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 Property of Cocoa._ The mild stimulating property which cocoa possesses
is due to the presence of the two substances, theobromine and caffein.
The presence of theobromine is peculiar to cocoa, but caffein is a
stimulating principle which also occurs in tea and coffee. Whilst in the
quantities in which they are present in cocoa (about 1.5 per cent. of
theobromine and 0.6 per cent. of caffein) they act only as agreeable
stimulants, in the pure condition, as white crystalline powders, they
are powerful curative agents. Caffein is well known as a specific for
nervous headaches, and as a heart stimulant and diuretic. Theobromine is
similar in action, but has the advantage for certain cases, that it has
much less effect on the central nervous system, and for this reason it
is a very valuable medicine for sufferers from heart dropsy, and as a
tonic for senile heart. That its medicinal properties are appreciated is
shown by its price: during 1918 the retail price was about 8 shillings
an ounce, from which we can calculate that every pound of cocoa
contained nearly two shillingsworth of theobromine. _"Soluble" Cocoa._
Whilst Forster states that treated cocoa is the most digestible, experts
are not in agreement as to which is the more valuable foodstuff, the
pure untouched cocoa, or that which is treated during its manuf
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