Coniinum Bromatum
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General EN
Coniinum.
Conicine. An alkaloid from Conium maculatum. C8 H17 N. Tincture.
Clinical EN
Eyes, heavy. Hearing, illusions of. Hemiplegia. Numbness. Tongue, paralysis of. Vertigo. Vision, disordered.
Characteristics EN
Coniin. is a poison rivalling prussic acid in the intensity of action. It has had rather an extensive proving. It causes numbness, muscular paralysis, vertigo, disorders of sight, hearing, and touch, lethargy and overpowering sleepiness. A feeling as if one had been up all night, or after a debauch. Cramp in calves on ascending steps or drawing off boots. Vertigo is > in open air.
Mind EN
Calm and tranquil; slowness of mental process
Inability to think or fix the attention
Loss of consciousness.
Head EN
Vertigo and confusion with prostration > in open air
Weight, fulness, and pressure in head
Open air caused pain in supra-orbital and cutaneous malae nerves.
Eyes EN
Lids heavy
Vision confused; objects swim
Dazzling of sight
Complete blindness
Objects seem large; one thinks he sees his own nose a shapeless mass.
Ears EN
Hearing weakened; ears feel as if stopped with cotton wool.—Illusions of hearing.
Face EN
Face sunken, pale
Numbness of muscles about the jaws
Head and face very warm.
Mouth EN
Tongue pale, paralysed, and numb
Epithelium denuded in many places, papillae very prominent
Violent burning in mouth
Accumulation of saliva.
Throat EN
Scraping in throat.
Stomach EN
Eructations; nausea; vomiting.
Abdomen EN
Rumbling with distension of abdomen.—Tendency to diarrhoea.
Respiratory Organs EN
Voice thick; muddled words when speaking.—Respirations frequently yawning.
Neck And Back EN
Spasmodic distortion of neck with spasms of face which draw the mouth up to a point.—Pain in l. lumbar region.
Limbs EN
Heaviness of arms and legs, esp. l. arm.
Upper Limbs EN
Numbness with tingling of arms
Tense cramp in muscles of ball of thumb with painful sensation on strongly adducting thumb
Hands bluish, cold
Moisture on finger-tips
Fingers and hands wet.
Lower Limbs EN
Gait unsteady; weakness esp. marked on going out to walk
Carries body forward
Legs felt independent as if they did not care for him or anybody else
Cramp in calves on ascending steps.