Dr. Reckeweg Conium Maculatum(Mother Tincture)

Tincture of whole plant when beginning to flower.

Common Name: Deadly Nightshade

Causes & Symptoms for Dr. Reckeweg Conium Maculatum

• Conium patients suffers with a gradually progressing weakness, which can be relieved with this medicine.
• Hardness especially the glands, which become swollen and indurated with a gradually progressing weakness indicates Conium.
• Conium is an important remedy in chronic recreational drug users, who are more careful with drugs, also in people who are addicted to alcohol.
• Vertigo is one of the most prominent features of the remedy that occurs on rising from bed or from a seat, or on walking, on going downstairs, when lying.

Mind and Head

Inability to sustain mental effort, dullness; difficulty in comprehension and concentration, absence of mind

Conium has successfully been used in depressive states.

Buzzing inside the head, a noise, a dizziness, headaches are aggravated from alcohol. 

Sick headaches with vertigo and an inability to urinate.

Eyes, Ear and Nose

Disturbances of vision that are caused by injury is relieved with help of Conium

Burning in the eyes, and especially of the inner surface of the eyelids marks the remedy to be given.

Burning at the nostrils is relieved with Conium.

Swelling and induration of the parotid gland, with painful tension of the skin indicates conium.

Noises in the ears; ringing, buzzing, humming, throbbing. Tinnitus is relieved.

Mouth, Throat and Cough

Blisters at the upper lip, at the margin of the red portion, painful is relieved with Conium Maculatum.

Saliva tasting sour, or bitter taste in mouth.

Bitter taste in throat with fullness in the pit of throat and fruitless efforts to belching indicates Conium.

Cough that occurs almost immediately after taking a lying position, Cough which is followed by vomit.

Dry cough, excited by the slightest exposure to cold air, even by putting arms out of bed.

Conium is often indicated in obstinate dry cough remaining after influenza or a cold.

Stomach and Abdomen

Hardness and severe bloating of abdomen, in the evening after eating is relieved with Conium.

Swelling of liver with pressive pain and accumulation of ear-wax

Pinching pains in the abdomen, as if diarrhea would come on, trembling of the whole abdomen is relieved with Conium.

Rapid bloating of the belly especially after drinking milk.

Rectum and Stool

Conium has been useful in constipation with ineffectual urging or with unsatisfactory stools. 

Constant urging without any stool, Stitches in the anus when not at stool.

Urinary complaints

Conium is used where patient suffers from weakness of the bladder in expelling the urine

If the urethra is narrowed because of an enlargement of the prostate gland, Conium may be indicated. 

A keynote for Conium is interrupted urination.

Female complaints