Conium

(ko-ne’um) [L.; Gr. xaveov). A genus of umbelliferous plants: the hemlocks. The dried unripe fruit of C. macula’tum, poison hemlock, is a narcotic and sedative, used mainly as a_palliative in neuralgia and cancerous sores; also in chronic rheumatism, asthma, and phthisis. Dose of alcoholic extract, 4-2 gr. (0.033-0.133 gm.); of fluidextract, 2-5 min. (0.133-0.333 c.c.); of tincture, 5-30 min. (0.333-2 C.c.).