Thevetia.

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.