Elaterium (Momordica elaterium)
by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica
Mind and Disposition
Depression of spirits.
Irresistible propensity to wander from home.
Throat
A feeling as if the posterior nares and upper part of the œsophagus were enlarged.
Stool and Anus
Discharges from the bowels of frothy water.
Dull olive-green discharges.
Bleeding of hæmorrhoidal tumors.
Sleep
Incessant gaping.
Fever
Chilliness, with continued gaping, as if an attack of intermittent fever were approaching.
Before the chill, gaping.
During the chill, pain in the head and limbs.
Fever, with violent tearing pains throughout the head; increased pains in the bowels and extremities; pains shooting to the tips of the fingers and toes, and then shooting back into the body.
Perspiration relieves all the symptoms.
If the intermittent fever is suppressed, urticaria break out all over the body.