GELSEMIUM

Homeopathic Materia Medica & Symptoms

Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Amaurosis
Anterior crural neuralgia
Aphonia
Astigmatism
Bilious fever
Brain affections
Cerebro-spinal meningitis
Choroiditis
Colds
Constipation
Convulsions
Deafness
Dengue fever
Diarrhea
Diphtheria
Dupuytren's contraction
Dysentery
Dysmenia
Emotions effects
Epilepsy
Eyes affections
Fever
Fright
Gonorrhea
Hay-fever
Headache
Heat effects
Heart diseases
Hydro-salpingitis
Hysteria
Influenza
Intermittent fever
Jaundice
Labour
Liver affections
Locomotor ataxia
Mania
Measles
Meningitis
Menstruation painful
Menstruation suppressed
Metrorrhagia
Myalgia
Neuralgia
Nystagmus
Esophagus stricture
Paralysis
Paralysis agitans
Paraplegia
Pregnancy albuminuria
Ptosis
Puerperal convulsions
Remittent fever
Retina detachment
Rheumatism
Sexual excess effects
Sleep disordered
Spasms
Sun-headache
Sunstroke
Teething
Tic-douloureux
Tobacco effects
Tongue affections
Toothache
Tremors
Uterus affections
Vertigo
Voice loss
Writer's cramp
Sluggish mind
Muscular system relaxed
Heavy limbs
Lassitude
Eyelid paresis
Diplopia
Loss of swallowing power
Anus remains open
Diarrhea from depressing emotions
Relaxation of genital organs
Functional paralysis
Blurring of sight
Headache relieved by urination
Desire to urinate at night
Violent headache if urination delayed
Post-diphtheritic paralysis
Debility after pollutions
Prostration from seminal vesicles
Funk before examination
Stage fright
Effects of anger
Effects of grief
Effects of bad news
Drooping eyelids
Hysterical dysphagia
Eruptive disorders
Drowsiness
Stiff face
Quivering chin
Restlessness
Pain over right eye
Eyes feel like turning into head
Suicidal inclination
Want to throw self from height
Clenching hands
Nervous rigors
Dread of being alone
Back of head feels like turning to ice
Inclination to talk or write
Great exhilaration
Better opinion of mental capacity
Memory better
Frequent urination
Insanity
Brandishing a sword
Paralysis of legs
Excessive tremors
Vomiting
Violent and intermittent heart action
Affected eye muscles
Prolonged conversation causes lip paralysis
Somnolence
Good appetite
Vision not perfect
Double vision
Speechless
Total loss of power in tongue
Cannot articulate
Difficulty swallowing
Widely dilated pupils
Uncertain power over hand and arm
Trembling of the tongue
Tongue thinly coated
Flushed crimson face
Excessive weakness
Early morning sneezing
Streaming colds
Headache begins in occiput
Headache spreads over head
Headache settles over eyes
Dizziness rising from occiput
Headache with stiff neck
Headache relieved by urinating
Headache preceded by blur before eyes
Drowsiness with headache
Difficulty keeping eyes open
Dull headache over eyes to vertex and occiput
Irregular action of eye-muscles
Neurotic symptoms in cigar-makers
Impotence
Palpitation
Feeling of fullness and heaviness in uterine region
Cramp-like pains during menses
Sharp pains moving from uterus to back and hips
Languid aching in back and hips before menses
Great weakness in lower extremities
Little pain after menses begin
Lump in throat
Pains in back of head and spine after menses
Pains running up back of neck
Feeling of tightness in brain
Irritable
Easily angered
Fever in afternoon
Twitching of muscles
Menses last eight days
Menses light-colored
Epileptiform convulsions at menstrual period
Rigid os in labour
Chill beginning in hands
Chill beginning in feet
Itching of skin
Eruption like measles
Lightness of head
Lightness of body
Sensation as if head enlarged
Sensation as if tape around head
Sensation as if skin contracted in forehead
Sensation from throat to nostril like scalding water
Sensation as if lump in esophagus
Sensation of load in stomach
Sensation as if uterus squeezed by hand
Sensation as if he would die
Sensation as if blood ceased to circulate
Sensation as if heart would stop unless moving
Sensation as if knife thrust through from occiput to forehead
Sensation as if eyes jumping out of head
Yellow stools
Wants to lie down and rest
Wants to be held
