Aethusa Cynapium

Fool's Parsley (Umbelliferae.)

Especially for children during dentition in hot summer weather; children who cannot bear milk . Great weakness; children cannot stand; unable to hold up the head (Abrot.); prostration with sleepiness. Idiocy in children; incapacity to think; confused. An expression of great anxiety and pain, with a drawn condition and well-marked linea nasalia. Features expressive of pain and anxiety. Herpetic eruption on end of the nose. Complete absence of thirst (Apis, Puls. - rev of Ars.). Intolerance of milk : cannot bear milk in any form ; it is vomited in large curds as soon as taken; then weakness causes drowsiness (compare Mag. c.). Indigestion of teething children; violent, sudden vomiting of a frothy, milk-white substance; or yellow fluid, followed by curdled milk and cheesy matter . Regurgitation of food and hour or so after eating; copious greenish vomiting. Epileptic spasms, with clenched thumbs , red face, eyes turned downwards , pupils fixed and dilated; foam at the mouth, jaws locked; pulse small, hard, quick. Weakness and prostration with sleepiness; after vomiting, after stool, after spasm.

Relationship . - Similar: to Ant. c., Ars., Cal., Sanic.

Aggravation . - After eating or drinking; after vomiting; after stool; after spasm.