Elsæis Goineensis

Elaeis guineensis. Aouara. Avoira. N. 0, Palmae (yields Palm Oil). Triturations of the fruit

Clinical

Diarrhcsa. Elephantiasis arabum. Gastric affections. Headadie. Leprosy. Sderiasis. Scleroderma. Sight, defective. Skin, affections of. Sore throat

Characteristics

Proved by Mure, it produced lancinations, burning, bruised and throbbing pains. Notable symptoms of leprosy Elaeis GUINEENSIS 695 and of scleroderma appear in the provings: anaesthesia; swelling and hardening of skin. Among other symptoms are : sensation as if a peg stuck in false ribs. Swelling of parts. The greatest number.of ntoms appeared on the lower extremities and skin. < From cold s (colic) ; from descending stairs (lancinations) ; from breathing. >Re8t.

Relations p. 695

Coma(0 : Anacard., Rhus t

Mind p. 695

Merry mood. — Disobedient.

Eyes p. 695

Swelling of eyes. — Sight weak ; confused vision by candlelight — He makes letters much too large. — Unable to look steadily at an object

Mouth p. 695

Burning in tongue ; has to stop eating. — Bad odour from mouth.

Throat p. 695

Lancinations in throat when swallowing ; stinging when swallowing saliva.

Stomach p. 695

Foul eructations.— Vomiting of a cake immediately after eating it ift. Abdomen.-— Colic after a cold drink.— Pain with bruised sensation in abdomen.

Stool and Anus p. 695

Frequent diarrhoea. — Black stools.

Urinary Organs p. 695

White urine.

Respiratory Organs p. 695

Breathing embarrassed.— Pricking in larynx on breathing. — Cough with lancination in sides.— Pain in middle of chest as if pricked by needles. — Lancinations every five minutes in r. chest

Neck and Back p. 695

<k>constrictive pains round neck as if from tight string.— Throbbing in nape. n. Upper Limbs.— Swelling of l. arm.— Beating in l. arm.— Insensibility of hand to fire-heat when approached to fire, but an hoi- after he feels it badly. S(3. Lower Limbs.— Staggering gait— Weakness of legs.— Swelling of r. leg.— Sharp pain lower part of l. leg as if a pen-knife were stuck in. — Throbbing in calves. — Hammering in tibia, nape of neck, and r. foot — Soreness of soles of feet when walking and when touched.

Generalities p. 695

Lancinations in various parts, esp. when going downstairs.

Skin p. 695

Skin seems thicker.— On each side of epigastrium skin seems thickened, with pain in last false ribs as if a peg were stuck in them. — Swelling, roughness, and itching of skin of l. leg.— mall vesicles appear on swollen r< leg ; and l. arm ; and on other parts without swelling. — Itching all Over, preventing sleep.