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Conium maculatum

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Conium maculatum
a toxic plant in the Apiaceae family; this weed may affect animals which eat it while grazing or in hay. Principal signs are tremor, ataxia, respiratory failure and death. Diarrhea, vomition, frequent urination, congenital arthrogryposis and spinal curvature occur in piglets from sows fed on the plant. Called also poison hemlock.


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See Thomas Laarson, Some History and Effects of Conium Maculatum L (Uppsala Univ.
95 Hardcover SB351 Lawton (publications manager, Missouri Botanical Garden) introduces plants, that if combined in a bouquet, would send decidedly mixed messages; sweet cicely and parsley have pleasant connotations, while Conium maculatum is the poison hemlock that killed Socrates.
Conium maculatum - Vertigo when turning the head, which is worse in the lying position and moving the eyes; better when the eyes are closed.
 
 
 
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