Laurocerasus

as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931

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Keynotes

Symptoms accompanied by SUDDEN DEBILITY, lack of reaction, blunted senses, coldness or cyanosis. Weak sphincters. Sinkings. Long faints. Falling down; sensation; in brain; in abdomen, heart, etc. Nervous collapse. Apoplexy. Internal burning. Hæmorrhage; of thin blood. Twitchings; facial. .................... SUDDEN LOSS OF MEMORY, from pain, fright, etc. Head, < 11 A.M. - 1 P.M. Speechlessness. Nightly tearing in vertex. Eyes open, protrude, staring. Objects look large. Livid face. Blue babies. NOISY SWALLOWING, then gurgling flatulence. Spasm of gullet. Persistent hiccough. Low voice. Raw larynx and trachea. Suffocation, gasps for breath; on sitting up. Shallow breathing. Can't raise the chest walls. Cough, tickling; spasmodic night cough of phthisis; short or dry; of cardiac origin. Blood flecked or gelatinous sputum. Holds hand over heart. Chest pains in cardiac region. Fearful anxiety and restlessness; can't fall to sleep. Coma vigil. Weak, variable, slow or irregular pulse. Cool, livid skin.

Worse

Sitting up. Exertion. Cold.

Better

Lying with head low. Eating. Sleep. Open air.

Region

MIND. BRAIN. Nerves. Gullet. Chest. Respiration. Heart.

Relationships

Related: Am-c. Gel. Hyd-ac. Pru-sp.

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 Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
Laurocerasus in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.

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Cite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Laurocerasus — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/laurocerasus. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.