by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Aethusa cynapium appears in 11 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“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…”
“Æthusa cynapium, L. Nat. order , Umbelliferæ. Common names , Fool's Parsley; (Fr.) Petite Ciguë; (Germ.) Gleisse, Hundspetersilie; (Ital.) Cicuta minore. Preparation , Tincture, from the whole flowering plant. Authorities. Rage, [t]. Liable to transports of rage, 3, 5. Fury, [t]. Frenzy, [t], 2. Delirium, mania, 4…”
“Fool's Parsley The characteristic symptoms relate mainly to the brain and nervous system, connected with gastro-intestinal disturbance. Anguish, crying, and expression of uneasiness and discontent, lead to this remedy most frequently in disease in children, during dentition, summer complaint, when, with the diarrhœa…”
“BRAIN. Nerves. Digestion. Occiput. Neck. Glands. Liver. MILK. Hot weather. Dentition. Frequent eating. Over-exertion. Violent onset , profound exhaustion and lack of reaction, even speechless; as in cholera infantum, convulsions, etc. Can't stand or hold head up. Weak, nervous and prostrated; from over-work. Can't fix…”
“cynapium. Fool's Parsley. (Europe.) N. O. Umbelliferæ. Tincture of whole flowering plant. Brain-fag / Cholera infantum / Convulsions / Cough / Delirium / Diarrhœa / Dyspepsia / Ear, discharge from / Epilepsy / Excoriation / Eyes, affections of / Glands, affections of / Headache / Herpes / Hiccough / Idiocy / Infantile…”
“Fool's Parsley. Umbelliferæ. Apt to be mistaken for parsley ; a narcotico-acrid poison on account of an adherent alkaloid substance called cynapine . The plant mentioned by Hahnemann in the Organon. Proved 1828 by Nenning, later by Hartlaub, Sr. ; edited with the toxic symptoms, Annalen, 4, 113, 1833. Observations on…”
“Generalities: Before Aethusa was known a certain class of cases of cholera infantum, and vomiting and diarrhea in children, all resulted fatally, because there was no remedy that looked like such serious cases. Death is stamped on the face from the beginning, and if there are any remedies in the book that save life…”
“Bad humor, irritability, especially in the afternoon, and in the open air. Anxiety. Delirium. Giddiness, with sleepiness. Stitches and pulsations in the head. Heaviness in the forehead. Heat rises to the head; the body becomes warmer; the face becomes red and the giddiness ceases. Sensation, as if both sides of the…”
“Common names: fool's parsley; garden hemlock. Useful in gastro-intestinal troubles, especially in gastro-intestinal catarrh and convulsions of children during dentition (C). Dozing of child after vomiting spells (Ant-T.), or after the stool (Nux-M.) (C.). Head feels bound up, or in a vise (Arg-N.) (Br.). Regurgitation…”
“Is one of our best remedies for vomiting in children. The milk comes up as soon as swallowed, by a great effort, after which the child becomes greatly relaxed and drowsy; or if the milk stays down longer it finally comes up in very sour curds, so large that it would seem almost impossible the child could have ejected…”
Kent's Repertory lists Aethusa cynapium in 853 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (139), MIND (84), EXTREMITIES (79), STOMACH (66), ABDOMEN (38).
