{"id":16299,"remedy_name":"Laurocerasus","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Hot","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the fresh leaves of Prunus laurocerasus (Cherry Laurel), an evergreen shrub. native to Europe and Asia, prepared for homeopathic use through trituration and serial dilution to. eliminate toxicity (due to cyanogenic glycosides) and enhance therapeutic action. Traditional  Context:  Historically  employed  in  homeopathy  for  cardiovascular,  respiratory,. neurological,  psychological,  and  systemic  disorders,  particularly  those  involving  cyanosis,. breathlessness,  and  collapse-like  states.  It  is  noted  for  symptoms  such  as  gasping  respiration,. palpitations, fainting, and mental dullness, often aggravated by warmth, sitting, or exertion, and. ameliorated by cold air, lying down, or rest. Modern  Context:  Indicated  for  cardiovascular  conditions (e.g.,  heart  failure,  arrhythmias),. respiratory  conditions (e.g.,  chronic  obstructive  pulmonary  disease,  asthma),  neurological. conditions (e.g.,  syncope,  seizures),  psychological  conditions (e.g.,  depression,  cognitive. impairment), and systemic conditions (e.g., chronic fatigue, cyanotic states). It suits patients with. acute or chronic symptoms characterized by  cyanosis,  breathlessness,  palpitations,  fainting, or. mental  sluggishness,  typically  exacerbated  by  warmth,  exertion,  or  sitting,  and  often  seen  in. individuals with weakened, chilly constitutions. The remedy is particularly relevant for those with a. cold, debilitated constitution, often presenting with physical symptoms like labored breathing or. heart weakness alongside systemic symptoms like exhaustion or cognitive fog, commonly observed. in patients with heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or chronic fatigue. syndrome triggered by exertion, warm environments, or systemic decline.","modalities":"Worse from: Warmth (weather, rooms, clothing), exertion, sitting, closed rooms, night,. sudden movement, emotional stress, lying on the back, mental effort, excitement, morning.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Insensibility and complete loss of sensation. Loss of consciousness, with loss of speech and motion. \nSudden loss of memory from fright, pain etc. Forgetful on motion. Dullness of special senses. \nAngry when not understood. Want of moral feeling. Feels unloved. Cries easily when criticized. Sadness with \nimpeded respiration. \nFear and anxiety about imaginary evils. Fear of insanity. Delusio ns, sees old men with long beards and \ndistorted faces. Thinks she is accused, that she is criticized. Sees distorted faces on lying down during day. \nVisions of fire. Insensibility and complete loss of sensation. Loss of consciousness, with loss of speech and motion. \nSudden loss of memory from fright, pain etc. Forgetful on motion. Dullness of special senses. \nAngry when not understood. Want of moral feeling. Feels unloved. Cries easily when criticized. Sadness with \nimpeded respiration. \nFear and anxiety about imaginary evils. Fear of insanity. Delusio ns, sees old men with long beards and \ndistorted faces. Thinks she is accused, that she is criticized. Sees distorted faces on lying down during day. \nVisions of fire.","Vertigo":"Vertigo with sleepiness. \nCOMMENTS - Laur. has a peculiar \u201cgasping,\u201d gasping without really breathing. Blueness and twitching of the \nmuscles of the face. Cya nosis, particularly in newborns (Aeon., Carb -v.). Valvular problems, regurgitation, \nweak hearts. \nSuffocative spells about the heart, worse by sitting up, the patient is compelled to lie down (Psor.). Some heart \nsymptoms compel the patient to sit up. Blue a round fingertips. Clubbing of fingers, common in cyanosis and \ntuberculosis. \nGuernsey gave these leading symptoms, \u201cgasping for breath, the patient puts his hand to the heart as if there \nwas some trouble there, this may result from running a short distance, which puts him completely out of breath, \ngoing upstairs, walking or any exercise may bring the gasping on.\u201d \nCough with valvular heart disease, in cessant cough, especially on lying down, fluttering in heart and gasping \nwith cough. Spasmodic cough of later  stages of whoop ing cough, when patient is much prostrated and has \nnervous spasmodic symptoms. Dry, harassing cough of tuberculosis. Alternation of chill, fever and sweat in \ntuberculosis. \nLong-lasting faints (Camph. has sudden fainting), seems to have no reactive power, face pale, blue, cold \nsurface. Prostrate before getting up in the morning with difficulty opening the eyes. Nervous disorders with \nconstant jerks, cannot keep still. Allen noted an extremely nervous, excitable condition accompanying ailments. \nAttacks of indigestion and pains across lower abdomen that come suddenly in the morning and generally \ndisappear on getting up. Gnawing pain in lower abdomen, with occasional looseness of stool, particularly in \nold men. Green mucus diarrhea, with suffocative spells about heart. \nFluids roll audibly into the stomach. Digestion is weak, bowels confined. Low - spirited with flatulence and \nburning in chest after food. Audible and gurgling flatus, rolls about the upper abdomen. Constricted sensations \nin gullet, in rectum. Symptoms worse before eating. \n \n \nInclined to lose flesh and hemorrhages that are small in quantity and bright in color. Menorrhagia and \ndysmenorrhea. Eruptions are livid after pressure with the finger, the skin is long in regaining its color.  \nConstant tired and sick feeling. Sleepless with a great desire for sleep. \nColdness, internal coldness and external heat. Cold tongue. Heat of single parts. Warmth on center of \nforehead, then a coldness as from a draft of air lasting a long time. The left chest is most affected. \nPains start from the lower part of the spine and extend either around the pelvis or up to the head. Pains are \naccompanied with a sense of suffocation, a sick feeling with drowsiness, and a great desire to sleep that \ngenerally brings relief. \nCooper, in his work in Cancer and Cancer Symptoms, offered cases emphasizing the uterine symptoms. The \nindications of Laur., according to Cooper, are a sense of fatigue that pervades the whole system with a very \npainful condition of the hard and indurated tissue of the parts affected. Pain is much better by sleep. \nTendency to ooze blood, which is gener ally bright and mixed with gelatinous clots. This applies to the chest \nas well as to uterine and rectal symptoms, only the blood comes painlessly into the mouth, but with great pain \nin the vagina. \nE. Wigg related the case of May S., 7, who had been troubled for some time with an almost incessant cough, \nfor which many remedies were given without benefit. At last Wigg came to the conclusion that Laur.  was the \nremedy and put ten drops of Laur. 200c into five tablespoonfuls of water ordering a teaspoonful of this to be \ntaken every two hours when the child was awake. \nThis was at 4 p.m. After the third dose she fell asleep. At 3 a.m. she awoke in a very ex cited condition. Her \nmother asked her if she had not been dreaming, but her tongue was so stiff she could not answer. Suddenly \nshe began to tremble all over as if in a chill. \nAfter ten minutes she began to twitch and jerk. Wigg was sent for and found her i n this convulsed state. She \ncould not articulate for the thickness and heaviness of the tongue. The mind was clear. Recognizing the action \nof Laur., Wigg antidoted it with camphor, and later a cup of coffee, and symptoms ceased in a few hours. She \nhad no more of the cough.","Head":"Head pain worse 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nightly tearing in vertex. As if a cold wind were blow ing on head. \nAs if brain were falling. Brain feels contracted and painful. Head pain worse 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nightly tearing in vertex. As if a cold wind were blow ing on head. \nAs if brain were falling. Brain feels contracted and painful.","Eyes":"Dry eyes. Eyes widely open or halfclosed, convulsed, prominent and fixed. Burning pain in eyes. Pupils \ndilated and immovable. Eyes distorted. Objects look larger. Darkness before the eyes, with obscuration of \nsight.","Ears":"Hardness of hearing. Tingling, itching in ears.","Face":"Blue with gasping. Lock-jaw. Twitching of the muscles of face. As if flies and spiders are crawling over \nthe skin.","Mouth":"Tongue, stiff, cold, burnt or numb. Speechlessness from pain in stomach. Foam at the mouth, with \nconvulsions.","Throat":"Spasmodic contraction of throat and esophagus. Larynx and trachea raw. Low voice.","Chest":"Gasping  respiration  or  shortness  of  breath,  with  a  sensation  of  suffocation  or. heaviness, resembling COPD or asthma, worse with warmth, exertion, or closed. rooms. Wheezing or labored breathing, with a tendency to cyanosis, resembling pulmonary. edema, aggravated by warmth, sitting, or night. Cough or respiratory distress, with a sensation of constriction or dryness, resembling. bronchitis, worse with warmth or exertion. Tendency to respiratory hypersensitivity, with aggravation in hypoxic or warm states. Neurological:. Fainting or syncope, with a sensation of sudden collapse or weakness, resembling. vasovagal syncope, worse with warmth, exertion, or sudden movement. Seizures  or  convulsions,  with  a  tendency  to  cyanosis  or  stiffness,  resembling. epilepsy, aggravated by warmth, excitement, or night. Vertigo  or  dizziness,  with  a  sensation  of  spinning  or  unsteadiness,  resembling. orthostatic hypotension, worse with warmth or rising from sitting. Tendency to neurological fragility, with aggravation in hypoxic or warm states. Psychological:. Depression or low mood, with a sensation of hopelessness or apathy, resembling. major depressive disorder, worse with exertion, warmth, or solitude. Mental dullness or cognitive fog, with a tendency to memory impairment, resembling. mild cognitive impairment, aggravated by warmth, exertion, or mental effort. Anxiety or fearfulness, with a sensation of impending doom, resembling generalized. anxiety disorder, worse with warmth or closed rooms. Tendency to psychological fragility, with aggravation in fatigued or hypoxic states. Laurocerasus (Cherry Laurel) 1218. Systemic:. Chronic fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of prostration or collapse, resembling. chronic fatigue syndrome, worse with warmth, exertion, or emotional stress. Cyanosis or cold extremities, with a sensation of chilliness or blueness, resembling. hypoxic conditions, aggravated by warmth, exertion, or sitting. Low-grade fever or systemic weakness, with a tendency to aggravation in warm. conditions,  resembling  systemic  inflammatory  response  syndrome,  worse  with. exertion or night. Tendency