [Comp. the rapid sexual excitement but low sexual performance, and the general aggravation from touch.]
M SUDDEN anxiety at night, in bed.
M The Bridge.
"As studied by E. Valero, the Angustura vera subjects are people afflicted with vertigo when passing over water, with fear of sinking. The bridge symbolizes the passage from one shore to another, the transition between two states or two desires in conflict ['make it or break it']. They must pass over the river of daily selfish desire to reach the other side, which is paradise. They need their coffee for stimulation so they can go out and meet this challenge. … These are people who are always disappointed as soon as they reach their goals and get what they wanted. They must learn that bliss is not obtained through achievements in the material world, nor in aggrandizement of the ego, but in fulfilling the true potential of the heart." [Grandgeorge]
G Tendency to obesity.
G Great FATIGUE, most in THIGHS. [Hering]
Pain, as from fatigue, in thighs and legs, when walking, as if they were going to break. [Clarke]
Pain in the masseter muscles, as if one had fatigued them by chewing too much.
G Chilliness. Lack of vital heat and lack of irritability.
G DESIRE FOR COFFEE.
"This craving does not come out of the need to take coffee like a medicament against a tired feeling. In Angustura it is just a liking for the taste of coffee and therefore they can drink one or two litres a day and more." [Rohrer, Characteristics of Angustura vera, Hom. Links 2/93]
G &lt; Indoor air.
G &lt; Ascending.
&gt; Descending.
G &lt; Jar.
G Worse TOUCH. &lt; Pressure.
&gt; Rest.
G &gt; Rising up.
&gt; Standing.
&lt; Walking fast.
G Coldness of affected parts.
G BITTERNESS.
Angustura has BITTERNESS as one theme running through its picture. It is one of the most physically bitter substances known to us. On a mental and emotional level there is bitterness not only from past offences but also in the present i.e. taking things in bad part and being easily offended. Personal offence from slightest wrong.
Some rubrics in which it appears:
Easily offended - raise to italics [Kent].
Embittered.
Embittered at slight offences.
Hatred - bitter feelings for slight offences.
This bitterness appears physically in various forms:
Mouth, taste, bitter.
Mouth, taste, bitter after eating and after smoking tobacco.
Bitter eructations and bilious.
[Ward, The Homoeopath, 53, 1994]
G Drawing, tension and stiffness of muscles and joints.
& Bruised, sore feeling, as after a blow. [Farrington]
Sensation of weakness and of stiffness in the whole body; as if the marrow of the bone were stiff.
Great difficulty in walking.
G CRAMPING PAIN AND TENSION IN JOINTS AND MUSCLES [esp. of extensors].
Worse Morning on waking.
& Constant desire to stretch.
"When walking, he feels a painful straining in the muscles, here and there. In the evening, after sitting for an hour, he feels quite stiff and contracted; after rising from his seat he is unable to straighten himself." [Jahr]
G SQUEEZING PAIN IN GLANDS.
G Injuries to periosteum.
& Incipient muscular contractions. [comp. Ruta]
G Faintness during headache; during nausea.
P Headache # asthma.
P Headache in evening at twilight.
P PERSPIRATION of FACE and FOREHEAD.
COLD perspiration of feet.
P Sensation as if the uterus were beating against the right ovary and right hip. [Clarke]
P Heart feels suddenly swollen.
Better Lying on left side.
& Great fear of dying.

RUBRICS
MIND: Cheerfulness in evening in bed [2]; during manual labour [1/1]. Concentration difficult, can't fix attention [2]. Dreams, weeping [1]. Embittered from slight offences [1/1]. Fear to go to sleep, to close the eyes lest he should never wake [1; Aeth.]. Jesting cannot take a joke [1]. Laughing &lt; [1]. Offended easily, takes everything in bad part [1]. Making many plans [1]. Sensitive to pain [2].
VERTIGO: When crossing water [1].
HEAD: Constriction in temples on opening mouth [1/1]. Heat in forehead at night [1]. Sensation of numbness in temples [1; Plat.]. Shocks in forehead [3].
FACE: Exostosis of lower jaw [3; Calc-f.]. Pain on excitement [1]; stooping &lt; [1]; walking &lt; [1].
MOUTH: Bitter taste after smoking [1; Puls.].
STOMACH: Sensation of emptiness after siesta [1/1]. Hiccough & diarrhoea [1]. Pain & vertigo [1]; stitching pain after warm milk [2/1].
ABDOMEN: Pain at umbilicus extending to chest [2]; to sternum [2/1]; stitching pain after warm milk [2/1]. Rumbling after warm milk [1].
FEMALE: Violent sexual desire & involuntary orgasms [1; Plat.].
RESPIRATION: Asthmatic respiration # headache [1].
CHEST: Pain better eructation [1]; pressing pain in sides during expectoration [2/1]. Palpitation of heart while sitting [2; Asaf., Spig.].
BACK: Pain in cervical region on raising the arms [2]; sensation as if dislocated, cervical region, when lifting the arm [2/1]; sensation as if sacrum were broken at night in bed, better rising and walking [1/1]. Quivering in cervical region [2/1]. Twitching, like electric shocks [2; Nux-v.].
EXTREMITIES: Cramps in knees while standing [1]; while walking [1].
SLEEP: Sleeplessness from vivacity [2].
CHILL: Affected parts [3]; better open air [2]. After exposure in tropical countries [2].
SKIN: Numbness after scratching [1]. Tension after scratching [1].
GENERALITIES: Blondes [3]. Convulsions from injuries [2]. Quivering in glands [3]. While sitting erect &lt; [2]; sitting bent &gt; [2].

FOOD
Aversion: Fats and rich foods [3]; meat [2]; alcohol [1]; liqueur [1]; pork [1]; solid food [1].
Desire: Coffee [3; "increased desire for coffee when mental functions begin to slow down" - Vithoulkas]; cold drinks [2];

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David Kempson.<br />Dip.Homoeopathic Medicine.<br />Lecturer Australian College of Natural Therapies (Brisbane Campus)<br />Member AHA, AROH, HMA<br />Member Australian Homoeopathic Association. Member#0442.