Gelsemium Sempervirens

Mind

(Gelsemium)

Incapacity to think or fix the attention. (Aethus., Cimic., Nux v., Phos. ac .)

Dullness of the mental faculties. (Ailanth., Bapt.)

Irritable, sensitive ; desires to be let alone. (Coloc.)

Unconsciousness.

Delirium in sleep ; half waking, with incoherent talk.

Cataleptic immobility, with dilated pupils, closed eyes, but conscious.

Head

(Gelsemium)

Dizziness and blurred vision.

Light-headed and dizzy ; increased by sudden movement of the head, and walking.

Heaviness of the head ; relieved after profuse emission of watery urine.

Sensation of weight and pressure in the head.

Fullness in the head, with heat in the face, and chilliness.

Brain feels as if bruised . (Hell., Nux v.)

Dull dragging pain in occiput, mastoid, and upper cervical region, extending to shoulders.

Sensation of a band around the head above the ears. (Ant. tart., Carb. an., Chel., Coca, Merc., Nitr. ac .)

Fullness in head ; heat of face ; chilliness ; pulsation of the carotids ; thick speech ; brain feels bruised ; eyeballs sore when moving them.

Cerebro-spinal meningitis, stage of congestion ; severe chill ; dilated pupils ; congestion of spine and brain.

Pressure on vertex, so great as to extend into shoulders ; head feels very heavy.

Neuralgic headache, beginning in upper cervical spine ; vertebra prominens sensitive ; pains extend over head, causing a bursting pain in forehead and eyeballs ; worse at 10 A. M., when lying ; with nausea, vomiting, cold sweat, cold feet.

Eyes

(Gelsemium)

Drooping of the eyelids (Caust., Zinc .) ; they are , heavy ; can hardly open them or keep them open. (Coni., Natr. carb., Naja, Natr. ars.)

Dilated pupils. (Bell., Hyos., Op., Stram.)

Dimness of sight, and vertigo.

Smoky appearance before the eyes ( Cycl ., Phos.), with pain above them.

Confusion of sight ; blindness ; astigmatism.

Sees double when inclining the head toward the shoulder.

Eyeballs oscillate laterally when using them.

Ears

(Gelsemium)

Sudden transient loss of hearing ; rushing and roaring in the ears. (Coccul., Cham., Led.)

Catarrhal deafness, with pain from throat into middle ear.

Nose

(Gelsemium)

Irritation of the nasal passages ; sneezing ; tingling ; coryza. (Acon., Merc. cor., Sang.)

Fullness at root of nose ; pains extending to neck and clavicles.

Face

(Gelsemium)

Heavy, besotted expression (Bapt.) ; flushed and hot to the touch. (Bapt., Bell., Op.)

Sensation of stiffness in the muscles of the face.

Orbital neuralgia in distinct paroxysms, with contractions and twitching of the muscles on the affected side.

Mouth

(Gelsemium)

Tongue thickly coated ; yellowish-white.

Numbness of the tongue ; feels so thick he can hardly speak, partial paralysis. (Caust., Coni., Hyos.)

Lips dry ; coated with dark mucus.

Throat

(Gelsemium)

Dysphagia ; paralysis of the organs of deglutition ; swallowing causes shooting into the ear.

Spasmodic sensations and cramp-like pains in gullet.

Painful sensation of a lump in the oesophagus.

Diphtheria ; local tingling of the parts during the fever ; incipient paralysis.

Stomach

(Gelsemium)

Feeling of emptiness and weakness in the stomach and bowels. (Hydras., Sep., Sulph .)

Oppression and fullness in stomach ; worse from pressure of clothing.

Abdomen

(Gelsemium)

Sudden spasmodic pain in upper part of abdomen ; leaving a sensation of contraction, and causing him to cry out.

Acute catarrhal enteritis during damp weather.

Tenderness in right iliac region during typhus.

Sensation of soreness of the abdominal walls.

Stools.- (Gelsemium)

Diarrhoea after sudden emotions, grief, fright, bad news (Ign., Phos. ac., Op.) ; anticipation of any unusual ordeal.

Stools yellow ; fecal ; bilious ; cream-colored ; clay-colored ; green.

Urinary Organs

(Gelsemium)

Copious discharge of clear, limpid urine (Phos. ac.), relieving the headache.

