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GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS (gels.)

* WEAKNESS LEADING TO PARALYSIS, on all levels.
Mind
- FEELING OF WEAKNESS, of not being able to cope with daily life, responsibilities, work.
- COWARDICE. Needs support.
- Timidity. ANTICIPATION.
- Desire to be quiet, to be left alone. Avoid people and distress of life.
- STAGE FRIGHT, fear of exams, to take on new tasks. Feel almost paralysed.
- Fear of falling, crowds.
- Mental weakness. Dullness. Forgetful.
Generalities
- WEAKNESS, PARESIS, PARALYSIS.
- AILMENTS FROM ANTICIPATION, FRIGHT, EXCITEMENT, BAD NEWS.
- agg. Damp weather.
- agg. Summer.
- amel. URINATION.
- TREMBLING FROM WEAKNESS, fear, anticipation .
- Flushes of heat alternating with chills, agg. on back.
- Complaints since influenza, apoplexy.
Food and drinks
- amel. Alcohol.
Vertigo
- Spreading from occiput (Sil).
- With disturbances of vision (Ferr).
Head
- OCCIPITAL PAIN EXTENDING UPWARDS (Sil).
- Headache amel. urinating (Fl-ac), lying head high;
agg. wine, 10 a.m.
- DULL, HEAVY with heaviness of eyelids. Can hardly lift head.
- Headache with muscular soreness of neck and shoulders.
Eye
- HEAVY EYELIDS, can hardly open them. Ptosis.
- WEAKNESS OF OCULAR MUSCLES. Amblyopia. Diplopia.
- Diplopia or blindness before or during headache.
Diplopia during pregnancy.
- Retinal detachment.
Nose
- Acute coryza, agg. left side, with dull headache.
Face
- Flushed. Hot, dusky red (Op).
- Dull, heavy expression.
- Neuralgia.
Mouth
- Tongue numb, heavy. Trembles. Paralysed.
- Thick speech.
Throat
- Difficult swallowing, agg. warm food.
- Pain from throat to ear on swallowing (Nux-v).
Stomach
- Thirstless.
Rectum
- DIARRHEA FROM ANTICIPATION, EXCITEMENT, FRIGHT, BAD NEWS.
- Paralysis of sphincter and rectum.
Bladder
- Paralysis. Retention.
- Frequent urination from excitement, fright, bad news.
Male genitalia
- Sexual energy weak, but easily excited.
- Seminal emissions without erection. Slightest caress causes emission.
- Impotency. Genitals cold and relaxed (Agn).
Female genitalia
- False labor-pains extending up the back (Kali-c).
- Dysmenorrhea with pain extending to back and hips.
Chest
- FEELING AS IF HEART WOULD STOP BEATING, IF HE DID NOT KEEP IN MOTION (Lob).
Back
- CHILLINESS UP AND DOWN THE BACK.
- Weakness.
- Pain and stiffness cervical region extending to head.
- Pain under left scapula.
Extremities
- Loss of power of muscular control. Paralysis. Contractions.
- TREMBLING AND WEAKNESS.
- Heavy feeling, especially lower limbs.
Sleep
- Sleeplessness from exhaustion, anticipation, excitement.
- Drowsiness. Sleepiness of students.
Compl.
Arg-n, Sep.
Dd
Ambra, Arg-n, Lyc, Mur-ac, Ph-ac, Sil, Stann.