Thevetia
Clarke, A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, 1900, Vol. II, p. 1414
Thevetia nereifolia. Cerbera thevetia. Ahovai-baum (of the Antilles). N. O. Apocynaceae. Tincture or trituration of the seeds.
Clinical
Diarrhoea. Somnolence. Throat, affections of. Vomiting.
Characteristics
J. Balfour observed the effect of eating the seeds on two boys, 8 and 6J. This peculiar symptom was noted : "A tendency to sleep, disturbed every three to four minutes by irritation in the throat, and the discharge of a mouthful of frothy mucus with a sort of gulp ; then the child would lie down and close his eyes until again disturbed."
Relations
Compare: Apocy. Stropb. Upas.
Throat
Tendency to sleep, disturbed every three to four minutes by irritation in the throat and discharge of a mouthful of frothy mucus with a sort of gulp ; then the child would lie down and close his eyes again until again disturbed.
Stomach
Vomiting.
Stool and Anus
Bowels moved twice or thrice.