Con, Conium Maculatum

Conium maculatum is a homeopathic remedy prepared from Poison Hemlock, a highly toxic plant. It is traditionally associated with glandular swellings and indurations, vertigo (especially when turning the head or lying down), progressive muscular weakness, and ailments following sexual excess or suppression of emotions.

Con in brief

• It is a remedy between Lyc, Nat-m
• If you see someone as if his volume has been turned down, Con is a good choice.
• Multiple problems that lead to progressive weakness (like Alzheimer's)

Neurological disease

• Vertigo, esp neurologic form.
• Dementia
• Cranial nerves involvement such as Optic neuritis
• Coma

• Brain tumors, esp encephaloma
• Hyperacusis

Hyperacusis

• Hearing - ACUTE, hearing
• Hearing - ACUTE, hearing - noises, to
• Hearing - ACUTE, hearing - perspiration, during
• Ears - PAIN, ears - noises, from
• Ears - PAIN, ears - sounds, sharp Cop, Sil

Vertigo

True Vertigo

• As if he is going around in a circle.
• As if the Everything / Bed is spinning around him
  • Vertigo -TURNING, on - bed, in BELL
  • Vertigo -TURNING, on - circle, sensation, as if turning in a : BRY, CYCL, PULS
  • Vertigo -TURNING, on - moving the head, or turning
  • Vertigo -TURNING, on - moving the head, or turning - quickly CALC
  • Vertigo -TURNED, as if bed turned about nux-v, plb, Puls, sol-ni

Accompanied by

• Reduces the muscle strength of the whole body
• Myopia
• SRP: As if Orbit/ Eyeball muscles being pushed forward
• Headache
• Uterine and ovarian problems
• Vertigo of the elderly (Phos) (Con vs. Phos)

Agg

• Lying down
• Slight movement of Head/ Eyes
  • Esp to the left (Coloc)
  • Esp on turning his head quickly
• Must remain completely calm and motionless. (Bry)
  • Vertigo when rolling over in bed
• Looking at moving objects
• Amel when closing his eyes

Vertigo -MOVING, the head BRY

Painless paralysis

• Weakness / Heaviness / Painless paralysis of limbs
• Esp lower limbs, thighs and knees
• Paralysis of limbs + Ataxia and walking disorder

Cranial nerves involvement

• Optic neuritis
• Facial paralysis
  • Bel's palsy
  • Eyelids paralysis

Dementia

• Impaired understanding of content

• Difficulty in learning due to lack of motivation.
  • Mind - CONCENTRATION, general - difficult - studying, reading, while - learns with difficulty : AGAR, Anac, Ars, Bar-c, Lyc, Phos
  • Mind - AMBITION, general - loss of ambition: GELS , PH-AC

• Very similar to Phos apathy (Con vs. Phos)

Causation

• Sex Suppression
• Disappointed love (Nat-m)
• Alcoholism (Hyos, Anac)
• Loss of Reputation/ Position/ Property
• Senile dementia + Stupid words

  Mind - DEMENTIA, madness - senile, foolish talking, with

Glands

• Breast (MMP mastitis)
• Lymphadenopathy
• Prostatitis, BPH
• MMP oophoritis
• Orchitis

Mastitis

• Mumps
• Mastitis + Axillary Lymphadenopathy
• During periods (lac-c, Kali-c)
• Sensitive / Painful breasts (Shooting pain)
• Painful congestion before menses, which hurts when taking a step
• Similar remedies in swollen glands: Calc, Psor

• Physical damage to glands (Aster), esp breasts

BPH

• BPH and is urinary problems : Puls, Dig, Staph, Apis
• Urgency, Retention, Drop by drop urination
• Stopping and connecting the flow of urine, which amel when standing
  • BLADDER - URINATION - interrupted - standing; urine flows better when
  • Diseases - PROSTATE, benign enlargement - elderly men, in: BAR-C, DIG , SABAL SEL
  • Bladder - RETENTION, of urine - prostate, from enlarged : DIG , STAPH

Prostatitis

• Drop by drop of prostate fluid
• Cutting pain during ejaculation
• Increase in sexual arousal in such a way that it accompanies any stimulation.
• Ejaculates even with defecation.

Orchitis

• Testicular induration
  • MALE GENITALIA/SEX - INDURATION - Testes - right : RHOD

• Testicular pain

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - PAIN - tearing - Testes : PULS

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - PAIN - pinching - Testes : SPONG

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - PAIN - tearing - Penis

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - PAIN - pressing - Testes - left

Impotence

Long-term sexual suppression and its side effects, such as loss of sexual function

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - ERECTIONS - wanting - continence, from Phos

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - PAIN - Testes - erections, after mag-m. ox-ac.

