Other names and synonyms
elae.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Elaeis guineensis. Aouara. Avoira. N. O. Palmae (yields Palm Oil). Triturations of the fruit.
Nosology
Diarrhoea. Elephantiasis arabum. Gastric affections. Headache. Leprosy. Scleriasis. Scleroderma. Sight, defective. Skin, affections of. Sore throat.
Typical features
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. Rest.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Anacard., Rhus t.
Psyche and consciousness
Merry mood. Disobedient.
Head, face, and ears
Swelling of eyes. Sight weak; confused vision by candle-light. He makes letters much too large. Unable to look steadily at an object.
Mouth and throat
Burning in tongue; has to stop eating. - вad odour from mouth.
Lancinations in throat when swallowing; stinging when swallowing saliva.
Lancinations in throat when swallowing; stinging when swallowing saliva.
Gastrointestinal tract
Foul eructations. Vomiting of a cake immediately after eating it.
Colic after a cold drink. Pain with bruised sensation in abdomen.
Frequent diarrhoea. - вlack stools.
Colic after a cold drink. Pain with bruised sensation in abdomen.
Frequent diarrhoea. - вlack stools.
Urogenital system
White urine.
Chest organs
Breathing embarrassed. Pricking in larynx on breathing. - сough with lancination in sides. Pain in middle of chest as if pricked by needles. Lancinations every five minutes in right chest.
Appetite poor.
Constrictive pains round neck as if from tight string. Throbbing in nape.
Appetite poor.
Constrictive pains round neck as if from tight string. Throbbing in nape.
Limbs and spine
Swelling of left arm. - вeating in left arm. Insensibility of hand to fire-heat when approached to fire, but an hour after he feels it badly.
Staggering gait. Weakness of legs. Swelling of right leg. Sharp pain lower part of left leg as if a pen-knife were stuck in. Throbbing in calves. Hammering in tibia, nape of neck, and right foot. Soreness of soles of feet when walking and when touched.
Staggering gait. Weakness of legs. Swelling of right leg. Sharp pain lower part of left leg as if a pen-knife were stuck in. Throbbing in calves. Hammering in tibia, nape of neck, and right foot. Soreness of soles of feet when walking and when touched.
Common symptoms
Lancinations in various parts, especially 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 left leg. Small vesicles appear on swollen right leg; and left arm; and on other parts without swelling. Itching all over, preventing sleep.