Motion aggravates most symptoms
Motion improves muscular pains
Motion improves heart
Rising from seat causes pain in heart
Shaking head improves heaviness of head
Lifting arms causes trembling of hands
Playing piano causes tired sensation in arms
Apprehensive feeling at approach of thunderstorm
Heat of sun aggravates
Hot applications ameliorate pain back of head
Must be covered in all stages of paroxysm
Complaints from sudden change from hot or dry to damp air
Catarrh occurring in warm moist relaxing weather
Damp weather aggravates
Cold open air improves
Fog aggravates
Cold drinks are vomited
Stimulants improve
Great irritability
Incapacity to think
Incapacity to fix attention
Vivacity followed by depression
Unconnected ideas
Loss of memory
Unconsciousness
Delirium in sleep
Incoherent talk
Acts crazy
Stupor
Dulness of mental faculties
Sensation of intoxication
Cataleptic immobility
Confusion
Muscles refuse to obey will
Head giddy
Every exciting news causes diarrhea
Effects from fright and fear
Cowardice
Staggering as if intoxicated
Giddiness
Blurred vision
Loss of sight
Chilliness
Accelerated pulse
Intense pain over right eye
Sick headache
Neuralgic headache
Cerebro-spinal meningitis
Fulness in the head
Heat in the face
Great heaviness of the head
Pressure on vertex
Pain as from a tape around head
Dull pain in back part of head
Back part of head seems turning to ice
Sensation as if brain were bruised
Faintness
Pain in the neck
Pulsation of the carotid arteries
Pain in the limbs
Great drowsiness
Sneezing
Sensation of contraction of skin in forehead
Itching on the head
Itching on the face
Itching on the neck
Itching on the shoulders
Eyes feel bruised
Yellow color of the eyes
Fulness and congestion of the eyelids
Paralysis of the eyelids
Double vision controllable by will
Eyeballs oscillate laterally
Smoky appearance before eyes
Detached retina
Cannot see anything
Pupils dilated
Aversion to light
Thirst for light
Confusion of sight
Sudden loss of hearing
Rushing and roaring in ears
Catarrhal deafness
Pain from throat into middle ear
Earache from cold
Sneezing followed by tingling in nose
Streaming of water from nose
Profuse watery discharge excoriates nostrils
Sensation of fulness at root of nose
Heavy dull expression of countenance
Heavy besotted expression
Hot to the touch
Lips dry
Lips hot
Lips coated
Paleness and nausea
Erythema of face and neck
Muscles of face seem contracted
Orbital neuralgia
Contractions and twitching of muscles of face
Stiffness of jaws
Jaws are locked
Lower jaw dropped
Chin quivers incessantly
Lower jaw began wagging
Saliva colored yellow
Tongue is coated yellowish-white
Fetid breath
Putrid taste
Sticky feverish feeling in mouth
Tongue red
Tongue raw
Tongue painful
Tongue dry
Tongue inflamed
Numbness of tongue
Tongue feels thick
Partial paralysis of tongue
Dryness and burning in throat
Dry roughness in throat when coughing
Hoarseness with dryness of throat
Sensation of heat and constriction in throat
Burning in mouth extending to throat and stomach
Spasmodic sensations in gullet
Cramp-like pains in gullet
Sensation as if foreign body in throat
Difficult deglutition
Swallowing causes shooting into ear
Local tingling of the parts during fever
Incipient paralysis
Increased appetite
Sour eructations
Nausea with giddiness and headache
Sensation of emptiness in stomach
Feeling of emptiness and weakness in stomach and bowels
Oppression and fulness in stomach
Burning in the stomach extending to the mouth
Gnawing pain in transverse colon
Sudden spasmodic pains in abdomen
Compelling him to cry
Sensation of contraction
Sensation of soreness in abdominal walls
Tenderness in right iliac region
Rumbling in abdomen
Discharge of wind above and below
Periodic colic with diarrhea
Acute catarrhal enteritis
Frequent discharge of flatus
Soft stool passed with difficulty
Paralysis of sphincter ani
Disposition to prolapsus ani
Stools loose color of tea
Stools dark yellow
Stools fecal
Stools bilious
Stools cream-colored
Stools clay-colored
Stools green