Incontinence from paralysis of the sphincter (Caust.) ; nervous children.

Tenesmus of the bladder. ( Canth ., Caps ., Merc. cor .)

Male Organs.- (Gelsemium)

Involuntary emission of semen without an erection (Cinch., Phos. ac.) ; also during stool.

Female Organs.- (Gelsemium)

Severe, sharp, labor-like pains in uterine region, extending to back and hips. (Cimic., Sec. c.)

Spasmodic or neuralgic dysmenorrhoea. (Cimic.)

Cramps in the abdomen and legs during pregnancy ; diplopia ; drowsiness ( Nux m .) ; loss of muscular power ; convulsions. ( Bell ., Hyos .)

Inefficient labor pains or none at all ; os widely dilated ; complete atony. ( Caul .)

False labor pains ; rigid os. (Bell., Cimic.)

Heart and Pulse.- (Gelsemium)

Irregular beating of the heart ; palpitation.

Feeling as if the heart would stop beating if she did not move about.

Pulse frequent, soft, weak, almost imperceptible. (Acon.)

Neck and Back.- (Gelsemium)

Myalgic pains in the neck, mostly in upper part of the sterno-cleido muscles, back of the parotid glands.(Acon.)

Pains from the spine to the head and shoulders.

Congestion of spine ; prostration ; languor ; muscles feel bruised, and do not obey the will.

Locomotor ataxia ; paraplegia.

Dull aching in lumbar and sacral regions ; cannot walk, muscles will not obey.

Limbs

(Gelsemium)

Trembling in all the limbs. (Coccul., Coni.)

Deep-seated, dull aching in the muscles of the limbs and in the joints.

Neuralgic and rheumatic pains in the extremities. (Bry., Cimic., Rhus tox.)

Lower Limbs.- (Gelsemium)

Fatigue of the lower limbs after slight exercise.

Loss of muscular power in the legs ; they will not obey the will.

Generalities

(Gelsemium)

Excessive irritability of mind and body.

Trembling and weakness ; listless and languid ; easily fatigued. (Ferr.)

Complete relaxation and prostration of the whole muscular system, with entire motor paralysis.

Neuralgia ; acute, sudden, darting pains ; shooting, tearing along the tracks of nerves ; especially if aggravated by changes in the weather.

Congestions, arterial or venous, with sluggish circulation.

Sleep

(Gelsemium)

Restless sleep ; unpleasant dreams. (Hyos.)

Sleeplessness from nervous irritation. (Bell., Coff.)

Languid and drowsy, but cannot compose the mind for sleep.

Fever

(Gelsemium)

Chilliness, languid aching in back and limbs, sense of fatigue, every afternoon 4 to 5 o'clock.

Chills begin in the hands ; chills running up the back, hands and feet cold.

Febrile chilliness ; cold extremities ; heat of the head and face.

Fever heat, with drowsiness ; languid, wants to lie still.

Typhoid fever when so-called nervous symptoms predominate.

In eruptive and other fevers less restlessness than in Acon . ; less violence and suddenness of aggravation than Bell . ; languid, asthenic fever.

Aggravation

Therapeutic Range.- (Gelsemium)

Complaints from bad or exciting news ; from fright (Acon., Op.) ; from the anticipation of some unusual ordeal ; in asthenic types of fever: remittent, intermittent, typhoid ; exanthemata ; in eruptive fevers, especially with tendency to convulsions ; in catarrhs of mucous membranes, watery mucus, never purulent discharges ; amaurosis ; neuralgia ; epilepsy ; convulsions ; paralysis ; hysteria ; locomotor ataxia ; nervous chills ; cerebro-spinal meningitis ; spinal and cerebral congestions ; rheumatism ; myalgia ; dysmenorrhoea ; ovarian irritation ; delayed or inefficient labor pains ; rigid os uteri ; false labor pains ; abortion ; puerperal convulsions ; enuresis.

Conditions

(Gelsemium)

In nervous persons ; young people ; children.

Compare

(Gelsemium)

Acon., Bapt., Bell., Bry., Caust., Cimic., Coni., Cinch., Op., Rhus tox., Stram., Verat. vir.

Antidotes

(Gelsemium)

Cinch., Coff., Salt.

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