Asimina Triloba.
Paw Paw, or Custard Apple. N. O. Anonaceć. Tincture of ripe and unripe
fruit, green leaves, bark, and root.Clinical.─
Aphthć. Carbuncle. Cramp. Diarrha.
Fever. Scarlatina. Throat, sore.
Characteristics.─
The Anonaceć,
to which Asimina belongs, are allied to the Magnolia
family. From eating the unripe fruit five children developed high fever, sore throat, and a
scarlet eruption, with diarrha, one of them having eventually a carbuncle. It has also
been proved. The mouth, throat and stomach are irritated. Drinks much. Desire for ice-cold
things and < after eating.
Relations.─
Compare:
Caps., Bell., Illic. anis (colic).
SYMPTOMS.
8, 9. Mouth and Throat.─
Mouth feels corroded;
fauces red, swollen; tonsils and submaxillary glands enlarged.
11. Stomach.─
Nausea and belching; soreness in
regions of stomach and abdomen on pressure.
12. Abdomen.─
Colic.
13. Stool and Anus.─
Diarrha after eating;
yellowish discharges; soreness of anus when wiping it.─Sudden urging to
stool, with sensation as if a stick the thickness of a thumb passed down the rectum;
followed by a sudden diarrhic stool, repeated every ten or fifteen minutes, with.
chilliness, drowsiness, and weak voice.
17. Respiratory Organs.─
Hoarseness; the voice is
weak and talking is an effort, as if the mucous membrane was thickened.
18. Chest.─
Cramp in chest, lasting three hours,
with blueness of face.
25. Skin.─
Itching when undressing.─Scarlet
rash followed by desquamation.
26. Sleep.─
Fever, with sleepiness.─Drowsiness
and sleeplessness alternating.
27. Fever.─
Fever heat, with desire for something
icy-cold; with drowsiness; with much thirst.
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