Gelsemium Sempervirens

1 . Neurotic, hysterical subjects especially women and children. Nervous symptoms predominate in all complaints.

2 . Mental and bodily lassitude ; dull, drowsy, dizzy ; wishes to be let alone ; may be desire to throw herself from a height ; or desire for expression in speech or writing with sense of increased power especially of memory.

3 . Complaints from mental emotions especially psychic diarrhoeas .

4 . Complete relaxation of the whole muscular system with entire motor paralysis ; general tremor ; lack of muscular co-ordination .

S. Spasmodic conditions or partial and local paralysis ; in groups of muscles ; professional neuroses (e.g. writer's cramp).

6 . Dull, tired headache at base of brain ; or beginning nape of neck or occiput and extending over head to one eye (gen. right) or both eyes ; commences with blurred vision and accompanied by vertigo ; < 10 a.m., profuse urination .

7 . First stage of fevers ; asthenic tendency ; patient languid and listless, wishes to be let alone ; frequent, soft pulse ; prostration, vertigo ; more or less aching in back and limbs ; little or no thirst ; slight sweat ; chills run up and down the back.

8 . Acute catarrhal conditions with watery mucous discharges ; much sneezing early a.m. Influenzas with coryza.

9. Female disorders with severe neuralgic pains shooting into back, hips and down the thighs. Excellent at parturition in atonic conditions.

10 . Modalities ; < warm, moist, relaxing weather. < Mental emotions ; tobacco smoking ; thinking of ailments ; heat of sun and in summer yet locally heat often > pains ; < motion except heart symptoms ; > stimulants.

Keynote : Paralysis.