Elaeis Guineensis
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General
Elaeis Guineensis.
Elaeis guineensis. Aouara. Avoira. N. O. Palmae (yields Palm Oil). Triturations of the fruit.
Clinical
Diarrhoea. Elephantiasis arabum. Gastric affections. Headache. Leprosy. Scleriasis. Scleroderma. Sight, defective. Skin, affections of. Sore throat.
Characteristics
Proved by Mure, it produced lancinations, burning, bruised and throbbing pains. Notable symptoms of leprosy and of scleroderma appear in the provings: anaesthesia; swelling and hardening of skin. Among other symptoms are: sensation as if a peg stuck in false ribs. Swelling of parts. The greatest number of symptoms appeared on the lower extremities and skin. < From cold drinks (colic); from descending stairs (lancinations); from breathing. > Rest.
Relations
Compare: Anacard., Rhus t.
Mind
Merry mood.—Disobedient.
Eyes
Swelling of eyes
Sight weak; confused vision by candle-light
He makes letters much too large
Unable to look steadily at an object.
Mouth
Burning in tongue; has to stop eating.—Bad odour from mouth.
Throat
Lancinations in throat when swallowing; stinging when swallowing saliva.
Stomach
Foul eructations.—Vomiting of a cake immediately after eating it.
Abdomen
Colic after a cold drink.—Pain with bruised sensation in abdomen.
Stool
Frequent diarrhoea.—Black stools.
Urine
White urine.
Respiratory Organs
Breathing embarrassed
Pricking in larynx on breathing
Cough with lancination in sides
Pain in middle of chest as if pricked by needles
Lancinations every five minutes in r. chest.
Neck
Constrictive pains round neck as if from tight string.—Throbbing in nape.
Upper Limbs
Swelling of l. arm
Beating in l. arm
Insensibility of hand to fire-heat when approached to fire, but an hour after he feels it badly.
Lower Limbs
Staggering gait
Weakness of legs
Swelling of r. leg
Sharp pain lower part of l. leg as if a pen-knife were stuck in
Throbbing in calves
Hammering in tibia, nape of neck, and r. foot
Soreness of soles of feet when walking and when touched.
Generalities
Lancinations in various parts, esp. when going downstairs.
Skin
Skin seems thicker
On each side of epigastrium skin seems thickened, with pain in last false ribs as if a peg were stuck in them
Swelling, roughness, and itching of skin of l. leg
Small vesicles appear on swollen r. leg; and l. arm; and on other parts without swelling
Itching all over, preventing sleep.