Conium

Hemlock. The green, full-grown fruit of the spotted hemlock, C. maculatum. It contains three alkaloids and a volatile oil. Its properties are mainly due to the alkaloids coni in, and methyl coni in, It produces motor paralysis, without lo of sensation or of consciousne . Toxic doses cause death by paralysis of the organs of respiration. It is valuable in acute mania, delirium tremens, tetanus, blepharospasm, asthma, and whooping-cough. C, Abstract., made from conium 200, dilute hydrochloric acid 6, sugar of milk and alcohol q. s., to make ioo parts of abstract. Unof. Dose gr. -iij. C, cataplasm a (B. P.), made from the leaves. For external use. C, Ext., Alcoholic, each grain representing one grain of the drug. Dose gr. ij-v-xl. C, Fid. Ext., same strength as preceding. Dose nij-v-xl. C, pilula Comp. (B. P.), contains extract of hemlock and ipecac. Dose gr. v-x. C, succus (B. P.), made from the leaves. Dose C, Tinct., 15 per cent, strength. Dose C. Vapor (B. P.), for inhalations. Coniin, unof., volatile alkaloid of conium. Dose gr. Coniin Hydrobrom., unof., recommended for spasmodic affections. Dose gr. JL-A. All preparations uncertain in strength. Coniin. Hydrobrom., Injectio Hypoderm. Dose rry-iij.