Mark Tierno's Medicinal Herbs Database |
Gelsemium (Yellow Jasmine) |
Botanical Name |
Gelsemium nitidum, Gelsemium sempervirens |
System Affected |
nerves, sedative, bowels |
Properties |
sedative (for insomnia, etc), nerve relaxant (arterial blood vessel nerves particularily) Increasing persperation, reduces fever Pain of toothache & neuralgia (severe pains along course of a nerve) Inflamation of bowels (diarrhea, dysentery) |
Description |
root of herb |
Origin |
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Notes |
also called: wild woodbine, yellow jasmine |
Toxicity |
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Dosage |
1/2-2 grains |
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