to systemic debilitation, with aggravation in fatigued or hypoxic states. Palpitations  or  irregular  heartbeat,  with  a  sensation  of  weakness  or  fluttering,. resembling heart failure or atrial fibrillation, worse with warmth, exertion, or sitting. Chest oppression or angina, with a sensation of tightness or suffocation, resembling. coronary artery disease, aggravated by warmth, closed rooms, or lying on the back. Weak pulse or hypotension, with a tendency to cyanosis or collapse, resembling. cardiogenic shock, worse with exertion or warmth. Tendency to cardiovascular fragility, with aggravation in warm or exertional states. Respiratory:. Gasping  respiration  or  shortness  of  breath,  with  a  sensation  of  suffocation  or. heaviness, resembling COPD or asthma, worse with warmth, exertion, or closed. rooms. Wheezing or labored breathing, with a tendency to cyanosis, resembling pulmonary. edema, aggravated by warmth, sitting, or night. Cough or respiratory distress, with a sensation of constriction or dryness, resembling. bronchitis, worse with warmth or exertion. Tendency to respiratory hypersensitivity, with aggravation in hypoxic or warm states. Neurological:. Fainting or syncope, with a sensation of sudden collapse or weakness, resembling. vasovagal syncope, worse with warmth, exertion, or sudden movement. Seizures  or  convulsions,  with  a  tendency  to  cyanosis  or  stiffness,  resembling. epilepsy, aggravated by warmth, excitement, or night. Vertigo  or  dizziness,  with  a  sensation  of  spinning  or  unsteadiness,  resembling. orthostatic hypotension, worse with warmth or rising from sitting. Tendency to neurological fragility, with aggravation in hypoxic or warm states. Psychological:. Depression or low mood, with a sensation of hopelessness or apathy, resembling. major depressive disorder, worse with exertion, warmth, or solitude. Mental dullness or cognitive fog, with a tendency to memory impairment, resembling. mild cognitive impairment, aggravated by warmth, exertion, or mental effort. Anxiety or fearfulness, with a sensation of impending doom, resembling generalized. anxiety disorder, worse with warmth or closed rooms. Tendency to psychological fragility, with aggravation in fatigued or hypoxic states. Laurocerasus (Cherry Laurel) 1218. Systemic:. Chronic fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of prostration or collapse, resembling. chronic fatigue syndrome, worse with warmth, exertion, or emotional stress. Cyanosis or cold extremities, with a sensation of chilliness or blueness, resembling. hypoxic conditions, aggravated by warmth, exertion, or sitting. Low-grade fever or systemic weakness, with a tendency to aggravation in warm. conditions,  resembling  systemic  inflammatory  response  syndrome,  worse  with. exertion or night. Tendency to systemic debilitation, with aggravation in fatigued or hypoxic states.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Disgust for food during pregnancy. Drinks roll audibly through esophagus and intestines. Violent \npain in stomach with loss of speech. Stomach pains dur ing urination. Persistent hiccough. Bitter belchings. \nNausea near a hot stove. Vomiting of food during cough. \nTemperature - Coldness, chills and heat alternate. Shuddering, followed by burning heat. Heat running down \nthe back. Thirst with dry mouth in afternoon. Falling down sensation of a lump in abdomen from above the navel to small of back, worse talking \nor overexertion. Gurgling flatulence.","Urinary & Genital":"Pain in uterus with cancer, with oozing of bright blood with gelatinous clots, better sleep. Faints with \ncoldness during menses. Burning and stinking in and below breasts.","Extremities":"Skin blue. Veins of hands distended. Clubbing of fingers. Toes and fingernails become knotty. Cold \nclammy feet up to the knees in chorea, heart disease. Feet numb on crossing the legs. Sprained pains in hips, \nthighs and heels. \nLiver - Pain in the liver as though abscess were forming. Liver indurated, atrophied.","Neck & Back":"Painful stiffness in left side of neck and nape. Compressed feeling in shoulders and nape.  \nCausations - Effects of fright.","Skin":"Chronic fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of prostration or collapse, resembling. chronic fatigue syndrome, worse with warmth, exertion, or emotional stress. Cyanosis or cold extremities, with a sensation of chilliness or blueness, resembling. hypoxic conditions, aggravated by warmth, exertion, or sitting. Low-grade fever or systemic weakness, with a tendency to aggravation in warm. conditions,  resembling  systemic  inflammatory  response  syndrome,  worse  with. exertion or night. Tendency to systemic debilitation, with aggravation in fatigued or hypoxic states.","Sleep":"Frequent yawning. Coma vigil. Sleeplessness from over-excitement and sudden heat. Fearful anxiety \nand restless, cannot fall to sleep. Spells of deep sleep with snoring and stertorous breathing. Troublesome \nand agitated dreams.","Generalities":"Coolness of fo rehead as from draft of air. Weight on top of head. As if brain loose and falling \ninto forehead when stooping. As if a veil before eyes. As if lungs could not be sufficiently expanded. As if lungs \npressed against spine. As if mucus membranes were dry. Stitches are very prominent, also stiffness and pres-\nsure, especially pressure outward."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}