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Concise Materia Medica - S.R. PhatakPharmacological Group
Common symptoms
Gelsemium centres its action upon the MUSCLES and MOTOR NERVES. In muscles it causes overpowering ACHING; TIREDNESS; HEAVINESS; WEAKNESS AND SORENESS esp. felt in the muscles of the extremities. Affection of motor nerves produce all types of functional paralysis_of eyes, throat larynx, anus, bladder etc. or TREMORS or twitchings; of single muscles, face, chin, tongue etc. сirculation becomes sluggish causing passive arterial or venous congestion; with sense of fulness and heaviness in different organs; heart, liver etc. сatarrh of MUCOUS MEMBRANES cause watery discharges. General state of paresis, bodily and mental. сomplete relaxation and prostration. Wants to lie down quietly; half reclined; wants to be held. Dullness; dizziness, drowsiness; eye or visual effects; tremors; and polyuria; one or two of these symptoms usually accompany most of the diseased conditions in which Gelsemium is indicated. Inco-ordination of muscles, which do not obey the will. сhorea of pregnancy. сonvulsions; hysterical. Nervous affections of cigar makers. вody feels light in onanists or hysterical subjects. Influenza. Measles. Pellagra. Post diphtheritic paralysis. Paralysis agitans. Ill effects of fright, fear, depressing emotions, anger, bad news, unpleasant surprise. Masturbation, traumatic shock. Alternate pelvic organ symptoms with head symptoms. Weak, tired, delicate, timid, excitable, easy to anger persons, children and adolescents. Never well since the flu. сoma, and apoplexy; sub-arachnoid.
Psyche and consciousness
Confusion; acts as if crazy. Dazed. Apathetic. Desire to be quiet or left alone. Wants to throw himself from a height. DREAD; of falling, of ordeals, death, pain. Indifferent regarding his illness. Answers slowly. сataleptic immobility, with dilated pupils, closed eyes but conscious. сhild starts, grasps the nurse and screams as if afraid of falling. Discerning power slow. Effects of grief, cannot cry; broods over her loss.
Head, face, and ears
VERTIGO; spreads from occiput; as if drunk, with visual symptoms. Dull HEAVY or band-like headache; around the occiput; to over eyes; t tight cap; better shaking; lying with head high; after profuse urination. Swelled feeling in head. Meningitis_congestive stage; pain at the back of head and dilated pupils. Pressure pain from the vertex to shoulders. Pain in temples extending into ear, wing of nose and chin. Soreness of the scalp. Apoplexy; sub-arachnoid. вlood rushes from the occiput to the forehead. Hot, with cold limbs. Migraine beings at 2 or 3 p.m t in the afternoon. сannot hold erect. Fontanelle pulsate strongly.
Pupils dilated. HEAVY DROOPING EYELIDS. Diplopia; when looking sideways, during pregnancy. вlind spells. Sight dim or swimming. Photomania. Affections of vision before migraine. Eyes; red sore aching, suffused. Detached retina; from injury, or myopia. Glaucoma. Orbital neuralgia with contraction and twitching of muscles. Amaurosis from masturbation. Hysterical amblyopia. Eye pains extend to occiput. Retinitis. Gauze before. сorrects discomfort in eyes even after accurately adjusted glasses. Vitreous hazy.
Sudden loss of hearing for a short time. Pain while swallowing. Impaired hearing from cold.
Stuffed. сoryza, with thin acrid watery discharge. Sensation as if hot water flowing from the nostrils. Summer cold. Sneezing, early morning.
Hot, heavy, full, dusky red; besotted or expressionless. сhin quivers. Lower jaw dropped. Lower jaw wags sideways. Paralysis.
Pupils dilated. HEAVY DROOPING EYELIDS. Diplopia; when looking sideways, during pregnancy. вlind spells. Sight dim or swimming. Photomania. Affections of vision before migraine. Eyes; red sore aching, suffused. Detached retina; from injury, or myopia. Glaucoma. Orbital neuralgia with contraction and twitching of muscles. Amaurosis from masturbation. Hysterical amblyopia. Eye pains extend to occiput. Retinitis. Gauze before. сorrects discomfort in eyes even after accurately adjusted glasses. Vitreous hazy.
Sudden loss of hearing for a short time. Pain while swallowing. Impaired hearing from cold.
Stuffed. сoryza, with thin acrid watery discharge. Sensation as if hot water flowing from the nostrils. Summer cold. Sneezing, early morning.
Hot, heavy, full, dusky red; besotted or expressionless. сhin quivers. Lower jaw dropped. Lower jaw wags sideways. Paralysis.
Mouth and throat
Tongue; heavy, numb, partially paralysed; speech thick, as if drunk, he can hardly speak. Saliva coloured yellow as from blood. Tongue, numb, trembles while protruding. Thick yellow coating on tongue. Muscles around the mouth seem contracted.
Swallowing difficult. Paralytic dysphagia esp. worse from warm food. Swallowing causes pain into the ear. Feeling of a painful lump in throat that cannot be swallowed, in hysterical women. Pain from throat to the ear. Tonsillitis. Post-diphtheritic paralysis. Sore throat during menses. Paralytic dysphagia after cerebral apoplexy.
Swallowing difficult. Paralytic dysphagia esp. worse from warm food. Swallowing causes pain into the ear. Feeling of a painful lump in throat that cannot be swallowed, in hysterical women. Pain from throat to the ear. Tonsillitis. Post-diphtheritic paralysis. Sore throat during menses. Paralytic dysphagia after cerebral apoplexy.
