DR KESSLER’S HOMEOPATHY BOOK

CONIUM
Poison hemlock
IDEA: Ascending paralysis
Gradually over years increasing stiffness und paralysis ascendant from legs. Accompanied by
mental apathy, vertigo and ataxia. Prone to depression and crying. Stiff and weak legs. Often
at old age. Swelling and hardening of glands. Urinary complaints (stop and go urination),
prostatitis, cancer. Bruises (Bellis) (testicles). After sexual abstinence. Itching, stinging
pruritus on chest.
Case: 64 old male with bladder pain above symphysis. Longtime lumbal stiffness and complaints.
Urine flows stop and go. Nervous system lacrymose. Complaints worse in the morning in bed. Fresh
air and motion brings relief. Diagnosis: Prostatitis, chronic bladder neck inflammation, posterior
urethritis. Therapy: Viburnum opulus C30, Conium LM18, and Pulsatilla D12. One dosage of each
substance brought almost no complaints. Instead both hip joints started to ache. No further therapy.
Healing goes from top to toe.