POISON HEMLOCK CONIUM MACULATUM

POISON HEMLOCK (Conium maculatum L.) X

Activities (Poison Hemlock) :
Alterative (f; CRC); Analgesic (f; CRC); Anaphrodisiac (f; CRC); Antinicotinic (1; PH2); Antispasmodic (f; CRC); Aphrodisiac (f; CRC); Hypertensive (1; PH2); Hypotensive (1; PH2); Negative Inotropic (1; PH2); Nervine (f; CRC); Nicotinic (1; PH2); Paralytic (1; PH2); Poison (2; DEM; PH2); Respiradepressant (1; PH2); Respirastimulant (1; PH2); Sedative (f; CRC); Teratogenic (1; PHR; PH2).

Indications (Poison Hemlock) :
Adenopathy (f; CRC; JLH; PH2); Amenorrhea (f; CRC); Arthrosis (f; PHR; PH2); Asthma (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Backache (f; PHR; PH2); Bronchosis (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Cachexia (f; CRC); Cacoethes (f; CRC); Cancer (f; CRC); Cancer, breast (f; CRC); Cancer, colon (f; JLH); Cancer, face (f; JLH); Cancer, ganglia (f; JLH); Cancer, gland (f; JLH); Cancer, intestine (f; CRC); Cancer, liver (f; JLH); Cancer, mesentery (f; JLH); Cancer, neck (f; JLH); Cancer, nose (f; CRC); Cancer, pancreas (f; CRC); Cancer, parotid (f; CRC); Cancer, penis (f; JLH); Cancer, scrotum (f; JLH); Cancer, skin (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, spleen (f; JLH); Cancer, sternum (f; CRC); Cancer, stomach (f; JLH); Cancer, testicle (f; JLH); Cancer, uterus (f; CRC; JLH); Cancer, viscera (f; CRC); Carcinoma (f; CRC); Cardosis (f; CRC); Chorea (f; CRC); Colic (f; CRC); Cough (f; CRC; PHR); Cramp (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Delirium (f; CRC); Depression (f; PH2); Dermatosis (f; CRC); Dyslactea (f; CRC); Dysmenorrhea (f; CRC); Eczema (f; CRC); Edema (f; JLH); Encephalosis (f; PH2); Enterosis (f; JLH); Epilepsy (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Erysipelas (f; CRC); Heart (f; CRC); Hepatosis (f; CRC; JLH); High Blood Pressure (1; PH2); Hyperlactation (f; CRC); Icterus (f; CRC); Impotence (f; CRC); Induration (f; JLH); Insomnia (f; CRC); Jaundice (f; CRC); Laryngosis (f; CRC); Leprosy (f; CRC); Low Blood Pressure (1; PH2); Mania (f; CRC); Myosis (f; PHR; PH2); Neck (f; PHR); Nervousness (f; CRC); Neuralgia (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Orchosis (f; JLH); Pain (f; CRC; JLH); Palpitation (f; CRC); Pancreatosis (f; CRC; JLH); Paralysis (f; CRC); Parotosis (f; JLH); Pertussis (f; CRC); Pylorosis (f; PH2); Rheumatism (f; CRC; PHR); Sciatica (f; PHR; PH2); Scirrhus (f; JLH); Sclerosis (f; CRC); Scrofula (f; CRC); Sore (f; CRC); Spasm (f; CRC); Splenosis (f; JLH); Stye (f; CRC); Swelling (f; CRC); Syphilis (f; CRC); Tetanus (f; CRC; PHR); Tumor (f; CRC); Ulcer (f; CRC); Vertigo (f; CRC); Wen (f; JLH).

Dosages (Poison Hemlock) :
Do not use it (JAD). Many of the indications are homeopathic. Maximum dose 300 mg; standard dose 100 mg; not to exceed 1500 mg/day (HHB; PHR; PH2).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Poison Hemlock) :
Not covered (AHP). Classed by the FDA as unsafe containing the poisonous alkaloid coniine and other closely related alkaloids. Can cause contact dermatosis. Ingestion may cause debility, drowsiness, nausea, labored respiration, paralysis, asphyxia, and death. “Following lethal doses, animals rapidly begin to show symptoms; among them: paralysis of the tongue, mydriasis, head pressure, giddiness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and collapse into central paralysis, first the feet and legs, then the buttocks, arms, then paralysis of swallowing and speech. With increasing dyspnea and cyanosis, death ensues through central respiratory paralysis. LD is about 500–1000 mg coniine for man.” (CRC; HHB) (Note that in CRC (1985) I misquoted HHB and said 500 to 100).