# Laurocerasus (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Cherry Laurel
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
This remedy is frequently used in the treatment of heart conditions .
When somebody starts to tremble due to sudden fear, terror or intense
grief, Laurocerasus will offer immediate relief.  Its patient starts
trembling when terrified in a dream or  on the sudden appearance of a
stranger before him.  He becomes overwhelmed with fear when
excited.  The body becomes cold and bluish.  Sometimes, such a
patient may develop epileptic fits .  The vision becomes blurred.
Evidently, such a patient is a coward and weak at heart.  Laurocerasus
happens to be a cardio-tonic for such  patients.  In particular, it is
relatively beneficial in older people.  These patients have a weakening
of the heart muscle, which results in accumulation of fluid in the lungs
(i.e. pulmonary oedema), and cau ses difficulty in breathing.
Generally, doctors give such pati ents inhaler treatment or strong
asthma medicines.  These help by relieving the constriction of their air
passages and facilitates breathing for some time.  However, on
prolonged use, these medicines lose their effectiveness even if given
repeatedly.  The patient may, in fact , die during this attack of cardiac
asthma.  Laurocerasus helps to eliminate the need for using the
inhaler.  Laurocerasus  is a very effective treatment for combating
difficulty in breathing, (dyspnoea),  suffocation, and tightness of
the chest as well as the sudden feeling of being choked and sinking
of the heart.  It increases the efficiency of the valves of the heart and
is very helpful in the treatment of heart murmurs.  It also tones the
heart musculature and thus relieves  the backlog of blood in the lungs
and the oedema of the lungs.  It is particularly useful in the treatment
of a cough arising from the failing heart which causes congestion of
the lungs.  Spongia also helps su ch patients.  The face of a
Laurocerasus patient turns bluish (cya notic) due to the relative lack of
oxygenation of blood in the lungs.  Not all of its patients necessarily
become cyanotic.  In fact, some have a pale complexion. Such patients
will need a different kind of therapy.  Laurocerasus is famous for the
treatment of cyanotic diseases of the heart.

In Laurocerasus, the chest muscles become weak (expiratory
muscles).  Sometimes, the diaphragm becomes weak and fails to expel
air from the lungs i.e. expiration wh ile breathing in (inspiration) faces
no such difficulty.  This type of  symptom complex reminds one of
Laurocerasus i.e. the chest muscles continue to help breathing in,
though, breathing out is difficult and laboured.

A Laurocerasus patient feels very cold.  Attempts to warm him up
externally do not help either.  Sometimes, there is severe pain in the
stomach, so much so that the patient may not even be able to talk.
The muscles on the face become ti ght and contracted, giving a grim
appearance.  Thirst is severe  and the mouth is very dry.  Small
swellings form at the nails of the fingers and toes (clubbing of the
fingers related to cyanotic diseases of  the heart).  There is a feeling of
the hips and ankles being painfully  sprained.  The fingers become
deformed and the dilated veins become visible on the hands.

In Laurocerasus, drowsiness and dizziness  are not unusual. The
patient may also faint.  Mental infirmity induce s loss of memory .
Thoughts are no longer streamlined.  Severe headache is associated
with a cool feeling on the forehead.  The patient feels very thirsty but
his appetite is lost.  The stomach feels contracted and hurts badly.
The stools are watery, greenish in co lour and associated with severe
griping pain.

The ailments of Laurocerasus s ubside on sitting down.  On lying
down, coughing starts.  There is a feeling of a big ball rolling from the
stomach towards the back.  On be nding forwards and moving, all the
symptoms become aggravated.

Potency: 30

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