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - PAIN - Testes - left

MALE GENITALIA/SEX – HEMATOCELE arn. con. erig. Ham. ruta

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - ERECTIONS - easy, too: Phos. Pic-ac. Plat. Plb

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - ERECTIONS - incomplete - coition, during :GRAPH, LYC , SULPH

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - ERECTIONS - fruitless

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - EJACULATION - weak

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - POLLUTIONS - sadness, with :

Female remedy

• Suppression
• Problems caused by menstrual suppression (Irregularity, Scanty and delayed menses)
• Increased libido due to menstrual suppression

Fibroma

• Hard swelling of Cervix/ Uterine / Ovaries
• Con is a miasmatic remedy for large fibroids + Profuse bleeding and burning pains (Lap-a) (Con ₳ Lap-a)
• Cystic tumors esp Hard (Calc-f ₳ Con)

Leucorrhoea

• Lecorrhea 10 days after menses (Borx, Bov)
• Burning, Bloody, Acidic Leucorrhoea
• Severe Leucorrhoea

• Thick Leucorrhoea
• Intermittent Leucorrhoea

Female - DISCHARGE, vagina - intermittent

Female - DISCHARGE, vagina - menses, during - after - ten days Hydr

Female - DISCHARGE, vagina - menses, during - after - two weeks

Menstrual problems

• Weak / Suppressed / Delayed /On and off / Short- term Menses
• Skin rash with Menses that stops with bleeding (Dulc)
• Menses stops with cold and washing hands in cold water (Lac-d)
• Cutting pain in Ovaries/ Uterus

Genital trauma

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - INJURIES: Arn. Calen, Hyper. mill. Rhus-t. Staph.

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - INFLAMMATION - Testes - contusion, from : ant-t. ARN. bar-m. Con. Ham. Puls. zinc.

MALE GENITALIA/SEX - SWELLING - Testes - injury, after : ARN. con. Puls. vario. zinc.

Mental problems

Apathy

• Very similar to Phos / Hell apathy

  Mind - INDIFFERENCE, apathetic - external things, to - impressions

• Indifferent but sensitive to bullying

  Mind - INDIFFERENCE, apathetic - conscience, to the dictates of

• Indifferent + Bitter temper

  Mind - INDIFFERENCE, apathetic – morose

Depression

• As if the volume was turned down (Brady kinesia, Bradyphrenia)
• Apathy / Depression /Confusion / Dumbness / Slowness / Reduced level of consciousness / Laziness
• Memory loss caused by sexual repression

MIND - THOUGHTS - vanishing of MIND - ANXIETY - sexual desire; from suppressed MIND - SLOWNESS

• Depression + Hysteria

MIND - ANXIETY - hysterical

Anxiety

• Prolonged Conscience anxiety / Ethical carefulness (Nat-m)

  MIND - ANXIETY - prolonged continence; from

• Rumination

MIND - ANXIETY - hypochondriacal MIND - ANXIETY - thinking about it, from

• His anxiety does not have a specific modality

• Problems with superiors, quarrels, Bad-temper, irritable, Can't tolerate contradiction (Aur)
• He is afraid of being alone, but at the same time he avoids company (Kali-c, Lyc)

MIND - ANXIETY - driving from place to place MIND - GESTURES, makes - fingers - picking at fingers KALI-BR

Herpetic eruptions

Face

EYE - ERUPTIONS - About the eyes - herpes

EAR - ERUPTIONS - Behind the ears - herpes

FACE - ERUPTIONS - herpes

FACE - ERUPTIONS - herpes – Cheeks

FACE - ERUPTIONS - herpes - Mouth - Around : NAT-M

Extremities / Back

BACK - ERUPTIONS - herpes - Cervical region

EXTREMITIES - ERUPTIONS - Upper limbs - herpes : BOV._k MERC._k

EXTREMITIES - ERUPTIONS - Upper limbs - herpes - crusty

EXTREMITIES - ERUPTIONS - Forearm - herpes : MERC.

EXTREMITIES - ERUPTIONS - Hand - herpes : DULC. ZINC.

EXTREMITIES - ERUPTIONS - Knee - Hollow of - herpes : ARS. GRAPH. NAT-M

Corrosive / Burning

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - burning SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - corrosive : GRAPH. SIL

Crusty/ Moist / Itching/ Painful

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic – crusty

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - itching

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - moist

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - patches : LYC. MERC.SEP. SULPH.

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - scaly : CALC. MERC.

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - stinging : CLEM. SEP.

SKIN - ERUPTIONS - herpetic - suppurating : MERC. RHUS-T. SEP.

Eye

• Optic neuritis (seeing all kinds of light, ring, thread and other things, blurred vision)
• Paralysis of the eye muscles (triptyline, staring, slowness of adaptation, thinks his eyes are closed, heaviness of the eyelids)
• Keratitis (Corneal ulcer, Photophobia, Tearing and burning with light, Corneal opacity)

• Eye strain
  • Severe photophobia (Psor)
  • Complications of over-studying in lamp-light
  • After eye work, his mind does not work well

Others

Irritating Cough

• Caused by spasms / Spastic Cough
• Caused by a dry point in Larynx (Act-sp) or Throat-pit /Chest/ Stomach (Iod)
• Nocturnal dry cough
• Cough forces him to sit up straight
• As soon as he lies down, he starts coughing
• Pregnancy cough (Caust, Kali-br)

Ear-Wax increased

Con is the first choice in excessive accumulation of earwax

Ears - EARWAX, increased – red : mur-ac, Psor

Hyperparathyroidism

Esp due to parathyroid tumors

Follow well remedies

Phos

• Phos is recommended after Con in
  • Vertigo
  • Dementia
  • Progressive weakness
• Many and of course repressed emotions in Phos lead him to Con. (Con vs. Phos)

Sil

• Sil is recommended after Con in
  • Glands involvement
  • Closed and deep emotional repressions

Rubrics

• MIND - LIGHT - aversion to - shuns: Ambr, Androc, Bell, Hyos, Stram, Tarent, Zinc