Western Herbalism
Yellow jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Also known as Wild woodbine, Gelsemium, Yellow jasmine, Carolina Jasmin, Jessamine, wild jasmine, wild jessamine.
Gelsemium is primarily the remedy for acute hyperemia of the brain and spinal centers. All through the woof and warp of its therapy runs the thread of nervous excitation and unrest; and often fever, spasm, and pain.
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Indications what the tradition reached for it in
- Inflammatory conditions
- Cysts (ovarian)
- Neuralgia
- Biliary colic
- Labor
- Muscle spasms
- Rigid cervical os
- Mittelschmerz
- Pain
- Cholelithiasis
- Dysmenorrhea
- Urinary colic
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Gallstone
- Fever (w/ frontal headache)
- Endometriosis
- Post-herpetic neuralgia
- Anxiety
- Colic
- Cramps
- Insomnia
- Restlessness
- Fever
Safety
Recognised toxicity. This plant carries a toxicity flag in the record; it is for trained practitioners only.
Low dose botanical. Used in drop doses in the classical practice; not a plant to dose freely.
Pregnancy: Pregnancy Caution
Breastfeeding: Lactation
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Dosing as the sources wrote it
| Preparation | As written | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| Cervical os | 1-5 drops in water OR apply around cervix (not if collecting pap) | 0.05-0.25 mL |
| Tincture (1:5) | 5-10 drops up to QID (start low) OR 5-30 gtts in 4 oz H2O and dispense 1 tsp q hr | 0.1-0.2 mL |
| Extractum Gelsemii Fluidum , Fluid Extract of Gelsemium | Dose, from one-half to ten minims. | 0.03-0.62 mL |
| Macerate and percolate with dilute alcohol | Dose, from five to thirty minims. | 0.31-1.85 mL |
| Specific Medicine Gelsemium | Dose, from one-third to ten minims, prescribed, ten minims to five drachms in four ounces of water. | 0.02-0.62 mL |
| The remedy can be given in single doses of from fifteen to twenty minims, but any dose of three drops or more must be watched for physiological effects, and diminished when these appear. | 0.92-1.23 mL |
Doses are reproduced from the sources for practitioners and are not a recommendation for any person.
From the sources
Therapy. Gelsemium is primarily the remedy for acute hyperemia of the brain and spinal centers. All through the woof and warp of its therapy runs the thread of nervous excitation and unrest; and often fever, spasm, and pain.
Therapy. In the acute fevers of childhood , some evidences of nerve irritation are seldom absent. Here the agent exercises its happiest influence. Muscular twitchings with the above specific symptoms demand this remedy.
Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage. This tincture possesses the active properties of the root, and may be given as a febrifuge in intermittent, remittent, typhus, typhoid, and many other fevers; it is likewise beneficial in neuralgia, nervous headache, toothache, etc.
Action. Gelsemium acts chiefly upon the spinal cord, first impressing the sensory tract, even to the extent of producing complete anesthesia; later, its dominant action occurs, that of expending its force on the motor neurons, causing paralysis of motion.
Drawn from King's American Dispensatory, 18th edition (Felter and Lloyd); Ellingwood's American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy; Felter's Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and the Bountiful Herbs editorial.
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