NEUROLOGIC

SYMPTOM
CONDITION
SUB-CONDITION
HERB
CHOREA
Sydenham's
 
Corydalis aurea, Scutellaria
 
General adjunct
 
Passiflora, Verbena
CONVULSIONS
General options when medications may not be necessary
 
Gelsemium, Lobelia, Passiflora, Scutellaria, Verbena
 
Periodic, associated with uterine disorders
 
Cimicifuga
DELIRIUM-TREMENS
In asthenics
 
Aristolochia serpentaria, Capsicum, Pulsatilla, Valeriana
 
In sthenics
 
Cimicifuga, Passiflora, Scutellaria
DIZZINESS
In aged with arteriosclerosis, "cerebral anemia"
 
Ginkgo, Cola, Panax ginseng (Kirin, Korean Red)
 
In aged with arteriosclerosis, atonic digestive function, dry skin
 
Xanthoxylum
EPILEPSY
To reduce force and lessen frequency
 
Lobelia, Solanum dulcamara
 
When aura is present, but condition is marginal for standard medication
 
Passiflora, Scutellaria
 
Petit mal with chorea or agitation
 
Cimicifuga
 
while sleeping
 
Scutellaria
INSOMNIA
To prevent anxieties when insomnia feared
 
Avena, Passiflora, Pulsatilla
 
with spasms, pain, nervous irritability, tachycardia
 
Piscidia, Viscum
 
Frequent waking with nightmlares
 
Cannabis
 
In atonic, debilitated states
 
Cypripedium, Epipactis, Valeriana
 
with muscular pain, agitation, "rheumatoid"
 
Cimicifuga
 
From exhaustion following excitement
 
Pedicularis, Scutellaria
 
Wakefulness in chronic disorders
 
Scutellaria
 
with strong bounding pulse, bloodshot eyes
 
Veratrum
 
with indigestion and epigastric fullness
 
Humulus, Matricaria
 
General, in asthenic individuals
 
Cypripedium, Epipactis, Hypericum, Symplocarpus, Valeriana
 
General, in sthenic individuals
 
Avena, Passiflora, Scutellaria, Verbena
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Early stages or the beginning of remissions
 
Eleutherococcus, Guaiacum, Panax quinquefolium
 
with distal numbness
 
Populus candicans
 
Agitated and irritable from distress and fear
 
Scutellaria
 
Aggravated by blood sugar shifts
 
Oplopanax
 
In the asthenic, feeble
 
Panax ginseng (Kirin or Korean Red)
 
In young women
 
Angelica (Chinese cured), Panax quinquefolium
NARCOLEPSY
 
 
Avena, Cola, Paullinia
NEURALGIA-GENERAL
with nervous muscular twitching
 
Corydalis, Hypericum
 
Brachial Neuritis
 
Humulus
 
Intercostal
 
Capsicum plaster
 
Aggravated by movement, with asthenia
 
Bryonia
 
with spasms or tenesmus
 
Cannabis
 
In convalescence, debility
 
Cypripedium, Epipactis, Cola, Valerian
NEURALGIA-CERVICAL
 
 
Cimicifuga, Piscidia, Capsicum plaster
NEURALGIA-TRIGEMINAL
General, internal
 
Aconitum, Piscidia, Scutellaria
 
General, external
 
Gaultheria oil, Heracleum (fresh root tincture)
 
From cold, caries, or gum inflammation
 
Gelsemium
 
To decrease hypersensitivity of trigger points
 
Humulus
PARALYSIS
 
 
Heracleum fresh root tincture applied locally, at and distal from nerve injury

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