Laurocerasus
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Cherry-laurel Spasmodic tickling cough, especially in cardiac patients, is often magically influenced by this drug. Lack of reaction, especially in chest and heart affections. Drink rolls audibly through œsophagus and intestines. General coldness, not ameliorated by warmth. Violent pain in stomach with loss of speech. Spasm of facial muscles and œsophagus. Asphyxia neonatorum.
Respiratory
Cyanosis and dyspnœa; worse, sitting up. Patient puts hands on heart. Cough, with valvular disease. Exercise causes pain around heart. Tickling, dry cough. Dyspnœa. Constriction of chest. Cough, with copious, jelly-like, or bloody expectoration. Small and feeble pulse. Threatening paralysis of lungs. Gasping for breath; clutches at heart.
Heart
Mitral regurgitation. Clutching at heart and palpitation. Cyanosis neonatorum.
Extremities
Toe and finger nails become knotty. Skin blue. Sprained pains in hips, thighs and heels. Cold, clammy feet and legs. Clubbing of fingers. Veins of hands distended.
Sleep
Spells of deep sleep, with snoring and stertorous breathing.
Fever
Coldness; chills and heat alternate. Thirst, with dry mouth in afternoon.
Relationships
Compare: Hydrocy ac; Camphor; Secale; Ammon carb; Ambra.
Dose
Tincture to third potency. Cherry-laurel water, two to five drop doses.
What the other books say about Laurocerasus
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Laurocerasus in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Laurocerasus in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Laurocerasus — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/laurocerasus. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.