Materia Medica de A a Z

CYTISUS LABURNUM = LABURNUM ANAGYROIDES (cyt-l)

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, lustreless eyes.

Head

Stupefaction; indifference [Ph-ac]. Unequally dilated pupils; GIDDINESS; twitching of facial muscles [Agar]. Hydrocephalus. Constant vertigo; intense sleepiness.

Stomach

Excessive thirst. Constant nausea, vomiting; burning pain in epigastrium. Tenesmus and erections. Grass-green urine.

Extremities

Numbness and pain in hands. Difficulty in moving them

Relationship

Compare: Nux-v; Gels. Cystine (Cytin) (produces motor paralysis resembling that of curare and death through respiratory paralysis).

Dose

Third potency.