Asimina Triloba

Paw Paw, or Custard Apple. N. O. Anonaceæ. Tincture of ripe and unripe fruit, green leaves, bark, and root.

Clinical

Aphthæ / Carbuncle / Cramp / Diarrhœa / Fever / Scarlatina / Throat, sore

Characteristics

The Anonaceæ, to which Asimina belongs, are allied to the Magnolia family. From eating the unripe fruit five children developed high fever, sore throat, and a scarlet eruption, with diarrhœa, one of them having eventually a carbuncle. It has also been proved. The mouth, throat and stomach are irritated. Drinks much. Desire for ice-cold things and < after eating.

Relations

Compare: Caps., Bell., Illic. anis (colic).

8, 9. Mouth and Throat. . Mouth feels corroded; fauces red, swollen; tonsils and submaxillary glands enlarged.

11. Stomach

Nausea and belching; soreness in regions of stomach and abdomen on pressure.

12. Abdomen

Colic.

13. Stool and Anus

Diarrhœa after eating; yellowish discharges; soreness of anus when wiping it. Sudden urging to stool, with sensation as if a stick the thickness of a thumb passed down the rectum; followed by a sudden diarrhœic stool, repeated every ten or fifteen minutes, with. chilliness, drowsiness, and weak voice.

17. Respiratory Organs

Hoarseness; the voice is weak and talking is an effort, as if the mucous membrane was thickened.

18. Chest

Cramp in chest, lasting three hours, with blueness of face.

25. Skin

Itching when undressing. Scarlet rash followed by desquamation.

26. Sleep

Fever, with sleepiness. Drowsiness and sleeplessness alternating.

27. Fever

Fever heat, with desire for something icy-cold; with drowsiness; with much thirst.