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Conium Maculatum

Conium Maculatum
CON · 19 entries across 19 books
PreparationTincture of fresh plant in flower. Clarke
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Best in higher potencies given infrequently, especially for growths, paretic states, etc. Otherwise sixth to thirtiethDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Acts upon the motor nervous tract, especially the peripheral extremities of the nerves, producing paralytic conditions, and affecting in a remarkable degree the glandular system, causing engorgements and indurations, and altering the structure of the glandular substance.

In this latter condition we find its chief action, rendering it of essential value in scrofulous and cancerous affections.

The main peculiarity of Conium is its adaptability to the diseases of old people, especially old men.

Characteristic symptoms.

▲ Worse

At night; during rest; while sitting; while eating; when lying down. Better from motion, especially from walking

The full Cowperthwaite text, by section

Mind

(Conium maculatum)

Ill-humored and morose. (Bry., Coloc., Nux v.)

Hypochondriacal depression and indifference. (Phos. ac.)

Inability to sustain any mental effort . (Gels., Nux v.)

Want of memory. ( Anac ., Natr. mur., Kreos., Nux m .)

Disinclination for business. (Cycl., Nux v., Phos.)

Dullness ; difficulty in understanding what he is reading.

Averse to being near people, or hearing them talk. (Ign.)

Head

(Conium maculatum)

Vertigo ( Alum., Aur., Bell., Bry., Nux v .), particularly when lying down and when turning over in bed (Bell.) ; on rising from bed in morning (Bry.) ; when walking.

Constant confusion in region of eyebrows and root of nose.

Stitching pain in forehead, from within outward ; mornings or at noon.

Headache, as if the brain were too full and would burst, in the morning on walking.

Tearing headache ; must lie down.

Numbness, with sensation of coldness, in one side of the head.

Sensation in right half of brain, as of a large foreign body.

Pain in the occiput with every pulse, as if pierced with a knife.

Eyes

(Conium maculatum)

Weakness of vision.

Weakness and dazzling of the eyes, together with giddiness and debility, especially of arms and legs, on walking ; staggering, as if drunken.

Burning in the eyes. (Ars.)

Burning on upper surface of lids.

Yellowness of the sclerotica.

Could scarcely raise the lids, they seemed pressed down by a heavy weight (Caust., Natr. ars., Natr. carb., Naja, Physos.) ; disposed to fall asleep. (Nux m.)

Sluggish adaptation of the eye to varied range of vision.

Ears

(Conium maculatum)

Ringing, humming, and roaring in the ears. ( Cinch ., Nux v., Sulph .)

Stitches in and around the ears. (Kali carb., Graph.)

Ears feel as if stopped up on blowing the nose.

Blood-red ear wax.

Mouth

(Conium maculatum)

Drawing pain in teeth from eating or drinking cold things. (Ant. crud., Calc. c., Staph., Sulph.)

Difficult speech ( Caust ., Gels ., Hyos.) from lingual paralysis.

Face

(Conium maculatum)

Cancer of lips from pressure of the pipe.

Lips burning, dry ; shooting pains.

Submaxillary glands swollen and hard.

Stomach

(Conium maculatum)

Offensive eructations. ( Arn., Ant. tart ., Coc cul., Sep.)

Violent vomiting ; like coffee grounds (Sec. cor.) ; in clear sour water ; of chocolate-colored masses, sour and acrid.

Sour rising from the stomach after eating.

Violent pain in stomach ; pressing, burning, squeezing, lancinating. (Ars., Coccul.)

Pressure and sore, raw feeling at pit of stomach.

Swelling in region of pylorus.

Abdomen

(Conium maculatum)

Stitches in the hepatic region. (Ars., Calc. c., Bry., Kali carb., Sep.)

Lancinations in the abdomen, as if knives were plunged in. (Merc.)

Stitches extending from the abdomen to the right side of chest.

Cutting in abdomen, before the emission of flatus.

Pinching pains in the abdomen, as if diarrhoea would set in.

Aching pain in hypogastrium.

Forcing-down feeling in hypogastrium.

Contractive pains in lower abdomen, like after-pains, with urging to stool.

Stool

(Conium maculatum)

Frequent ineffectual urging to stool. (Ambr.)

Stool : undigested, painless ( Cinch .) ; liquid, mixed with hard portions.

Tremulous weakness after every stool . (Phos.)

Frequent stitches in the anus.

Burning in the rectum during stool.

Urinary Organs

(Conium maculatum)

Frequent micturition at night. (Ambr., Borax, Phos. ac.)

Burning during and after urination. (Acon., Ant. tart.)

The flow of urine suddenly stops, and continues again after a short interruption. (Clem.)

Male Organs.- (Conium maculatum)

Sexual desire without erections . (Agar., Agn ., Nuph.)

Emissions even while frolicking with a woman.

Discharge of prostatic fluid on every change of emotion, without voluptuous thoughts, with itching of the prepuce.

Swelling of the testes. (Acon., Agn.)

Female Organs.- (Conium maculatum)

Severe itching deep in the vagina. (Canth., Merc.)

Leucorrhoea ; with weakness and paralyzed sensation in small of back before the discharge ; thick, milky, with contractive labor-like pain, coming from both sides ; of white acrid mucus, causing burning. (Alum., Iodi., Kreos., Merc ., Phos., Puls .)

Indurations of uterus (Aur., Carb. an.) ; of ovaries ; of breasts.

