Conium maculatum (hemlock or poison hemlock) is a highly poisonous perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Europe and North Africa
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Uses
- Anxiety.
- Muscle spasms.
- Teething in children.
- Cramps.
- Mania.
- Bronchitis.
- Whooping cough.
- Asthma.
- Other conditions.
Benefits
Despite serious safety concerns, hemlock leaves, root, and seeds are used to make medicine. It is used for breathing problems including bronchitis, whooping cough, andasthma; and for painful conditions including teething in children, swollen and painful joints, and cramps.
Hemlock is also used for anxiety and mania. Other uses include treatment of spasms tumors, skin infections, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, Sydenham’s chorea, andbladder infections.
Cautions
- All parts of hemlock, including seeds, flowers, and fruits, are UNSAFE. Hemlock is so poisonous it can cause death. If someone takes hemlock, he or she should get immediate medical attention. Side effects and toxicities include increased saliva, burning of the digestive tract, drowsiness, muscle pain, rapid swelling and stiffening of muscles, kidney damage, rapid breakdown of muscle tissue and release of muscle tissue byproducts into the blood, rapid heart rate followed by a decreased heart rate, loss of speech, paralysis, unconsciousness, heart, lung, and kidney failure, and death.
Interactions
- We currently have no information for Conium maculatum Interactions.
Other names
California Fern, Carrot Weed, Cicuta, Ciguë, Ciguë d’Athènes, Ciguë Officinale, Ciguë de Socrate, Ciguë Tachetée, Conium, Conium Maculata, Grande Ciguë, Mort aux Oies, Nebraska Fern, Poison Fool’s Parsley, Poison-Hemlock, Spotted Hemlock, Tsuga, Vicaire, Wild Carrot, Hemlock
References
Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conium_maculatum#Uses_and_effects