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Therapeutic properties of coffee.

A habitual cup of coffee in the morning usually does not cause concern among lovers of this drink, but it is fraught with many properties similar to those of pharmaceuticals. Despite the fact that the coffee tree is not included in the list of generally recognized medicinal plants, the result from its use is closer in action to drugs than the result from the use of other types of medicinal plants for medicinal purposes.

The invigorating effect of the use of drinks from coffee beans is due to the presence in the composition of the fruits of the Coffee Tree of the substance Caffeine, which is part of the group of pharmaceuticals - psychomotor stimulants. Caffeine is an alkaloid that has a direct effect on the processes of inhibition and excitation in the cerebral cortex. The result of this effect is a transition from inhibition to excitation of the central nervous system or to an increase in the intensity of excitation of the central nervous system, which is expressed in multiple changes in physiological processes in the body, affecting not only the nervous system, but also the work of muscles (including skeletal muscles and smooth muscles of internal organs) and also radically changes the functioning of the cardiovascular system.

How does Caffeine in Coffee affect the human body:

It enhances the work of conditioned reflexes that a person develops and consolidates throughout his life. These reflexes play an adaptive function that allows the human body to adapt to changing environmental conditions and survive in this way.
Enhances the reflex excitability of the spinal cord and, accordingly, all branches of the peripheral nervous system.
Relaxes the vessels of the brain, which allows you to relieve spasms of the vessels of the brain (for example, with migraine or freezing).
It plays the role of a weak antidote for poisoning with substances that depress the functions of the central nervous system.
It improves the work of skeletal muscles, which contributes to increased motor activity, accuracy of movements and increases the overall level of performance.
Improves intellectual activity of a person, including mental clarity, memory, quick wit, promotes long-term intellectual activity.
Enhances cardiac activity (increases myocardial contractions), thereby increasing blood pressure, blood supply to organs and tissues, oxygen supply.
It acts on the walls of blood vessels, expanding the vessels of the brain, heart and kidneys, but narrowing the vessels of the abdominal organs (excluding the kidneys).
It inhibits platelet aggregation, which has a positive effect on blood thinning, and in combination with the expansion of the lumen of the main vessels, it prevents thrombosis and congestion in tissues at the microvascular level.
Stimulates the enzymatic activity of the stomach (helps increase the production of gastric juice) and increases appetite.
It has a diuretic effect (increases diuresis).
Accelerates metabolic processes, which may result in a quickly onset of hunger, a rapid consumption of excess substances accumulated in the tissues, including fats.
Reduces sleepiness.
Reduces the overall fatigue of the body by increasing the tone of the immune system.

But not always taking coffee in the form of a drink has a therapeutic effect. Therapeutic properties of Coffee can in some cases turn into an action that is directly opposite to the healing one, if the Coffee drink is used imprudently. Coffee is quite capable of inhibiting or completely blocking the action of many drugs, the properties of which are opposite to the invigorating effect of Coffee.

The properties of Caffeine, which have the opposite effect on drugs, is its ability to:

Weaken or completely neutralize the effect of sleeping pills or narcotic drugs, anticonvulsants, drugs to lower blood pressure.
Drinking Coffee can be risky in cases of diseases accompanied by bleeding (hemorrhages, stomach ulcers, trophic ulcers, postoperative unhealed wounds).
Caffeine reduces the properties of drugs - coagulants (promoting the fastest blood clotting).

Caffeine may also have obvious contraindications for use, which leads to the cessation of coffee consumption:

Increased excitability of the CNS,
Insomnia,
Chronic overwork and chronic stress,
Glaucoma,
Hypertonic disease,
Organic changes in the functioning of the cardiovascular system (especially in old age),
Increased acidity of the gastric enzyme,
Excessive consumption of caffeine during the day.

The ostensibly safe drink Coffee has a property that, when overdosed on Caffeine, will reverse the expected effect of Coffee as a stimulant. With prolonged and repeated use of Coffee during the day, new receptors (adenosine receptors) are formed in the human body, the action of which is opposite to that of Coffee - it causes inhibition of the central nervous system, which manifests itself in the form of drowsiness, decreased attention and fatigue. It is for this reason that there are strict restrictions on the use of Coffee during the day (the borderline daily dose for an adult should not exceed 0.03 ounces of the Caffeine substance). In terms of cups of Coffee, this means no more than 5 cups of Coffee (each cup of Coffee can contain Caffeine from 0.003 to 0.007 ounces, depending on the strength of the coffee drink). But a single dose of Caffeine when drinking Coffee should not exceed 0.01 ounces of Caffeine. It is for this reason that it is recommended to drink coffee in small cups.

Another unusual and important health effect of regular coffee consumption is associated with the abrupt withdrawal of coffee consumption. Such a sharp cancellation of the use of Coffee as a drink can cause the effect of excessive inhibition of the central nervous system and lead to phenomena of constant drowsiness, fatigue and even depression. For those people who decide to stop drinking Coffee, it is necessary to gradually reduce the dose of Caffeine (reduce the amount of coffee drink consumed from coffee beans), and not stop drinking it in one day.

Due to its therapeutic properties Coffee is one of the most accessible means for the prevention of many diseases associated with its effects on physiological and biochemical processes, and does not require professional medical knowledge about this drink.