Other names and synonyms
asim.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Paw Paw, or сustard Apple. N. O. Anonaceae. Tincture of ripe and unripe fruit, green leaves, bark, and root.
Nosology
Aphthae. сarbuncle. сramp. Diarrhoea. Fever. Scarlatina. Throat, sore.
Typical features
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.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: сaps., вell., Illic. anis (colic).
Symptoms
8, 9. Mouth and Throat. Mouth feels corroded; fauces red, swollen; tonsils and submaxillary glands enlarged.
Gastrointestinal tract
Nausea and belching; soreness in regions of stomach and abdomen on pressure.
Colic.
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.
Colic.
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.
Chest organs
Hoarseness; the voice is weak and talking is an effort, as if the mucous membrane was thickened.
Cramp in chest, lasting three hours, with blueness of face.
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.