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CONIUM MACULATUM
Poison hemlock
Clinical Picture:Indicated in geriatric diseases of women during and after climacteric.
Vertigo on lying down and when turning over in bed; when moving the head slightly, or even the eyes; must keep head perfectly still; on turning the head sidewise, of old people; with ovarian and uterine disorders.
Great difficulty in voiding urine; flow interrupted, then flows again; prostatic or uterine disorders.
Ill-effects of suppressed sexual desire, or suppressed menses; non-gratification of sexual instincts or from excessive indulgence. Weakness of voluntary muscles. Numbness of legs.
Modalities:
Worse:
At night.Better:
Lying down.
Turning in or rising up from bed.
Celibacy (or excessive sex).
While fasting.
In the dark.
From letting limbs hang down.
Motion and pressure.
Relations:
Patient often improves with wine or stimulants, though these persons -are averse to alcoholic stimulants when in good health. Is followed well by Psorinum in benign tumors of the breast, which are likely to undergo malignant changes.
Summary of Indications:
Geriatric and climacteric disorders (of women) - polyneuropathy -paraplegia.
Antidotes:
Coffea cruda
Dulcamara
Nitricum acidum