Thevetia nerifolia
by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Thevetia nereifolia, Juss. (Cerbera thevetia, Linn.)
Natural order , Apocynaceæ.
Common names , Ahovai-baum (of the Antilles).
Authority.
Dr. John Balfour, Edin. Med. Journ., 1856, p. 1094, effects of eating some seeds in two boys, aged eight years and six years and a half.
- A tendency to sleep, disturbed every three to five minutes by irritation in the throat, and the discharge of a mouthful of frothy mucus with a sort op gulp; this action was very peculiar, I have never seen anything like it before; then the child would lie down and close his eyes until again disturbed.
- Vomiting.
- Bowels of both moved twice or thrice.
- Pulse of the older, 60; of the younger, 70.