CONVULSIONS

Symptoms:

Violent and involuntary muscular contractions.

Cause:

Some irritation of the nervous system, such as afflictions of the spinal cord or brain; head injury; a toxic condition of the blood; teething, worms, hysteria, intense pain, griping of the bowels, fear, etc.

Herbal aids:

Know the cause before administering any herbal remedy.  If convulsions are caused by poisons taken into the body through the stomach, then emetics must be used quickly.  If they are from fright or fear, an antispasmodic tincture with cayenne will usually stop the attack at once.  If the convulsions are caused from an impacted bowel, catnip injection will relieve the constipation and soothe the nervous system.  Often the individual is in no condition to take oral aids.  In such cases give an enema or an injection of antispasmodic, nervine or catnip, which will ease and soothe the convulsive condition.

Useful herbs:

All-heal, antispasmodic, asafoetida, betony, black cohosh, blue cohosh, bull nettle, calamine, catnip, cayenne, cedron, camomile, dwarf elder, fennel, fit root, garlic, gentian, German camomile (infant), honeysuckle, Indian poke, lady's slipper, lobelia, masterwort, motherwort, mudar bark, pennyroyal, peppermint, red clover, red root, rue, sassafras, skullcap, skunk cabbage root, spearmint, twin leaf, valerian, wild yam.