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Laurocerasus officinalis (Laur.)

Laurocerasus officinalis (Laur.) appears in 365 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 14 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 10 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delusions, Speech and Starting, as well as on Anxiety, Unconsciousness, Coma and Stupefaction. The picture is that of a person whose consciousness and speech fail in excitement and with stomach pains, while the mind can remain unusually clear in severe illness.

Speech and stomach

Speech is an area of its own. Single-remedy rubrics link its loss with the stomach: loss of speech with stomach pains, aphonia with stomach pain, aphasia from pains in the stomach. Excitement also disturbs it; speech becomes thick and indistinct. The connection between abdomen and voice is the characteristic feature here: the body takes the word away from the mind.

Stupefaction and illusion

Consciousness is dulled and takes itself for such. One single-remedy rubric records the illusion of being stupefied, a second the delusion of being stupefied. In addition come unconsciousness as in trance, coma with involuntary stool and, in cholera, apparent death. Also recorded are the sensation that everything turns around and the sensation of a band around the eyeballs.

Clarity in typhoid

Opposed to this twilight stands a group of single-remedy rubrics that name the opposite in a severe illness: very clear consciousness, clarity of thought and abundance of ideas in typhoid. The exception is clearly marked. Precisely where the body suffers most, the mind remains bright.

Fear, falling, restlessness

Starting has a direction of its own: it occurs on downward motion, from fear of falling, and rising from sitting stands beside it as a small rubric. A single-remedy rubric records the sadness that drives out of the house ("Sadness – house – drives out of the"). Among the delusions are old men with long beards and distorted features.

Summary

Laurocerasus officinalis shows in the Repertory a consciousness that loses speech under excitement and stomach pain and slides into stupefaction or trance, but remains unusually clear in typhoid. The fear of falling and starting on downward motion complete the picture with a physical insecurity.

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