665.25.11 Acokanthera schimperi, Carissa schimperiNames: Toxicophloea thunbergi; Toxicophlea oblongifolia, Acokanthera, Acocanthera; Ouabain.
English: Arrow poison of the Bushmen; Common poison-bush.
Content: acovenoside A, ouabaïne, cardiotonic glycosides.
Use: arrow poison; fruit, bitter, sweet and edible when ripe.
BodyEnergy: debility.
Nervous: paralysis.
Head: full, < shaking head.
Lungs: respiratory spasm; whooping cough.
Heart: arrested; pulse fast.
Abdomen: flatulence, colic.
Rectum: urging, only mucus is passed.
Genital: venereal diseases, aphrodisiac.
Skin: dermatitis.