Kent's - Classical Homeopathy Online

to Bell., Hyos., Stram. and Ars. You see nothing of that in this medicine. This state of the mind hascome on so gradually that the family has not observed it. The mind is full of strange things that havecome little by little, and when the family look over the many things that he has done and said theybegin to wonder if he is not becoming insane, but he is travelling toward a state of imbecility. Coniumis of a slow, passive character. Complete indifference; takes no interest in anything, particularly whenwalking in the open air. "He is averse to being near people and to talking of those passing him; isinclined to seize hold of and abuse them". That,of course, is an insane act. "Sad and gloomy. Greatunhappiness of mind, recurring every fourteen days", showing a two- weeks' periodicity. The Coniumpatient will sit and mope in the corner in a state of sadness and depression, giving no reason only thathe is so sad. A hypochondriacal subject going around with whims and notions that people attempt toreason him out of, and the more they attempt to reason with him the more sad he is. Morose, peevish,vexed. Everything vexes and disturbs him. Cannot endure any kind of excitement, it brings on physicaland mental distress, brings on weakness and sadness. Sometimes Conium symptoms will be found inpersons who have suffered from grief; they become broken in memory. this is likely to come first. Theyforget, never can recall things just as they want them. And so they grow weaker and weaker until theybecome imbeciles. If it is decidedly mental, imbecility results; if it is taking a physical course theending is paralysis, and it is not uncommon for a general paralytic weakness to come on, so that bodyand mind progress toward weakness together until some decided manifestation is made, and then it willbe seen to be going toward paralysis, or some decided manifestation is made which will send it towardimbecility, and then the body will seem to remain stationary. There comes a time in these cases wherethere is a sort of division between the body and the mind. Whenever under homeopathic treatment thephysical improves and the mental grows worse, that patient will never be cured. There are such cases Inever like to see the physical grow better and the mental grow worse in any degree. That does not meanthe aggravation caused by the remedy. If the mental does not improve it means that the patient isgrowing worse. There is no better evidence of the good action of a remedy than mental improvement.Conium patients cannot endure even the slightest alcoholic drink. Any wine or stimulatingbeverage will bring on trembling, excitement, weakness weakness of mind and prostration. There aremany headaches in these patients. Patients going into decline will manifest headaches. Stitching,tearing pains in the head; throbbing in the head. Signs precursory to a giving out of the brain.Neuralgia.Weakness of muscles. Weakness of muscles on one side of the face. Paralysis of the upper lids.Tingling pains. These are only in keeping with the signs of a general breakdown. We would not thinkof giving Conium for those sudden, violent congestions of the brain, or sudden, violent attacks of painin the head, face or eyes, but those that accompany a general progressive disease.There are stitching, lancinating, knife-like pains along the course of nerves about face and eyesand head. Stitching in the top of the head. Burning on top of the head. Often the symptoms will lead thehomeopathic physician to make a physical examination. A great deal more important than the physicalexamination are the symptoms that point out a remedy.Excitement will bring on headaches. Numbness of the scalp is one of the common symptoms ofConium. It is a general; wherever there is trouble there will be numbness, numbness with pains, veryoften numbness with the weakness. Paralytic conditions are attended with numbness. Sick head achewith inability to urinate.Great giddiness. Everything in the room seems to go around.Confused feeling in the head. Often sits lost in thought. Vertigo and pressure in the head withunaltered pulse. Vertigo worse from stooping. The slightest spiritous drink intoxicates him. Vertigowhen turning the head, like turning in a circle, when rising from a seat; worse when lying down, asthough the bed were turning in a circle; when turning in bed or when looking around. The vertigo mostcommon in Conium is that which comes on while lying-in bed rolling the eyes or turning the eyes thisis somewhat as it is in Cocculus, not as to vertigo alone, but the general slowed down condition of themuscles. The paresis, or weakness of the muscles all over the body is also present in the eyes. There isa muscular weakness of all the muscles of the eye, so that the Conium patient is unable to watchmoving objects without getting sick headaches, visual and mental disturbances. Riding on the cars,watching things in rapid motion, and inability to focus rapidly---slowness of the accommodation iswhat we must call it-- -is the cause for any sicknesses. Inability to follow moving objects withsufficient rapidity and a headache comes on."Objects : look red, rainbow-colored, striped; confused spots; double vision; weakness of sight.Short-sighted; cannot read long without letters running together". All this is due to defectiveaccommodation. "Sluggish adaptation of the eye to varied range of vision. Vision becomes blurredwhen he is irritable. Weakness and dazzling of the eyes, together with dizziness. Aversion to light