Asimina Triloba
by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
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.