GELSEMIUM
Source indications
Allen's Keynotes
- children, young people, especially women of a nervous, hysterical temperament
- complete relaxation and prostration of whole muscular system with entire motor paralysis
- excitable, irritable, sensitive
- nervous affections of onanists of both sexes
- bad effects from fright, fear, exciting news and sudden motions
- fear of death
- utter lack of courage
- anticipation of any unusual ordeal, preparing for church, theatre, or to meet an engagement, brings on diarrhoea
- stage fright, nervous dread of appearing in public
- general depression from heat of sun or summer
- weakness and trembling of tongue, hands, legs, of the entire body
- desire to be quiet, to be let alone
- does not wish to speak or have any one near her, even if the person be silent
- vertigo spreading from the occiput with diplopia, dim vision, loss of sight
- seems intoxicated when trying to move
- children fear of falling, grasp the crib or seize the nurse
- headache preceded by blindness, better by profuse urination
- lack of muscular co-ordination
- confused
- muscles refuse to obey the will
- headache beginning in the cervical spine, pains extend over head, causing bursting sensation in forehead and eyeballs
- worse by mental exertion, from smoking, heat of sun, lying with head low
- sensation of band around the head above eyes
- scalp sore to touch
- fears that unless on the move heart will cease beating
- slow pulse of old age
- great heaviness of the eyelids, cannot keep them open
- chill without thirst, especially along spine, running up and down the back in rapid, wave-like succession from sacrum to occiput
- worse in damp weather
- worse before a thunderstorm
- worse from mental emotion or excitement
- worse from bad news
- worse from tobacco smoking
- worse when thinking of his ailments
- worse when spoken to of his loss