Poumus boldus
Names: Boldo fragrans, Peumus Boldus, Peumus fragrans, Boldea fragrans, Ruizia fragrans, Laurelia aromatica.
English: Laurel de Chile.
Family: Monimiaceae, Magnoliales.
Source: Joaquin Catala, Laureano Olivera, Eduardo Fornias. (HomRec, vol. 23, no. 5, p. 204. May, 1908.), Dujardin Beaumetz, Chernoviz, Verne, Rene Juranvillec, Haude
Botany: leaves, opposite, on short pistils, coraceous, about 5 cm long, broadly oval or oval-oblong, very obtuse at the apex, entire or somewhat undulate on the margin, with numerous glands upon their surfaces, rough on both sides, glossy above, and pale and hairy beneath. When dry they are reddish-brown, fragrant, and of a refreshing aromatic pungent taste. The bark is usually employed in tanning and to perfume wine casks; the wood is esteemed for charcoal making, and the seeds are said to be eaten by the Chileans.
Chemistry
Boldine: aromatic stimulant, bitter taste, is soluble in alcohol, ether, chloroform; hypnotic, local anaesthetic.
Boldoglucin (C30H52O8), hypnotic and narcotic excite the biliary function and provoke sleep burning in the stomach, vomiting, purging,
Mind
Sleepy, coma.
Excitement (3), nervous, hysteria.
Numbness, anaesthesia.
Sadness, weeping all the time.
General
No appetite,
Hypothermia.
Sleepless
Body
Tired < walking, < talking.
Fever, high, malaria, delrious, + chills and sweating.
Headache, constant.
Eye: glazy eyes.
Face: yellow-clay look, languid,
Mouth bitter, glowing.
Respiratory paralysis. Dyspnoea.
Pulse fast; cardiac failure. Anaemia.
Stomach: pain, burning, heat, heavy, sensation of something hard, a tumour; atony, nausea, eructations, purging, vomiting bilious of pus.
Liver (3): burning pain, heaviness, > undressing, < pressure; congestion, colic, jaundice, atrophy, inflammation chrionic, hypertorphy, abscess; gall colic; acute yellow atrophy, acute alcoholism.
Abdomen: Constipation, ascites
Diarrhoea. dysentery
Cystitis acute and chronic gonorrhoea
Urine: copious, colour of coffee, urea copious.
Knee: right, fixed, cannot be bend.
Weakness, paralysis, reflexes strong or weak; cramps, incoordination, convulsions.
Arthritis, rheumatism. Dropsy, Bloated.
Skin: cyanotic.
DD: Terebinthina, Copaiba, Cubeba.
DD: China, Podophyllum, Aloes, Zingiber, Cardamons, Mentha
DD: arg-n, chel, hydr, kali-c, merc, phos, nat-m, puls, sep, sulph.