Laurocerasus

Laurocerasus
(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 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.
Fever
- Coldness; chills and heat alternate.
- Thirst, with dry mouth in afternoon.
Respiratory
- Cyanosis and dyspnoea; worse, sitting up.
- Patient puts hands on heart.
- Cough, with valvular disease.
- Exercise causes pain around heart.
- Tickling, dry cough.
- Dyspnoea.
- 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.
Sleep
- Spells of deep sleep, with snoring and stertorous breathing.
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.
Relationship
- Compare : Hydrocy. ac.; Camphor; Secale; Ammon. carb.; Ambra.
Dose
- Tincture to third potency.
- Cherry-laurel water, two to five drop doses.