🌿 CONIUM MACULATUM

✨MNEOMONIC -C O N I U M

C – Cancerous, stony hard glands (breast, testis, prostate)

O – Old people (old men, old maids, old bachelors; climacteric)

N – Non-gratification of sexual instinct → complaints

I – Indifferent, indolent, weak memory

U – Urine intermittent (starts–stops–starts)

M – Motion causes vertigo (lying down, turning in bed/head)

🔑 ONE-LINE SUPER MNEMONIC

“CONIUM: Old people with stony glands, sexual suppression, vertigo on motion.”

KEYNOTES OF CONIUM MACULATUM

🔑 1. Remedy of OLD AGE & CLIMACTERIC

Old men, old maids, old bachelors

Complaints during & after menopause

🔑 2. GLANDULAR INDURATION – STONY HARD

Breast, testicles, prostate

Cancerous & scrofulous tendencies

After injuries, bruises, blows

🔑 3. VERTIGO CHARACTERISTIC

Worse lying down, turning in bed, turning head or eyes

Must keep head perfectly still

🔑 4. SEXUAL SUPPRESSION CAUSES DISEASE

Suppressed menses

Suppressed sexual desire

Non-gratification of sexual instinct

🔑 5. MENTAL STATE

Indifferent, indolent

Weak memory

Irritable, domineering

Dreads being alone but avoids society

🔑 6. URINARY & PROSTATIC KEYNOTE

Urine starts → stops → starts again

Prostatic enlargement

🔑 7. STUDENTS’ EYE REMEDY

Photophobia without inflammation

Worse artificial light, night study

🔑 8. SWEAT DURING SLEEP

As soon as sleeps or closes eyes

WORKED BY STEPHEN RYAN 3RD YR BHMS