Other Names : Gelsemium sempervirens, yellow jessamine or jasmine,Carolina jasmine or jessamine, evening trumpetflower, woodbine<br>
The homeopathic remedy gelsemium is prepared using the freshly obtained roots of the twisting yellow jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) vine belonging to the Gelsemiaceae family and is used to treat pain and respiratory problems, especially those symptoms that are akin to those caused by gelsemium poisoning.
==Special Precautions of Gelsemium==
All parts of this plant contain the toxic strychnine-related alkaloids gelsemine and gelseminine and should not be consumed.The sap may cause skin irritation in sensitive individuals. Children, mistaking this flower for honeysuckle, have been poisoned by sucking the nectar from the flower.The nectar is also toxic to honeybees,and causes brood death when gathered by the bees.
==The benefits of Gelsemium are==
Traditionally, the yellow jessamine wine has been used in herbal medicine to treat pain as well as respiratory diseases. Even in homeopathy, gelsemium is normally prescribed in highly diluted solutions to cure health conditions that are accompanied by symptoms that are similar to those caused by gelsemium toxicity.