Diarrhea with intermittent fever
Diarrhea after sudden emotions
Diarrhea after grief
Diarrhea after fright
Diarrhea after bad news
Diarrhea after anticipation
Frequent micturition relieves headache
Copious discharge of clear urine
Incontinence from paralysis of sphincter
Tenesmus of bladder
Irritable neck of bladder
Constant urination
Genitals cold and relaxed
Involuntary emission of semen
No erection
During stool
Excitable sexual desire
Sexual power exhausted
Slightest caress causes emission
Painful redness at urethra
Sensation of heaviness in uterus
Sensation as if uterus squeezed by a band
Suppressed menstruation with convulsions
Metrorrhagia almost continuous flow
Metrorrhagia without pain
Severe sharp labour-like pains
Pains extending to back and hips
Dizziness with amenorrhea
Headache with amenorrhea
Ailments from masturbation
Depression and languor
Rigidity of neck of uterus
Spasmodic dysmenorrhea
Neuralgic dysmenorrhea
Vaginismus
Leucorrhea white
Leucorrhea in gushes
Leucorrhea with backache
Spasmodic labour-pains
False labour-pains
Premature labour after fright
During pregnancy violent pains in uterus
During pregnancy drowsiness
During pregnancy double vision
During pregnancy obscuration of sight
During pregnancy giddiness
During pregnancy pulsation of carotid arteries
During pregnancy small slow pulse
Cramps in abdomen during pregnancy
Cramps in legs during pregnancy
Loss of muscular power during pregnancy
Inefficient labour-pains
Os widely dilated
Complete atony
Voice weak
Paralysis of glottis
Spasm of glottis
Threatening suffocation
Roughness of throat
Raw as if ulcerated in larynx
Bronchitis
Burning in larynx
Burning in trachea
Dry cough with soreness of chest
Fluent coryza
Breathing frequent
Heaviness in middle of chest
Sensation of constriction in lower thorax
Extreme difficulty of breathing
Threatened suffocation
Restlessness
Stitches in chest in region of heart
Paralysis of lungs
Irregular beating of the heart
Palpitation
Feeling as if heart would stop
Pain in the heart when rising from a seat
Pulse frequent
Pulse soft
Pulse weak
Pulse almost imperceptible
Pulsation of the carotid arteries during pregnancy
Muscles of neck feel bruised
Sensation of constriction in right side of neck
Pains in neck under left shoulder-blade
Myalgic pains in the neck
Pains from spine to head and shoulders
Congestion of spine
Prostration
Languor
Dull aching in lumbar and sacral regions
Cannot walk
Trembling in all the limbs
Deep-seated aching in muscles and joints
Neuralgic pains in extremities
Rheumatic pains in extremities
Pain in shoulders during the night
Arms weak
Arms numb
Sensation as if right elbow were sprained
Pain in elbow from draught of air
Cramps in forearm when writing
Pain as if sprained in right wrist
Trembling of hands when lifting them
Coldness of wrists and hands
Hot dry hands
Spasmodic contraction of fingers
Unsteady gait
Fatigue after slight exercise
Loss of voluntary motion
Violent lancinating pain in thigh
Obstinate sciatica
Burning pains in legs
Deep-seated muscular pains in legs
Paroxysmal shooting pains
Thighs sore to touch
Rheumatic pains during the night in knees
Sudden dislocation of the knee-pan
Calves of legs feel bruised
Spasmodic contraction of toes
Hyperesthesia
Excessive irritability
Paralytic affections
Complete relaxation of muscular system
Trembling and weakness
Listless and languid
Easily fatigued
Rheumatic pains wandering
Spasmodic contractive pains
Sensation as if bruised
Neuralgia acute sudden darting pains
Shooting tearing pains along tracks of nerves
Congestions arterial or venous
Sluggish circulation
Papulous eruptions resembling measles
Skin hot and dry
Sleepiness
Long-continued sleep
Delirious as soon as he goes to sleep
Yawning
Languid and drowsy
Cannot compose mind for sleep
Sleeplessness from nervous irritation
Restless sleep
Unpleasant dreams
Wakes from sleep with headache
Wakes from sleep with colic
Night-terrors
Dreamed of dying
Felt eyes sinking into sockets
Pulse slow
Limbs cold with oppressed breathing
