Thevetia
by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
nereifolia. Cerbera thevetia. Ahovai-baum (of the Antilles). N. O. Apocynaceæ. Tincture or trituration of the seeds.
Clinical
Diarrhœa / 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.
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.