Wisteria sinensis
Remedy of nausea and vertigo. Persistent nausea with cold sweat. Vertigo with visual disturbance. Stomach cramps. Headache. Diarrhea. Effects of wisteria seed ingestion.
Source
Prepared from the seeds of Wisteria sinensis (Fabaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Persistent nausea with cold sweat. Vertigo with visual disturbance. Stomach cramps — colicky. Headache with nausea. Diarrhea, watery. Effects mimicking wisteria seed poisoning — nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea. Collapse.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Anxious, confused. Prostrated.
General Symptoms
GI. Worse from eating, motion. Better from rest.
Physical Symptoms
Stomach
Persistent nausea. Cold sweat. Vomiting. Stomach cramps.
Head
Headache with nausea. Vertigo. Visual disturbance.
Rectum
Diarrhea — watery, crampy.
Modalities
Better From
Rest
Worse From
Eating, motion
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Used for nausea and vertigo.
Clinical Indications
Persistent nausea, vertigo with visual disturbance, stomach cramps, diarrhea
Comparative Materia Medica
Tabacum has nausea with pallor. Cocculus has vertigo with nausea. Ipecacuanha has persistent nausea.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Wisteria seeds and pods contain wisterin (a lectin) and cytisine — toxic, causing nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea. Children poisoned from eating seeds. Use only potentised forms.
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