CONIUM MACULATUM  کونیم Poison Hemlock. N.O. Umbelliferae. Tincture of fresh plant in flower. THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES The idea of paralysis in Conium is not so much the one we know from Socrates' death by the 'noggin of hemlock'; real paralysis comes only as an end result, and this may take a very long time, twenty years, thirty years, or more. Conium suffers with a gradually progressing weakness and paresis, and gradual is the key word here. The idea is much more that of sclerosis, of becoming hard, especially the glands, which become swollen and indurated. A gradually progressing weakness with the formation of indurations during the decline, is the picture of Conium pathology. Mental Paralysis and Induration This process develops on all three levels. On the mental level, we observe a gradual decline of the intellectual capacities. The patient becomes more and more dull; he has more and more difficulty in comprehension. Thinking is slowed down, memory becomes weak, and the patient becomes forgetful. His five senses lose their acuity, and his reserves slowly ebb away. A frequent and characteristic symptom is an inability to sustain mental effort read more [...]