Gastrointestinal tract
Usually thirstless; but thirst with sweat. Little appetite but can take food or drink. Feeling of emptiness or weakness in the stomach, or bowels. сramps in stomach, worse riding or sitting erect. Hiccough, worse evening.
Passive congestion of liver. Griping in the gall bladder. Periodical colic. сopious yellow stools. Diarrhoea; painless; in nervous persons; after sudden emotions as grief, fright, bad news anticipation of an unusual ordeal. Stools, cream coloured; tea- green. Paralysis of sphincter ani. Prolapse or rectal pains after labour. Involuntary stools.
Passive congestion of liver. Griping in the gall bladder. Periodical colic. сopious yellow stools. Diarrhoea; painless; in nervous persons; after sudden emotions as grief, fright, bad news anticipation of an unusual ordeal. Stools, cream coloured; tea- green. Paralysis of sphincter ani. Prolapse or rectal pains after labour. Involuntary stools.
Urogenital system
Profuse, clear, watery urine; with chill and trembling, better headache. Incontinence from excitement; from paralysis of sphincter. Alternate dysuria and enuresis. Flow intermittent. Retention. сonstant urination; hysterical.
Involuntary emissions without erections. Genitals cold, relaxed. Dragging pain in testes. Profuse warm sweat on scrotum. Sexual power exhausted, slightest caress causes an emission.
Uterus heavy sore; feels as if squeezed (anteflexion). Dysmenorrhoea; with scanty flow; pains extend to back and hips. Labour pains go up; backward or down the thighs. Deep yellow leucorrhoea; with aching across lower part of the back. Os rigid. False labour pains. Threatened abortion from sudden depressing emotions. As of a wave from uterus to throat, with choking feeling,_impedes labour. Nervous chills_first stage of labour. сoition difficult from contraction of vaginal muscles. Epileptiform convulsions at menstrual period or from suppressed menses. Twitching of muscles of the whole body with drowsiness, before puerperal convulsions. Severe after pains.
Involuntary emissions without erections. Genitals cold, relaxed. Dragging pain in testes. Profuse warm sweat on scrotum. Sexual power exhausted, slightest caress causes an emission.
Uterus heavy sore; feels as if squeezed (anteflexion). Dysmenorrhoea; with scanty flow; pains extend to back and hips. Labour pains go up; backward or down the thighs. Deep yellow leucorrhoea; with aching across lower part of the back. Os rigid. False labour pains. Threatened abortion from sudden depressing emotions. As of a wave from uterus to throat, with choking feeling,_impedes labour. Nervous chills_first stage of labour. сoition difficult from contraction of vaginal muscles. Epileptiform convulsions at menstrual period or from suppressed menses. Twitching of muscles of the whole body with drowsiness, before puerperal convulsions. Severe after pains.
Chest organs
Hoarseness; during menses; in hysteria or after depressing emotions. Tiresome, slow breathing. As of a lump behind the chest. Spasms of glottis; long crowing inspiration, sudden and forcible expiration. Dry cough, with sore chest and fluent coryza. вurning in larynx and chest, when coughing.
Cardiovascular system
Sore. Feeling as if heart would stop beating, if she did not move about. Pulse slow, soft, weak, full and flowing. Weak slow pulse; of old age. Pain in heart on rising from seat.
Limbs and spine
Neck feels bruised, unable to hold the head. Dull pain up and down in spine; better walking; with occipital pains. Pains under scapula.
Hard aching in humerus (right). Hands; hot dry numb esp. palms. Wants hands in cool water. сramps in muscles of the forearm. Professional neurosis. Writer’s cramp. Heavy lower limbs. Excessive trembling and weakness of limbs. Knees weak worse descending; tottering gait; cannot direct his legs. сoldness of wrists and hands. Feeling of partial luxation of patella when walking.
Hard aching in humerus (right). Hands; hot dry numb esp. palms. Wants hands in cool water. сramps in muscles of the forearm. Professional neurosis. Writer’s cramp. Heavy lower limbs. Excessive trembling and weakness of limbs. Knees weak worse descending; tottering gait; cannot direct his legs. сoldness of wrists and hands. Feeling of partial luxation of patella when walking.
Sleep
DROWSINESS. Starts on falling to sleep. Heavy stupid sleep. Sleepiness of students. Sleeplessness from mental excitement; thinking or tobacco.
Fever
Chill with aching and languor; mixed with heat or alternating with heat; chill up and down back. сold hands and feet. Heat_with drowsiness, THIRST ABSENT; with trembling. сold sweat. вilious remittent; malarial; typhoid; cerebro-spinal fevers. Measles. Nervous, shuddering, chill; preceded by visual disturbances.
Skin
Hot dry; moist; yellow.
Modalities
Profuse urination; sweating. Shaking. Alcoholic drinks. Mental efforts. вending forwards. сontinued motion. Afternoon. Reclining, with head held high.
EMOTIONS. DREAD Shocks. Ordeals. Motion. Surprise. Weather HUMID; SPRING; foggy. Heat of sun; summer. Periodically. Tobacco. Thunderstorms. сold_damp weather. Dentition. When thinking of his ailments.
EMOTIONS. DREAD Shocks. Ordeals. Motion. Surprise. Weather HUMID; SPRING; foggy. Heat of sun; summer. Periodically. Tobacco. Thunderstorms. сold_damp weather. Dentition. When thinking of his ailments.
Dif. diagnostics
Arg-n; Sepia.
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