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Cytisus Laburnum

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Golden Rain · Common Laburnum · "The Laburnum Poisoning Remedy"

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🎯 It acts as a potent poison causing severe inflammation of the digestive tract, nervous system depression, and paralysis.

📖 Boericke writes:

(LABURNUM)

All parts of this shrub are poisonous, producing inflammation of stomach and intestines, with vomiting, diarrhoea, headache, paleness of face and cold skin. Widespread anaesthesia, and convulsions are some of the chief effects of this drug. Cerebrospinal meningitis. Great prostration, sense of constriction in throat, stiffness of nape, tearing from nape into occiput, lusterless eyes.

👤 Constitution

•Typically presents with a pale face, cold skin, and a state of great physical exhaustion or prostration.

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Used for head conditions involving vertigo, mental dullness, and neurological twitching.

Stupefaction; indifference (Phos ac).

Unequally dilated pupils; giddiness; twitching of facial muscles (Agaric).

Hydrocephalus.

Constant vertigo, intense sleepiness.

💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

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Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Nux Vomica →Gelsemium Sempervirens →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Cytisus Laburnum is listed in 12 rubrics across 7 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 1 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Nervous System3 Head3 Locomotor System2 Urinary System1 Face1 Stomach1 Mind1