Remedy:
Gelsemium
Related ailments/symptoms
Anticipatory anxiety Paralyzed with fear or anxiety Anxiety from bad news Fears epidemic or contagious disease Fears public places Timid/reserved Weak, trembling with anticipation May be dizzy Test anxiety Stage fright May have diarrhea with anxiety May have lump in throat, difficulty speaking Not very thirsty Worse: company bad news Better: alone
Supportive remedy for profound fatigue, heaviness, or weakness. Often used when the person feels drained, shaky, or flu-like after treatment.
Achey, weak, exhausted, shaky Heavy, droopy eyelids, drowsy Head feels heavy and mind dull Headache starting at nape of neck Chills run up and down back
Apprehension Anxiety Possible lethargy Possibly with shaking Possibly with diarrhea
Chilly chills run up and down back chills starting in hands and feet Feeling as if flu coming on Dull, drowsy, weak during fever Very little thirst during fever
Slow onset Feeling mentally dull, drowsy, apathetic Physically exhausted, achy, chilly, weak limbs feel heavy/tremble head feels heavy/neck stiff Droopy eyelids – can’t keep open may have double vision Dull headache Thirstless No sweating Chills run up/down back, trembling with chills or Lingering complaints since having the flu Better: after urination (headache open air sweating
Eyes are puffy, watery, sore when moving Heavy, droopy eyelids Runny, burning nose Mental dullness, drowsy, dizzy, shaky Throat may be sore Nonstop sneezing Thirstless Worse in humidity, spring Better with warm applications, after urinating
Begins back of head or neck extends over head to forehead Dull, drowsy with droopy eyelids Heaviness/fullness in head barely holds head up Mind fog Blurred vision Pupils dilated Cold feet Weak, trembling May come on after: bad news emotional excitement fear Worse: 10am Better: after urination
Droopy, dull, drowsy Can’t keep eyes open Limbs feel weak
Heavy, dull, pressure-like migraines with droopy eyelids and fatigue. Often triggered by anxiety or anticipation, with a band-like sensation around the head.
Diffuse muscle aching with a heavy, weak feeling. Typical of flu-like states, fatigue, or exhaustion with trembly weakness.
Insomnia from: anxiety anticipation after receiving good news over-studying exhaustion flu, mononucleosis Mentally dull Head feels heavy Weakness Falling asleep after supper in a chair then waking but unable to fall back to sleep
Pre-op anxiety Trembling with fear Weak
Fatigue Chills up and down the spine Thirstless
