"Is this a test?? If you don't want to answer then don't test me, I don't come here for an argument. I know the answer already but it would be a long answer. Yes I do know what modalities are- it's better/worse from what and for example what position etc. I know about finding out where it extends, all your problems...I've even done a whole questionaire on my own-- How does this relate to my question about why a remedy exaggerates..?
I've seen what was said about Gelsemium already such as stagefright and a lot more in Materia Medica and also what I said "above" which I why I asked the question and I just wanted to make sure my homeopath didn't get me wrong as for not having it that degree so I didn't know why and it takes long to get a reply from my homeopath."

Well, have you ever passed a "placement" test, which would decide in what group of, for example, foreign language students - beginner, intermediate, advanced - are you best suited? SUch tests are not done to undermine you in any way, but to help you study better - so there are tests and tests... Although I wrote in my message that did not mean to test you or anything...

Also if you wish to know WHY does a remedy produce this or that symptom - then I beleive NOBODY in the whole world will ever be able to ask this question. And happily this is not relevant to treating someone with homeopathy - it's sufficient to know that they have ceratin symptoms, no matter what might have caused them, as there can be so many reasons, that's where mainstream medicine fails often - if they do not find a reason, very often they don't know what to do.

Another aspect - PEOPLE are not REMEDIES, some person might have this symptom, another one - another, but I doubt if you will ever find a person who has them all at once... And even the same homeopath will usually not be able to state the unique reason why he has chosen the same remedy for different people - the TOTALITY has suggested it, but it might be very different for any to given patients, even the opposite - you have heard about polarities, I suppose...

I have been studying homeopathy for more than 5 years now, but I'm not sure that I will be able to prescribe someone Gelsemium as a "constitutional" remedy, not as an acute, that is. In a cold or flu I usually get it right quite often, but as a chronic case - I still have a lot to learn... I use 10 different Materia Medicas when I study a remedy, but the most important procedure is to browse a Repertory - now I looked into my Kent's repertory, under "extremities, numbness (page 1035, Indian Edition) and have found that Gelsemium appears there in BOLD BLACK letters, so that might be good for these symptoms as well, but as Gina told you, this is only a little part of the whole picture, and we here do not know the rest, can only guess from what you write and how, but again, not much - to be able to answer you.

I see that you are saying that you are waiting to hear from your homeopath, well, that's the wisest thing to do. And also the most frequent prescription in a chronic case is "wait and see"!

I do wish you all the best and hope that in a year or so, you will sign your posts as "former "sufferer and will actually suffer less,

best,

Elena