Materia Medica de A a Z

LAUROCERASUS (laur)

Region

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

Worse

Sitting up. Exertion. Cold.

Better

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

General

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, agg. 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.

Related: Am-c, Gel. (Gels), Hyd-ac. (Hydr-ac), Pru-sp (Prun).