Gelsemium sempervirens is a toxic plant used in homeopathy to treat various ailments, including phobias, fatigue, and respiratory problems. However, it can cause serious side effects and even death, so many practitioners prefer to use other remedies. Pregnant or lactating women and children with heart problems should avoid it. Chinese medicine uses the plant to treat neuralgia.
The plant used as homeopathic gelsemium is gelsemium sempervirens, a vine found in forests and along coastal areas. Homeopathic gelsemium can be made from the runners or roots of the vine, which are combined with alcohol to form a tincture. In colonial America, the plant was used as a treatment for fevers, and today it is used to alleviate a number of problems, including some phobias, fatigue, the flu, sore throats, colds, headaches, stage fright, and nervousness. of exams. Homeopathic gelsemium is also sometimes used to treat diarrhea and measles.
Many homeopathy practitioners prefer to use other remedies instead of gelsemium because this plant can cause death, even in small doses. Even the bees that pollinate its flowers have been poisoned, and honey made from gelsemium is considered poisonous. All parts are considered toxic and have a deleterious effect on the respiratory system. Serious side effects that indicate toxicity include dizziness, headache, trouble breathing, swallowing, or seeing, a slow heartbeat, and seizures. Ingestion of gelsemium can also cause paralysis.
Gelsemium should not be given to children or people who already have heart problems. Some children who have eaten the gelsemium nectar after misidentifying the flower as a honeysuckle flower have been poisoned. Pregnant or lactating women should also avoid gelsemium. A part of the population also experiences an allergic skin reaction after touching the sap of the plant.
Gelsemium uses include treatments for a type of pain that affects the facial nerves. Gelsemium has also been used for certain respiratory problems, including asthma, especially in the early 20th century. Chinese medicine uses the plant in treatments for neuralgia. The plant is believed to contain compounds that work in the brain to decrease pain. The dose of gelsemium depends on a variety of factors including the health and age of the patient.
Gelsemium sempervirens is an evergreen plant that produces scented yellow bell-shaped flowers, and the flowers bloom in the spring. The plant is an aggressive vine and can travel far through an extensive underground root system, and can reach the top of trees. Other names for this plant are begonia sempervirens and gelsemium nitidum, and it is commonly called yellow jessamine root, yellow jasmine, Carolina jasmine false jasmine, night trumpet flower, and trumpet wood.
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