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Laurocerasus

30CLauro

Cherry Laurel · Prunus Laurocerasus · "The Cyanotic Cardiac Collapse Remedy"

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🎯 A remedy primarily acting on the heart and lungs to address states of cyanosis, gasping, and lack of vital reaction.

📖 Boericke writes:

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 oesophagus and intestines. General coldness, not ameliorated by warmth. Violent pain in stomach with loss of speech. Spasm of facial muscles and oesophagus. Asphyxia neonatorum.

👤 Constitution

•Often indicated for patients with weak heart function, cyanotic tendencies, and a general lack of physical reaction to stimuli.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Drink rolls audibly through oesophagus and intestines.

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🩺 Systems & Indications

🌡️Fever

Indicated for feverish states characterized by alternating chills and heat with afternoon thirst.

Coldness; chills and heat alternate.

Thirst, with dry mouth in afternoon.

🔑 Modalities

↓Worse from

💊 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.

Tincture to third potency

Mother Tincture

Primary Dosage

Cherry-laurel water

Other

📝two to five drop doses

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Hydrocyanicum Acidum →Ambra Grisea →Camphora →Secale Cornutum →Ammonium Carbonicum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Laurocerasus is listed in 80 rubrics across 15 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 19 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Respiratory System21 Circulatory System12 Fever9 Nervous System9 Locomotor System7 Mind6 Abdomen5 Skin3 Face2 Generalities1 Throat1 Urinary System1 Eyes1 Head1 Stomach1

See all 80 rubrics for Laurocerasus →