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Kola Nut
(Cota acuminata)

COMMON NAMES:  Caffeine nut, kola tree, guru nut.
MEDICINAL PART:  Seed.
DESCRIPTION:  The kola tree grows wild in West Africa and is cultivated in tripical South America and in the West Indies.  The fruit is a yellowish-brown, woody pod that contains seceral large flattened, white or red nuts.
PROPERTIES AND USES:  Stimulant, tonic.  Kola nuts contain more caffeine that coffee berries and are taken as a stimulant to provent fatigue.  They also act as a tonic agent for the heart and are sometimes useful in relieving pains of neuralgia and headache.
PREPERATION AND DOSAGE:
Infusion:  Steep 1 tsp kola nuts in 1 cup water.  Take 1 cup a day.
Powder:  The powder can be taken conveniently in size 00 gelatin capsules, one or two at a time as needed.
 

The Herb Book   by John Lust