Gelsemium Homeopathy: Complete Guide to Symptoms and Uses

• Source: Vegetable kingdom
• Common Name: Yellow Jasmine
• Family: Loganiaceae
• Prover: Dr. Hale in 1860
• Miasm: Psora
• Temperament: Nervous
• Diathesis: Rheumatic and Paralytic
• Thermal: Chilly
• Duration of action: 7 to 10 days
• Active Principle: Gelseminine
• Inimical to: Nux Vomica
• Side affection: Left sided more than right side

INTRODUCTION :- Gelsemium is a great polychrest remedy. :- It is primarily indicated in conditions of motor paralysis and nervous affections. :- It is also useful for ailments from fright, excitement, and bad news.

GUIDING SYMPTOMS

• General prostration with muscular weakness and trembling.
• Dizziness, with a sense of intoxication and heaviness of eyelids.
• Drowsiness and dullness of the mind.
• Lack of muscular coordination; patient staggers and feels weak.
• Heavy, drooping eyelids with blurred vision.
• Paralytic heaviness in the limbs, especially the lower limbs.
• Headache starting in the occiput and spreading over the head.
• Chills running up and down the spine.
• Nervous shivering with anticipation or fear.
• Complete relaxation and prostration, both mentally and physically.
• No thirst despite fever.

MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS / PSYCHOLOGY

• Anticipatory anxiety; fear of appearing in public.
• Ailments from emotional excitement and bad news.
• Timid, wants to be alone, avoids company.
• Confusion of mind with mental dullness.
• Desire to escape from responsibilities.
• Stage fright and examination anxiety.
• Sensitive to sudden noise and motion.

HEART

• Palpitations with a slow, weak pulse.
• Anxiety and trembling due to heart weakness.
• Pulse slow, soft, full, and compressible.
• Sensation as if the heart would stop if not kept in motion.

PARALYSIS

• Motor paralysis with weakness and trembling.
• Complete muscular relaxation and prostration.
• Paralytic heaviness and weakness of the lower limbs.
• Dizziness and staggering with paralysis.
• Paralysis due to mental shock, fright, or bad news.

a) Intermittent Fever

• BEFORE CHILL - Great prostration and weakness.
• DURING CHILL - Chills down the spine with absence of thirst.
• HEAT STAGE - Dull, heavy headache with muscle soreness.
• SWEAT STAGE - Profuse perspiration without relief.

b) Remittent Fever

• CAUSATION - Change of weather, exposure to damp and cold.
• MODE OF ONSET - Insidious onset, marked weakness.
• AT ONSET - Fever with vertigo and trembling.
• DURING FEVER - Dull headache, muscle weakness, no thirst.
• AFTER FEVER - Profound exhaustion, dullness, and confusion.

a) Nervous Fever

• BEFORE CHILL - Great prostration and weakness.
• DURING CHILL - Chills down the spine with absence of thirst.
• HEAT STAGE - Dull, heavy headache with muscle soreness.
• SWEAT STAGE - Profuse perspiration without relief.

b) Malarial Fever

• CAUSATION - Exposure to cold and damp weather.
• MODE OF ONSET - Gradual onset with weakness.
• AT ONSET - Fever with dizziness and drowsiness.
• DURING FEVER - Great weakness with trembling, fever without thirst.
• AFTER FEVER - Profound debility and mental dullness.

RHEUMATISM

• CAUSATION - Exposure to damp weather or sudden emotional shock.
• SENSATION - Dull, heavy pain with weakness and trembling.
• LOCATION - Left side more affected.
• CONCOMITANT - Numbness, weakness, and trembling of the affected part. Worse from damp weather, mental excitement, and in the spring. Better from continued motion, profuse urination, and sweating.

SKIN

• Eruption with redness and a feeling of soreness.
• Rash appearing after fever, often measles-like.
• Skin feels hot and dry during fever.
• Profuse sweating which does not relieve the symptoms.

MEMORIZING TIPS

• G - Great prostration and motor paralysis.
• E - Eyelids heavy, drooping
• L - Lack of muscular coordination.
• S - Sensitive to bad news and fright.
• E - Excitement aggravates symptoms.
• M - Muscular weakness with trembling.
• I - Inimical to Nux Vomica.
• U - Unsteady gait and staggering.
• M - Malarial fevers with no thirst.