KEY SYMPTOMS

Materialistic nature with fixed ideas, complaints that are triggered by suppression of sexual feelings, tendency to develop tumors.

REMEDY PROFILE
Conium is prescribed for people whose minds are dulled by illness, so that they seem mentally paralyzed, tired, and depressed, with “fixed” ideas and an aversion to company. These people tend to be very materialistic when young, but ultimately lose interest in possessions.

The remedy is prescribed for cysts or tumors in the reproductive organs. It is used if physical symptoms, such as gradual stiffening of the legs, “mirror” the mental paralysis. Conium may help if illness is due to mental strain, grief, or old age. In the elderly, it is thought to restore vitality and counter premature aging. It is also used for giddiness, as well as for emotional and physical problems due to sexual excess or suppression of the sex drive.

SOURCE DETAILS

ORIGIN

Common in hedges, damp meadows, along river banks, and on waste ground throughout much of Europe, Asia, and North America.

BACKGROUND

Used in ancient Rome for epilepsy, mania, chorea, swellings, and tumors. In 19thcentury Europe, hemlock was given as a painkiller.

PREPARATION

The fresh flowering plant, including the root, is macerated in alcohol and then diluted and succussed.

COMMON NAMES

Hemlock, spotted hemlock.