Paw Paw, or Custard Apple. N. O. Anonaceae. Tincture of ripe and unripe fruit, green leaves, bark and root.
Clinical
Aphthae. Carbuncle. Cramp. Diarrhoea. Fever. Scarlatina. Throat, sore.
Characteristics
The Anonaceae 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 diarrhoea, 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 worse after eating.
Relations.
Compare: Caps., Belladonna, Illic. anis (Colic).
Mouth and Throat
Mouth feels corroded, fauces red, swollen, tonsils and submaxillary glands enlarged.
Stomach
Nausea and belching, soreness in regions of stomach and abdomen on pressure.
Abdomen
Colic.
Stool and Anus
Diarrhoea 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 diarrhoeic stool, repeated every ten or fifteen minutes, with chilliness, drowsiness, and weak voice.
Respiratory Organs
Hoarseness, the voice is weak and talking is an effort, as if the mucous membrane was thickened.
Chest
Cramp in chest, lasting three hours, with blueness of face.
Skin
Itching when undressing. Scarlet rash followed by desquamation.
Sleep
Fever, with sleepiness. Drowsiness and sleeplessness alternating.
Fever
Fever heat, with desire for something icy-cold, with drowsiness, with much thirst.