Gelsemium
(Gelsemium sempervirens · Yellow jasmine)
Heavy, droopy and trembling. Gelsemium is associated with a slow-onset, flu-like state of weakness and drowsiness, and with stage fright that leaves a person frozen.
Source
The root of yellow jasmine, a climbing vine of the southern United States
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Gels.
Home acute kit
Commonly included
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Heavy, droopy eyelids and limbs; too weak to move
Dull, drowsy and dizzy; wants to be left alone
Chills running up and down the spine; usually little thirst
Anticipatory anxiety that leads to trembling, weakness or freezing up
Complaints after bad news or fright
Tends to feel better
Passing a lot of urine
Bending forward
Open air
Tends to feel worse
Damp weather
Anticipation and bad news
Heat of the sun
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Gelsemium)
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Bryonia
(Bryonia alba)
Both flu-like; Bryonia is irritable and thirsty, Gelsemium dull, heavy and thirstless.
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Argentum nitricum
(Argentum nitricum)
Both for anticipation; Argentum nitricum hurries, Gelsemium freezes.
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Side-by-side comparisons
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From the classic texts
“Centers its action upon the nervous system, causing various degrees of motor paralysis. General prostration. Dizziness, drowsiness, dullness, and trembling.”
“Bad effects from fright, fear, exciting news and sudden motions.”
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