Lancinating pains . ( Bell .)

Soreness and swelling of the breasts preceding menses.

Shriveling of the mammae (Iodi.), with increased sexual desire.

Needle-like stitches in left mamma.

Terrible nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.

Tumors in mammae with piercing pains, worse at night ; glands abnormally tender.

Respiratory Organs.- (Conium maculatum)

A dry spot in the larynx, where there is a crawling, and almost a constant irritation to a dry cough.

Violent spasmodic dry cough almost only when first lying down during day or at night. (Hyos., Puls., Sep.)

The clothes lie like a weight on the chest and shoulders.

Sharp thrusts directly through the chest, from sternum to spine, while sitting.

Violent stitches in right chest, about the nipple, on every inspiration ( Bry., Kali c .) ; while walking, relieved by hard pressure with the hand.

Heart

(Conium maculatum)

Palpitation ; beats intermit. ( Digit ., Kali carb.)

Violent palpitation after drinking.

Pulse unequal in strength, and sometimes irregular in rhythm ; insufficiency of the mitral valve.

Limbs

(Conium maculatum)

Trembling of all the limbs. (Coccul., Gels., Merc., Stram .)

Itching on the dorsum of the finger.

Difficulty in using limbs ; unable to walk.

Sensation of weakness, even to trembling of the right thigh while walking.

Generalities

(Conium maculatum)

Sudden loss of strength while walking.

Exhaustion and faintness, as if paralyzed.

Sick and faint early in the morning in bed.

Chlorosis, chilliness, excessive fainting, palpitation of the heart, pale face, suppressed menses and profuse leucorrhoea.

Swelling of the glands, with tingling and stitches ; after contusions and bruises. (Arn.)

Aggravation

Therapeutic Range.- (Conium maculatum)

Bad effects from suppressed sexual desire ; or from excessive indulgence ; affections, especially of glands, from contusions and bruises ; indurations, enlargements, and scirrhosities of glands ; hysteria ; hypochondria ; scrofula ; cancer ; traumatic cataract ; gravel ; diabetes ; dyspepsia ; bronchitis ; asthma ; whooping cough ; paralysis.

Conditions

(Conium maculatum)

Suitable for old people ; old men ; old maids ; for women with tight, rigid fiber ; for scrofulous and cancerous people ; children who are prematurely old.

Compare

(Conium maculatum)

Ars., Bell., Baryt. c., Calc. c., Digit., Dulc., Gels., Hydras., Hyos., Iodi., Lyc., Merc., Nitr. ac., Nux v., Phos., Rhus tox., Puls., Sep., Sil., Sulph.

Antidotes

(Conium maculatum)

Coff ., Nitr. ac., Nitr. sp. d. (Vinum.)

Conium Antidote.-

Nitr. ac.

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Complete text of the Conium Maculatum entry in Cowperthwaite - A Text-Book of Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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  3. Increased of the hepatocytes and splenocytes apoptosis accompanies clinical improvement and higher survival in mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and treated with highly diluted Lycopodium clavatumFalkowski-Temporini GJ, Lopes CR, Massini PF et al. · Microbial pathogenesis · 2017 · doi
  4. Highly diluted medication reduces tissue parasitism and inflammation in mice infected by Trypanosoma cruziLopes CR, Falkowski GJ, Brustolin CF et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2016 · doi
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Clinical (Clarke)

Indicated for (Boger)

Abortus, tenesmus recti, aggArms, hanging down, amelBones, bare, becomesBones, cariesBones, periostitisBowels, obstructed, paralysisCelibacyChokingCollapse, rapid prostration, etcConstipation, alternate daysContinence, aggConvulsion, haemorrhage, afterCough, dry, tickling, with burning fever but no thirstCough, larynx, dry spot inEpigastrium, lumpEpistaxis, sweat, withExpectoration, purulentExpectoration, slips back againFaint, stool, atFallingFear, people, yet, agg., if aloneFingers, picks, plays with, etcGaitGait, stumblingGangrene, diabeticGangrene, threatened, with blue partsGlands, hardGround, gives wayHead, ball, lump, etc., inHead, hot spots onHead, injuries toHead, injuries to, stupefaction, afterHeart, palpitation, stooling, aggHeelsHips, forced apart, disjointed, etc. [[as if]]Intoxication, easyIrregularLeucorrhoea, colic, afterLiver, eye symptoms, withMammae, dwindlingMammae, menses, before, aggMammae, nodes inMammae, stitches inMasturbationNails, yellowNose, pressure (of glasses), aggNumb, painless, etcOffensiveParalysis, ascendingParalysis, cold bathing, amelPenis, pulsationPersecution, ideas ofPicking, bleeds, untilPopliteaePopliteae, sweatProstatorrhoeaSaliva, sourSexual, touch, mere, aggSkin, bluish, injury fromSpine, injuriesStool, alternate days, onSwelling, absent, in affected or inflamed partsTaste, saltyThroat, bitterThroat, lump, rises, and is swallowed againTongue, weakTrembling, quiveringTrembling, senileUlcer, heat, amelUrination, dribbling, senileUrination, spurts, inUrination, standing, amelUrination, stops and starts, interruptedUterus, cancerUterus, enlargedUterus, swelledVertigo, motion, aggVertigo, occiput, [[felt]] inVertigo, senileVertigo, turning, agg+8 more