ELÆIS GUINEENSIS.

Elæis Guineensis, Linn.

Natural order , Palmæ.

Common names , Aouara, Avoira, Coco de Denté, Palm. Yields palm oil.

Preparation , Triturations of the fruit.

Authority.

1 , Proving with the triturated fruit, Mure, Pathogénésie Brésilienne, p. 142; 2 , second proving, by inhalation, and taking 10 drops of the tincture, ibid., p. 145.

MIND

• Emotional.
• Merry mood (first day), 2.
• Merry mood and laughter, even when alone (second day), 1.
• Ennui when alone (morning), (first day), 1.
• Melancholy (third day), 1.
• Vexed mood; bad humor (third day), 1.
• Inclination to scold (third day), 1.
• Disobedience (third day), 1.
• Intellectual.
• He recalls the circumstances of a former shipwreck (second day), 1.

HEAD

• Hammering pain all through the head (afternoon), (first day), 1. [10.]
• Hammering in the temple (first day), 2.

EYE

• Swelling of the right eye (second day), 2.
• Swelling of the left eye (second day), 2.
• Sight is weaker than formerly (third day), 1.
• He cannot look steadily (second day), 2.
• Confused vision by candlelight; he makes letters much too large (third day), 1.

MOUTH

• Throbbing toothache (fourth day), 1.
• Burning in the tongue while taking dinner, so violent that he had to stop eating (fifth day), 1.
• Bad smell from the mouth (first day), 2.
• Bad smell in the mouth, after drinking water (fifth day), 1.

THROAT. [20.]

• Lancinations in the throat, when swallowing (fourth day), 1.
• Stinging pain in the throat when swallowing saliva (fourth day), 1.

STOMACH

• Appetite.
• Good appetite (third day), 1.
• Want of appetite (afternoon), (first day), 1.
• Eructation.
• Foul eructations (first day), 2.
• Bitter eructations (morning), (first day), 1.
• Nausea and Vomiting.
• Nausea (morning), (first day), 1.
• Desire to vomit (third day), 1.
• Vomiting of a cake immediately after eating it (second day), 2.

ABDOMEN

• Pain, with bruised sensation, in the abdomen (fourth day), 1. [30.]
• Colic after a cold drink (third day), 1.
• Violent colic (third day), 1.

STOOL

• Frequent diarrhœa (second day), 2.
• Black stools (third day), 1.

URINARY ORGANS

• White urine (third day), 1.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• Pricking in the larynx, on respiration (fourth day), 1.
• Cough, with lancination in the sides (fifth day), 1.
• The respiration is embarrassed (afternoon), (first day), 1.
• Breathing embarrassed, with a sigh (third day), 1.

CHEST

• Pain in middle of chest, as if pricked by needles (afternoon), (first day), 1. [40.]
• Lancinations in the right side of the chest every five minutes, less during rest (first day), 2.
• Bruised pain on the right side of the chest (second day), 1.

NECK

• Constrictive pain around the neck, as from a tight string (third day), 1.
• Throbbing pain in the nape of the neck (morning), (first day), 1.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

• Pains in the right shoulder, as from a blow (third day), 1.
• Tumor on the left arm (second day), 2.
• Beating on the left arm, as if it were drummed on with the finger (afternoon), (first day), 1.
• He approaches his hand to the fire without feeling burnt, though any one else would get burnt by doing so; after the lapse of an hour, however, he feels badly burnt (fourth day), 1.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

• Staggering gait (afternoon), (first day), 1.
• Knee.
• Pain in the right knee, as from a blow (second and third day), 1. [50.]
• Pain at the bend of the knee, as from a blow (third day).
• Leg.
• Swelling of the right leg (second day), 1.
• Weakness of the legs (third day), 1.
• Acute pain at the lower part of the left leg, as from the stroke of a penknife (second day), 1.
• Stinging pains in the right leg (second day), 1.
• Throbbing pain in the calves (third day), 1.
• Hammering pain in the tibia, nape of the neck, and right foot (third day), 1.
• Foot.
• The swelling of the foot gradually increases (fourth day), 1.
• Pain, on walking, whenever the foot touched the ground; the same pain is felt on touching the soles of the feet with the hand (second day), 1.
• Constant hammering pain in the foot (fourth day), 1.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS. [60.]

• He feels strong and healthy (second day), 1.
• Lancinations in different parts of the body, especially when going downstairs (second day), 2.

SKIN

• The skin seems thicker (second day), 1.
• On each side of the pit of the stomach the skin seems thickened, with pain in the last false ribs, as if a peg were stuck in there (first day), 2.
• Swelling, roughness, and itching of the skin of the left leg (second day), 1.
• Eruptions.
• Appearance of small vesicles on the swollen leg; they break under pressure, and a little fluid spurts out (second day), 1.
• Similar vesicles appear on the left leg, on the arm, and on various other parts, without swelling (second day), 1.
• The vesicles on the right leg and foot have dried up; others appear on left leg and arm (sixth day), 1.
• Eruption of vesicles full of water, and larger than the previous ones (first day), 2.
• Itching all over (second day), 1. [70.]
• Continual itching all over (second day), 1.
• Itching every five minutes, especially on the legs (first day), 2.
• Sleeplessness at night on account of itching (second day), 2.

SLEEP

• Drowsiness in the daytime (morning), (first day), 1.

FEVER

• Shivering (third day), 1.
• Heat in the face (morning), (first day), 1.

CONDITIONS

• Aggravation.
• ( After cold drink ), Colic.
• ( Descending stairs ), Lancinations in different parts.
• ( On respiration ), Pricking in larynx.
• Amelioration.
• ( Rest ), Lancinations in side of chest.