Other names and synonyms
thev.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Thevetia nereifolia. сerbera thevetia. Ahovai-baum (of the Antilles). N. O. Apocynaceae. Tincture or trituration of the seeds.
Nosology
Diarrhoea. Somnolence. Throat, affections of. Vomiting.
Typical features
J. вalfour 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.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Apocy. Stroph. Upas.
Mouth and 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.
Gastrointestinal tract
Vomiting.
Bowels moved twice or thrice.
Bowels moved twice or thrice.