COMMON NAME:
POISON HEMLOCK.
Symptoms
Suitable for old men, old maids, women with tight, rigid fibre; scrofulous and cancerous people; children prematurely old (N.).
Ailments and weakness of old men (ecchymosis).
SWELLING AND INDURATION OF THE GLANDS, WITH STINGING AND TINGLING, AFTER BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS.
Great sensation of debility in the morning in bed (Ambr., Carbo vegetabilis, Lachesis, Nat- M., Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Silicea, Staphysagria).
Induration after contusion and bruises.
Obscuration of the cornea (Calcarea, Causticum, Mercurius, Silicea).
MUCH TROUBLED WITH VERTIGO, WHICH IS WORSE WHEN TURNING THE HEAD, TURNING IN BED, OR LYING DOWN (N.).
Easily intoxicated (Bt.).
Paralysis and apoplexy of old persons (Bar-C., Gelsemium, Gloninum, Opium).
Useful in paresis and paralysis that extend from below upward (Bl.).
VERTIGO, AS THOUGH THE BED AND THINGS IN THE ROOM WERE TURNING IN A CIRCLE (Alumina, Bryonia, Calcarea, Cyclamen, Ferrum, Lycopodium, Mosch., Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla) (N.).
Hysterical and hypochondriacal attacks after excessive sexual indulgence, or after entire abstinence.
Weakness of the lower limbs, staggering; worse by turning the head, or looking around sidewise (N.).
Unable to sustain any mental effort (A.).
Great concern about little things (Bt.).
Dreads being alone, but avoids society.
Very easily excited (Nux vomica, Phosphorus) (Bt.).
Convulsive twitching of the limbs (Aconite, Belladonna, Cocc., Cuprum, Gloninum, Hyoscyamus, Lachesis, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Pulsatilla).
GREAT SENSITIVENESS TO LIGHT, WITHOUT CORRESPONDING INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES (Nux vomica, Sulphur) (N.).
No inclination for business or study (A.).
On opening the lids, tears squirt out (Apis., Ipecac., Merc-C., Rhus toxicodendron) (N.).
Lips and teeth have black crusts on them (Bt.).
Frequent, sour eructation, with hardness and distention of the abdomen (G.).
SWEAT DAY AND NIGHT, AS SOON AS ONE SLEEPS, ON EVEN CLOSING THE EYES (Calcarea, Carb-An., Lachesis, Thuja) (N.).
Vomiting, that looks like black coffee-grounds (Arsenicum, Cadm-S., Lycopodium, Merc-C., Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus) (G.).
Cough; in spasmodic paroxysms caused by a dry spot in the larynx (A.).
Cough during pregnancy (Pulsatilla) (A.).
HACKING, ALMOST CONTINUAL COUGH, WORSE AT NIGHT WHEN LYING DOWN (Hyoscyamus, Kali- Br., Pulsatilla, Sulphur) (N.).
MUCH DIFFICULTY IN VOIDING URINE; THE FLOW SUDDENLY STOPS, THEN FLOWS AGAIN, SEVERAL TIMES, AT EACH EMISSION (N.).
Urine flows better when standing (can only pass urine while standing–Hypericum, Sarsaparilla) (K.).
Emission of prostatic fluid while passing flatus, from fondling a woman, during lascivious thoughts and with stool (K.).
BAD EFFECTS FROM SUPPRESSED SEXUAL DESIRE, OR FROM EXCESSIVE INDULGENCE (N.).
Enfeebled state of the sexual organs from masturbation (Nux vomica, Phosphorus) (D.).
Induration of the testicles (Bromium, Rhododendron) (Bt.).
Incomplete erection, during coition (Camph., Graphites, Lycopodium, Phosphorus, Sulphur) (K.).
SEMINAL EMISSIONS, WHILE FROLICKING WITH A WOMAN (Phosphorus, Sarsaparilla) (K.).
Acrid, corrosive leucorrhoea (Arsenicum, Calcarea, Acid nitricum, Sulphur) (Bt.).
Leucorrhoea ten days after menses (A.).
Induration and enlargement of the ovary (Iodium, Mercurius, Sepia, Thuja) (G.).
Swelling and soreness of the breasts preceding the menses (Calcarea, Kali carb., Kali- S., Lac-C., Murx., Tuberculinum) (N.).
Dysmenorrhoea, with aching about the heart (N.).
Indurations of the breast, hard as a stone, especially after a blow or injury (N.).
STINGING, LANCINATING PAINS IN THE NECK OF THE UTERUS, WITH INDURATIONS AND SCIRRHOSIS. (N.).
Constipation, with constant and ineffectual urging to stool (Nux vomica, Sulphur) (Bt.).
Constipation on alternate days (Alumina, Bryonia, Causticum, Natrum muriaticum, Nux vomica, Sepia, Sulphur, (B.).
Palpitation, worse after drinking, from exertion and after stool (Arsenicum, Causticum) (K.).
Objects seem red (Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, Iodium, Nux-M., Phosphorus, Stront.) (K.).
Paralysis of the optic nerve (Belladonna, Gelsemium, Kali-I., Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Silicea) (G.).
Nasal polypus (All-C., Calcarea, Graphites, Kali bichromicum, Mercurius, Acid nitricum, Sanguinaria, Teucrium, Thuja) (B.).
Expectoration only after long coughing (Causticum, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla) (Br.).
Mucus can not be expectorated- must be swallowed (Arnica, Cannabis sativa, Causticum, Kali- C., Kali-S., Sepia, Spongia, Staphysagria, Zincum met.) (D.).
Blood-red ear-wax (C.).
Ears feel as if stopped up on blowing the nose (Alumina, Calcarea, Mang., Spigelia, Sulphur; stopped feeling in the ear, better from blowing the nose–Mercurius, Stann.) (C.).
AGGRAVATION:
In the night; while eating; from light; from milk; in snow-air; while standing; while lying down; from sexual excesses; from masturbation; when lifting the affected part; and from turning in bed.
AMELIORATION:
While fasting; in the dark; from letting the limbs hang down; from motion; from walking; from pressure; and on sitting down.
RELATIONSHIP:
Similar to: Bar-C., Carb-An., Causticum, Curare, Gelsemium, Hydrastis, Hyoscyamus, Kali-P., Lycopodium, Natrum muriaticum, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Rhus toxicodendron, Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur, Thuja, and Zincum met.
Compare: Arnica, Hamamelis, and Rhus toxicodendron in contusions; Arsenicum, Ast-R., Bar-C., Bromium, Carb-An., Iodium, Phosphorus, Phytolacca, and Silicea in cancer: and Bromium, Calcarea, Calc-I., Merc-I., Phytolacca and Psorinum in glandular swellings.
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)