Gelsemium

Classical single remedy

dull, drowsy, dizzy and trembling with heavy droopy eyelids; wants to be left alone; anticipatory dread with diarrhoea before the event; no thirst. (Boericke)

What it’s reached for

  • stage fright / exam / interview nerves with trembling and weak knees.
  • a slow flu with heaviness, aching and drowsiness.
  • a tension headache from the back of the neck, better after passing urine.

Headache — Belladonna vs. Bryonia vs. Nux Vomica vs. Gelsemium: dull, band-like, occipital, heaviness of eyelids, better profuse urination, patient drowsy/wants to be left alone. Not present in this Hahnemann volume (proven later, not part of Hahnemann's own original provings).

Fever — Aconite vs. Belladonna vs. Gelsemium vs. Arsenicum: flu-type, prostration, drowsy, aching, chills, apathetic.

Anxiety, Stress & Sleeplessness — Coffea vs. Aconite vs. Nux Vomica vs. Arsenicum vs. Ignatia vs. Gelsemium vs. Argentum Nitricum: anticipatory fear before an event.

Recovery After Illness — China vs. Arsenicum vs. Phosphoric Acid vs. Gelsemium vs. Carbo Veg: lingering weakness after flu.

Vertigo — Conium vs. Cocculus vs. Gelsemium: vertigo with dimness of vision and dizzy trembling weakness, worse from motion, the patient dull and wanting to be left alone.

Potency: 30C two or three times on the day; the night before as well for anticipation.

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Choosing a potency

  • 6C · 12C · 30C — a recent or first-aid complaint. 30C is the usual starting point.
  • 200C · 1M — a long-standing or recurring complaint; a deeper action, taken less often.
  • Ø mother tincture — herbal / tonic / organ-support use, in drop doses.
  • 3X · 6X biochemic — gentle tissue-salt support that can be taken regularly.
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