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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.
SYMPTOMS.
1. Mind.-Merry mood.-Disobedient.
3. Eyes.-Swelling of eyes.-Sight weak; confused vision by candle-light.-He makes letters much too large.-Unable to look steadily at an object.
8. Mouth.-Burning in tongue; has to stop eating.-Bad odour from mouth.
9. Throat.-Lancinations in throat when swallowing; stinging when swallowing saliva.
11. Stomach.-Foul eructations.-Vomiting of a cake immediately after eating it.
12. Abdomen.-Colic after a cold drink.-Pain with bruised sensation in abdomen.
13. Stool.-Frequent diarrhoea.-Black stools.
14. Urine.-White urine.
17. 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.
20. Neck.-Constrictive pains round neck as if from tight string.-Throbbing in nape.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. Generalities.-Lancinations in various parts, esp. when going downstairs.
25. 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.