Cold hands and feet
Thirst
Pain in back and loins
Pain in lower part of thighs
Chilliness in upper part of body and back
Chilliness every day at same hour
Chilliness in the morning
Languid aching in back and limbs
Sense of fatigue
Nervous chill
Chill with cold hands feet and headache
Chills begin in the hands running up the back
Chilliness along spine
Chill with weak pulse
Coldness of feet
Heat in head and face
Chill followed by heat and perspiration
Heat principally on head and face
Typhoid fever with nervous symptoms
Languid asthenic fever
Profuse perspiration relieving pains
Perspires freely from slight exertion
Intermittent fevers
Children's remittent fever

Kent's Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica

Complaints are more insidious and come on with a degree of slowness
Colds and fevers of a low, malarial type
Congestive headaches
Congestive complaints that do not come on suddenly
Cerebral hyperaemia
Determination of blood to the brain and to the spinal cord
Extremities become cold
Head becomes hot
Back becomes hot
Convulsions of the extremities
Crampings of the fingers
Crampings of the toes
Crampings of the muscles of the back
Coldness of the fingers
Coldness of the toes
Extremities are icy cold to the knees
Face is purple
Face is mottled
Eyes are engorged
Pupils dilated
Eyes are in a state of marked congestion with lachrymation and twitching
Feels dazed
Talks as if he were delirious
Incoherent
Stupid
Forgetful
Great coldness running up the back from the lower part of the spine to the back of the head
Shuddering, as if ice were rubbed up the back
Pains extend up the back
Very dark red countenance
Glassy eyes
Dilated pupils
Neck drawn back
Rigidity of the muscles of the back of the neck
Neck cannot be straightened
Violent pains up the back
Coldness in the spine
Pain in the base of the brain
Pain in the back of the neck
Very hot skin
High temperature
Violent chill
Tongue begins to coat
Nausea
Vomiting of bile
Continued fever extends from one paroxysm into another, with a higher temperature in the afternoon
Chill practically subsides
Typhoid appearance
Dry tongue
Not much thirst
Marked head symptoms
Dazed in mind
Delirium
Afternoon fevers without chill in infants and in children
Remittent attacks
Dark red face
Duskiness
Feeling of great weight and tiredness in the entire body and limbs
Head cannot be lifted from the pillow
Great weight in the limbs
Heart is feeble
Pulse is feeble
Pulse is soft
Pulse is irregular
Palpitation during the febrile state
Sense of weakness and goneness in the region of the heart
Weakness and goneness often extend into the stomach
Hysterical element
Nervous hunger, or gnawing
Most violent pain is in the occiput
Hammering pain in occiput
Every pulsation is felt like the blow of a hammer in the base of the skull
Patient cannot stand up
Paralyzed from the pain
Occipital headache that compels walking or rolling the head
Face is flushed
Face is dusky
Eyes glassy
Pupils dilated
Headaches of a neuralgic character in the temples and over the eyes
Nausea and aggravation from vomiting
Headache is relieved by passing a copious quantity of urine
Much nervous excitement
Complaints from fear
Complaints from embarrassment
Complaints from shock that is attended with fear
Complaints from sudden surprises that are attended with fright
Involuntary stool
Involuntary discharges from fright
Surprises accompanying fright
Becomes faint
Weak and exhausted
Tired in all the limbs and unable to resist opposing circumstances
Heart palpitates
Paralytic affections of the sphincters
Involuntary loss of stool
Involuntary loss of urine
Paralytic weakness of the extremities
Paralytic weakness of the hands
Aching along the spine
Aching in the muscles of the back
Drawing, cramping in the muscles of the back
Aching under the left shoulder blade
Double vision
Dimness of vision
Appearance as of gauze before the eyes
Confusion of vision
Blindness

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

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