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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

This remedy is characterized by a great dizziness brought on when lying down, and moving the head ever so slightly, or even the eyes--all the contents of the room appearing to whirl around; patient wishes to keep the head perfectly still . In urinating, the water flows at first in a full stream, then stops, flows again, stops, etc. Acts better on females. Old contusions or sprains.

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Eyes

Affects the cornea; blindness; paralysis of the optic nerve, amaurosis; dimsightedness.

Glands

Pain in, as from contusion; wasting away of; itching of; induration of; sensibility of; hard swelling of; tingling in; wounds with injured glands.

Skin

Yellow skin as in jaundice. Ulcers cancerous; scabby, destitute of feeling; with tight, tense feeling; speckled. Scurfy exanthema. Polypus. Greenish mortification. Tetters in general; scurfy. Want of action of the skin.

Sexual.-- Male : Impotence; weakness of the sexual powers. Female : Menses suppressed; too late; too scanty. Affections of the mammae, where they are very hard, especially if they have been bruised a long time ago, or recently.

Sensations

Heartburn; e.g. , in pregnant women, where an excessive heartburn comes on when going to bed at night. Attacks of sick feeling. Sensation as if a hoop, band, or something tight was around the parts; deficiency of irritability of the body, i.e. , the body has very little sensation. Darting from within outward, in the bones; tension in inner parts, also in outer parts; pricking in the bones.

Urine

Discharge of the urine interrupted; burning, during and after; sharp stitches; with crampy pressure; mucous sediment.

Generalities

Obstruction of the ears. Face bluish; reddish-yellow. Eructations. Nasal secretion purulent; expectoration purulent; hysterics, hysteric spasms; jaundice; painless paralysis; inclination to sit down; yellow nails. Stupor-like sleep in the morning; sleep in the morning not refreshing; stupor-like sleep generally.

Worse.-- During and after eating; in the night (as cough coming on at night, or a pain, and lasting all night, disappearing during the day); from injuries of the glands; lifting the arm; lifting the parts affected; from light of lamp; light of day; sunlight; looking around (vertigo); on beginning to move; from milk; on rising from the bed, or from a seat; from rubbing; in snow air; while standing; from stepping heavily on the ground or floor; on beginning to walk; from surgical injuries in general; from suppressed menstruation; while lying down; from masturbation; while resting.

Better.-- From moving; in the dark; while fasting before breakfast; from letting the limb hang down; from continued moving; from pressure without; on sitting down; walking with the body bent forward; when walking.

Remedies following:-- Bellad., Lycop., Phosphor., Pulsat., Nux vom., Rhus tox., Stramon., Sulphur .

Antidotes

Spirits of Nitre, Dulcam .

Complete text of the Conium Maculatum entry in Guernsey - Key-notes to the 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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Simple remedy · Plant

19 entries across 19 books · abbreviations: CON · Family: Umbelliferae

Entries

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2 Kent

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15 Tyler

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16 Guernsey · shown above

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17 Cowperthwaite

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18 Dewey

Conium Maculatum · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 2,155 chars

20 Hempel

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22 Roberts

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23 T. F. Allen

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33 Gladstone Clarke

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Research (14)

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  1. Vertigoheel induced psychosis: A patient case reportO'Connell M, Hunt E, VandenBerg A · The mental health clinician · 2021 · Case Reports · doi
  2. [Unmittelbare Remission eines mit großzelligem B-Non-Hodgkin-Lymphom befallenen inguinalen Lymphknotens unter alleiniger homöopathischer Behandlung mit Conium: Wann ist eine alleinige adjuvant-homöopathische Tumortherapie zulässig und sinnvoll?]Hümmer H, Wiecken T, Pachmann K · Complementary medicine research · 2019 · Case Reports · doi
  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
  5. Homeopathic Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Pregnant Women With Mental Disorders: A Double-blind, Controlled Clinical TrialVilhena EC, Castilho EA · Alternative therapies in health and medicine · 2016 · Randomized Controlled Trial
  6. Anticancer potential of Conium maculatum extract against cancer cells in vitro: Drug-DNA interaction and its ability to induce apoptosis through ROS generationMondal J, Panigrahi AK, Khuda-Bukhsh AR · Pharmacognosy magazine · 2014 · doi
  7. Effect of homeopathic treatment on gene expression in Copenhagen rat tumor tissuesThangapazham RL, Rajeshkumar NV, Sharma A et al. · Integrative cancer therapies · 2006 · doi
  8. Homeopathic medicines do not alter growth and gene expression in prostate and breast cancer cells in vitroThangapazham RL, Gaddipati JP, Rajeshkumar NV et al. · Integrative cancer therapies · 2006 · doi
  9. Effects of homeopathic preparations on human prostate cancer growth in cellular and animal modelsMacLaughlin BW, Gutsmuths B, Pretner E et al. · Integrative cancer therapies · 2006 · doi
  10. Comparative efficacy of homeopathic and allopathic systems of medicine in the management of clinical mastitis of Indian dairy cowsVarshney JP, Naresh R · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2005 · doi
  11. Evaluation of a homeopathic complex in the clinical management of udder diseases of riverine buffaloesVarshney JP, Naresh R · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2004 · doi
  12. [Effects of lowest levels of drugs--a contribution to homeopathy research]Harisch G, Kretschmer M, Riemann-Gürlich CE · DTW. Deutsche tierarztliche Wochenschrift · 1992
  13. [Clinical experimental test and equilibrimetric measurements of the therapeutic action of a homeopathic drug consisting of ambra, cocculus, Conium and mineral oil in the diagnosis of vertigo and nausea]Claussen CF, Bergmann J, Bertora G et al. · Arzneimittel-Forschung · 1984
  14. ConiumEMERY RL · Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy · 1947

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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