by Richard Hughes & Jabez P. Dake — A Cyclopaedia of Drug Pathogenesy
Laurocerasua, — Dr. Peiro, on two occasions, found tlnct, given fbr bronchial catarrh to young married men cause temporary impotence. (Med. Call, Marchj 18S30
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Laurocerasus appears in 13 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Prunus Laurocerasus, L. Natural order , Rosaceæ. Common names , Cherry Laurel; (Germ.) Kirschlorbeer. Preparation , Tincture of the young leaves (provings by Jorg with Aqua laurocerasi, prepared from 1 pound of fresh leaves, 1 ounce of alcohol, 6 pounds of water; from which 3 pounds were obtained by distillation…”
“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 œsophagus and intestines . General coldness, not ameliorated by warmth. Violent pain in stomach with loss of…”
“BLUISH, purple, livid, etc. COLLAPSE, sudden prostration, etc. GURGLING LOOSE, as if (Comp. Rolling, Swashing.)”
“MIND. BRAIN. Nerves. Gullet. Chest. Respiration. Heart. Sitting up. Exertion. Cold. Lying with head low. Eating. Sleep. Open air. 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…”
“Cerasus laurocerasus. Common Laurel. Prunus laurocerasus. Cherry Laurel. N. O. Rosaceæ. Tincture of young leaves. Dilutions of Aqua Laurocerasi. Apoplexy, threatened / Asphyxia, neonatorum / Asthma / Cholera / Cholera infantum / Chorea / Climacteric sufferings / Convulsions / Cough / Cramps / Cyanosis / Diarrhœa /…”
“Chest.--The patient puts his hand to the heart, as if there was some trouble there; this may result from running a short distance, which puts him completely out of breath; going upstairs, walking, any exercise may bring this trouble on. In pulmonic affections, where the patient coughs and spits a great amount of…”
“Cherry Laurel. Rosaceæ. An evergreen tree native to Persia ; the fresh leaves are aromatic and taste like the bitter almond. The alcoholic is prepared from the leaves. Provings by Jörg, Hartlaub, Nenning, etc. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Threatened apoplexy , Elwert, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 92 ; Attacks of…”
“The many strange constitutional symptoms indicate feeble circulation and weak heart. Great general coldness, that is not ameliorated by external warmth. It is like wrapping up a dead man. Yet if he approaches a warm stove nausea comes on. If he is in a warm room the sweat breaks out on the forehead and the forehead is…”
“Stinging and tearing in the limbs. Want of reaction and vital powers are low. Lack of power, as regards the action of the sphincters. Want of vital heat. Tetanic spasms. Convulsions, with foam before the closed mouth. Painlessness accompanies the symptoms. Aggravation in the evening. At night and in the open air he…”
“Dulness of the senses; inability to collect one's ideas. Insensibility and complete loss of sensation. Weakness of mind and loss of memory; fear and anxiety about imaginary evils. Loss of consciousness, with loss of speech and motion. Intoxication. Stupefaction, with vertigo. Vertigo, with disposition to sleep…”
“Common name: cherry laurel. This remedy contains Hydrocyanic Acid; consequently many of the symptoms are similar to those produced by that Acid (Bl.). Stinging and tearing in the limbs. Want of reaction, and vital powers are low. Lack of power, as regards the action of the sphincters. Want of vital heat (Sil.). Want…”
“Suffocative spells about the heart, lying down; cardiac cough; gasping, twitching and jerks. Lack of re-active power, low vitality, with blueness or cyanoses, especially in heart troubles. Drink rolls audibly down through the œsophagus and intestines; very low pulse. “Want of energy of vital power; want of reaction…”
Kent's Repertory lists Laurocerasus in 1,781 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (253), EXTREMITIES (236), GENERALITIES (216), MIND (103), ABDOMEN (101).
