- The fresh, milky juice is exceedingly acrid when applied to the skin and the fruit is highly purgative and poisonous.
- The juice causes redness, itching, pimples, sometimes gangreneDeath of body tissue from lack of blood flowLocalized death and decomposition of body tissue, resulting from either obstructed circulation or bacterial infection..
- Poisoning from the seeds produces symp toms including retching, vomiting, and bloody stools with brilliant eyes, flushed face.
- The abdomen is drawn inward.
- The whole body is stiff and icy cold.
- Uneasiness.
- The symptoms point to its use in erysipelasAcute bacterial skin infectionAn acute, sometimes recurrent, bacterial skin infection characterized by large, raised red patches, especially on the face., poison oak, etc.
- RheumaticRelating to joint or muscle painDescribe pain, stiffness, or inflammation affecting joints, muscles, or connective tissues. pains during rest.
- Paralytic weakness in joints