SBL Gelsemium sempervirens

Common Name: Yellow Jasmine, Wild Woodbine
Preparation: Tincture made from the fresh root and the bark of the root.

Primary Benefits and Uses

Gelsemium is an ideal remedy for warm climates and for gradual onset symptoms, often following exposure to heat or sunstroke. It is particularly useful for conditions where muscles feel heavy and sluggish, with difficulty in movement, and a general feeling of weakness or heaviness in the limbs. It is also helpful in catarrhal inflammations and conditions involving congestion or high-grade inflammation.

Symptoms Treated with SBL Gelsemium Sempervirens

Mind and Head:

• Anticipatory anxiety with diarrhea before important events such as exams or interviews.
• Sluggishness in thoughts and emotions, irritability, sensitivity, and lack of desire for food, drink, or conversation.
• Headaches with a stiff neck, worse in the morning, relieved by urination.
• Neuralgic headaches, dull, ascending pain from the neck to the forehead, accompanied by dizziness, blurred vision, and heavy eyelids.

Eyes, Ears, Nose:

• Blurred vision, dizziness, and drooping eyelids.
• Catarrhal deafness, with ear pain extending from the throat and worsened by cold.
• Sensation of fullness in the nose, along with profuse watery discharge, sneezing, and excoriating nostrils.

Mouth and Throat:

• Dry lips, coated tongue, and dryness of the throat with hoarseness.
• Burning in the mouth extending to the throat and stomach, relieved by Gelsemium.
• Shooting pain in the ear when swallowing.

Stomach and Abdomen:

• Sour belching and a feeling of emptiness in the stomach, with burning sensations extending to the mouth.
• Abdominal soreness, rumbling, and flatus.
• Colicky pains in the abdomen extending to the testes, relieved by passing gas.

Stool and Anus:

• Difficulty passing stool, feeling as if the sphincter resists the passage.
• Frequent gas discharge and sensation of incomplete evacuation.
• Urging due to emotional excitement or stress (e.g., news or emotions).

Urinary Complaints:

• Frequent urination with relief of headache.
• Incontinence in children, with pain in the bladder.

Female Complaints:

• Fullness and heaviness in the uterine region, cramp-like pains during menses, with pain extending to the back and hips.
• Severe labor pains, alternating with heavy headaches, or inefficient labor pains.

Back and Extremities:

• Pains in the neck, congestion of the spine, and muscle soreness with sensations of constriction.
• Trembling in the limbs, cramps in the forearm when writing.
• Coldness of the wrists and hands.
• Sciatica, with burning pain, worse at rest and at night, relieved by motion.
• Difficulty walking due to aching in the lumbar and sacral regions.

General Symptoms:

• Alcoholic stimulants relieve complaints associated with Gelsemium.
• Heavy feeling in the body, with the sensation that limbs and eyelids are weighed down.
• Extreme difficulty in breathing, with restlessness due to threatened suffocation.

Dosage Instructions:

• Take 5 drops in half a cup of water, three times a day.
• Alternatively, take globules three times a day, or as prescribed by a physician.

Precautions:

• Keep a 15-minute gap before or after meals when taking the medicine.
• If pregnant or breastfeeding, consult a homeopathic practitioner before use.
• Avoid tobacco and alcohol during the course of treatment.

Side Effects:

• No significant side effects reported when taken as prescribed.
• Homeopathic medicines do not interfere with the action of other medicines, including allopathic and Ayurvedic treatments.

Terms and Conditions:

Homeopathic products should be used based on symptom similarity, and results may vary depending on individual conditions. It is recommended to consult a physician before purchasing and avoid self-medication.