Coffee was originally dispensed by doctors as a medicine to cure asthma, hay fever, depression .
Coffee acts to relieve asthma by relaxing bronchial muscles.
Coffee authority Takayuki Shibamoto of the University of California, Davis, tells us there are 1,000 chemical compounds in coffee some of which are antioxidants. In test after test, coffee has been shown to boost alertness and mental activity. Coffee improves safe driving by reducing reaction times. Coffee improves the ability to do math. Coffee lifts depression, even chronic depression.