Euphorbia Corollata
Clarke, A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, 1900, Vol. I, p. 734
Large Flowering Spurge. N. O. Euphorbiaceae. Tincture and triturations of the root Oil — Cholera. Cholera infantum. Cholerine. Diarrhoea. Gastritis.
Head
sickness. Characteristics. — E. Cool produces gastro-enteric disturbances like other Euphorbias, but with peculiarities especially in the sequence and character of the vomit : (i) deadly nausea, (2) sudden and powerful vomiting of food in stomach, (3) throws up large quantities of water mixed with mucus, (4) then of clear fluid like rice-water, (5) copious watery evacuations of the bowels. These symptoms are accompanied by great anxiety, deadly prostration, and cold sweat. Attacks recur after short intermissions.
Mind
Great anxiety — Wants to die.
Stomach
Sudden deathly nausea and prostration, without previous pain. — Sudden powerful vomiting of food, then quantities of water mixed with mucus, then clear rice-water-like fluid ; followed almost immediately by diarrhoea. — Inflammation of stomach and bowels. 12, 13. Abdomen and Stool.— Great commotion in bowels, followed immediately by copious watery evacuations.
Heart
Pulse soft ; sinks to 40.
Generalities
Death-like faintness and exhaustion. — Felt like an attack of sea-sickness. — Symptoms pass away in a short time.
Fever
Cool skin covered with beaded sweat. — Cold hands, feet, and nose. — Diaphoresis.