Elæis Guineensis

Aouara. Avoira. N. O. Palmæ (yields Palm Oil). Triturations of the fruit.

Clinical

Diarrhœa / Elephantiasis arabum / Gastric affections / Headache / Leprosy / Scleriasis / Scleroderma / Sight, defective / Skin, affections of / Sore throat

Characteristics

Proved by Mure, it produced lancinations, burning, bruised and throbbing pains. Notable symptoms of leprosy and of scleroderma appear in the provings: anæsthesia; 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 symptoms appeared on the lower extremities and skin. < From cold drinks (colic); from descending stairs (lancinations); from breathing. > Rest.

Relations

Compare: Anacard., Rhus t.

1. Mind

Merry mood. Disobedient.

3. Eyes

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

8. Mouth

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

9. Throat

Lancinations in throat when swallowing; stinging when swallowing saliva.

11. Stomach

Foul eructations. Vomiting of a cake immediately after eating it.

12. Abdomen

Colic after a cold drink. Pain with bruised sensation in abdomen.

13. Stool

Frequent diarrhœa. Black stools.

14. Urine

White urine.

17. Respiratory Organs

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.

20. Neck

Constrictive pains round neck as if from tight string. Throbbing in nape.

22. Upper Limbs

Swelling of l. arm. Beating in l. arm. Insensibility of hand to fire-heat when approached to fire, but an hour after he feels it badly.

23. 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.

24. Generalities

Lancinations in various parts, esp. when going downstairs.

25. Skin

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. Small vesicles appear on swollen r. leg; and l. arm; and on other parts without swelling. Itching all over, preventing sleep.