Gelsemium semp — Mother Tincture (Ø) (Dr. Reckeweg)

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

Traditionally 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

Classical materia medica reference (Boericke, 1927). Not a prescription or a diagnosis — for anything serious or persistent, also see a doctor. Full remedy picture →