- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Hemlock Poison (Umbelliferae) The "Balm of Gilead" for diseases of old maids and women during and after climacteric. Especially for diseases of old men; old maids; old bachelors; with rigid muscular fibre; persons with light hair who are easily excited; strong persons of sedentary habits. Debility of old people…”
- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Conium maculatum, L. Natural order , Umbelliferæ. Common names (Cicuta of the old Romans, but not since the seventeenth century), Poison hemlock; (G.), Schierling; (F.), Grande ciguë. Preparation , Tincture of the fresh herb in blossom. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 36 , from Hahnemann, Ch. Kr., with notes by Dr. Hughes).”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Poison Hemlock (CONIUM) An old remedy, rendered classical by Plato's graphic description of its employment in the death of Socrates. The ascending paralysis it produces, ending in death by failure of respiration, shows the ultimate tendency of many symptoms produced in the provings, for which Conium is an excellent…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“BALL. BURNING, stinging. CHEST, backward in CLIMAXIS, Agg. CLOTHES, pressure of, Agg. COITION, Agg. CONSTRICTION, tight band, gathered together, squeezing, etc. COORDINATION, disturbed COUGH. COUGH, excited from Throat or Larynx CUTTING DIRECTION of sensations, Ascending. DIRECTION of sensations, Backward DIRECTION of…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“NERVES. MUSCLES. GLANDS: MAMMÆ. Ovaries. Sexual organs. Respiration. SEEING MOVING OBJECTS. ALCOHOL. Raising arms. After exertion. Injury. Night. Sexual excesses. Cold; taking. Continence. Old age. Lying; head low. Letting part hang down. Irregular action ending in progressive DEBILITY, as in old age: clothes…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Poison Hemlock. N. O. Umbelliferæ. Tincture of fresh plant in flower. Asthma / Bladder, inflammation of / Breast, affections of / painful / Bronchitis / Bruises / Cancer / Cataract / Chorea / Cough / Depression of spirits / Diphtheritic paralysis / Dysmenia (membranous) / Erysipelas / Eyes, affections of /…”
- Dunham — The method — how symptoms are weighed before a remedy is differentiated.
“SPOTTED HEMLOCK. UMBELLIFERAE. It is a native of Europe, but is naturalized in the United States. The active principle is conia, a yellowish oily-looking transparent fluid, lighter than water, of an acrid, nauseous, tobacco-like taste. It smells like tobacco and mice. It is very volatile, slightly soluble in water, …”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“THE UMBELLIFERAE, THE BERBERIDACEAE AND SPIGELIA. The Umbelliferae. The Umbelliferae are an order of plants which have a marked action on the nervous system, developing in some cases symptoms akin to hysteria. They also affect the glandular system, producing either engorgement or atrophy of glands. They all act on the…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“This remedy is characterized by a great dizziness brought on when lying down, and moving the head ever so slightly, or even the eyes--all the contents of the room appearing to whirl around; patient wishes to keep the head perfectly still. In urinating, the water flows at first in a full stream, then stops, flows…”
- Hahnemann (CD) — The antipsoric proving record — Hahnemann's later materia medica in its chronic-disease setting.
“HEMLOCK.[]. [] The juice freshly pressed from the whole herb, just as it has begun to bloom, is mixed with an equal quantity of alcohol. As is done in Homœopathy with all the plant-juices which are preserved from corruption in this manner, two drops of this mixture are dropped into a vial which is filled two-thirds…”
- Hahnemann (MMP) — The proving record — numbered observations closest to Hahnemann's primary materia medica.
“(Hemlock) (The freshly expressed juice of the Conium maculatum obtained from the whole plant at the commencement of flowering, mixed with equal parts of alcohol.) From vol iv, 2nd edition, 1825 Hemlock is one of those medicines whose primary and secondary actions are most difficult to be ascertained, and respecting…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Spotted, or Poison Hemlock. Umbelliferæ. A native of Europe, but naturalized in the United States. The active principle is Conia, a yellowish, oily, transparent fluid, lighter than water, of an acrid, nauseous, tobacco-like taste. It is very volatile ; slightly soluble in water ; its combinations with acids do not…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“CONIUM. Conium maculatum, L. Common hemlock. Nat. Ord., Umbellifera. I. Provings.- 1 . HAHNEMANN , Mat. Med. Pura, vol. iv. of original, vol. i of translation. Contains 88 symptoms from self, 131 from three fellow-observers, and 155 from authors . 2. IBID., Chronic Diseases, part iii of original, vol. of translation…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“This medicine is a deep, long acting antipsoric, establishing a state of disorder in the economy that is so far reaching and so long lasting that it disturbs almost all the tissues of the body. Glands: The complaints are brought on from taking cold, and the glands become affected all over the body. From every little…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Hypochondria and hysteria from suppression of, or from too free an indulgence in, the sexual instinct, with low spiritedness, anxiousness and sadness. Forgetfulness; excessive difficulty of recollecting things. Dread of men when they approach him; nevertheless he dreads being alone. Inclination to start, as with…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: poison hemlock. Suitable for old men, old maids, women with tight, rigid fibre; scrofulous and cancerous people; children prematurely old (N.). Ailments and weakness of old men (ecchymosis). SWELLING AND INDURATION OF THE GLANDS, WITH STINGING AND TINGLING, AFTER BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS. Great sensation of…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Vertigo, especially < on turning the head, or looking around sidewise, or turning in bed. Swelling and induration of glands, after contusions or bruises. Cancerous and scrofulous persons with enlarged glands. Urine flows, stops and flows again intermittently; prostatic or uterine affections. Breasts sore, hard and…”
