Homeopathic Materia Medica

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

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 6 1/2. 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. Stroph. Upas.

SYMPTOMS.

9. 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.

11. Stomach.─Vomiting.

13. Stool.─Bowels moved twice or thrice.