Aethusa cynapium, also known as fool's parsley, is an annual herb native to Europe, western Asia, and northwest Africa. It affects the brain and nervous system and is connected to gastrointestinal disturbances. It is considered a remedy for childhood, particularly for babies who cannot tolerate milk, and causes symptoms like weakness, inability to think clearly, confusion, anxiety, and violent vomiting or convulsions. Key indications include intolerance of milk, lack of thirst, herpetic eruptions on the nose, and symptoms made worse by warmth, milk, dentition, exertion, vomiting, or stool. It is used to treat teething issues in children and compares to remedies like Cicuta, Conium,

1. aethusa cynapium
Dr Saroj R. Sawant
M.D.(HOM.)

2. introduction
• Aethusa cynapium is an
annual herb in the plant
• Common name: -
Fool’s parsley
• Source: Vegetable
kingdom
• Synonyms: Dog poison,
Fool’s parsley, Lesser
hemlock

3. introduction
Family:
Umbelliferae
Habitat-
Native to Europe,
western Asia, and
northwest Africa.

4. introduction
• Prover:
Dr Nenning in 1828
• Duration of Action: 20
to 30 days
• Part used-
Tincture of whole
flowering plant.

5. Sphere of action
It affects
BRAIN and
nervous system,
connected with
gastrointestinal
disturbances.

6. Masters quotes
Generally thought of
as a remedy of
childhood : of babies
who cannot tolerate
milk

7. Masters quotes
Dr Clarke
• He calls it indeed a medicine
for " fools ". There is great
weakness of mind or body.
• One very characteristic
symptom is : Inability to think,
or fix the attention.

8. Masters quotes
It was Dr. Clarke's Aethusa of
simple sense of
incapacity, great remedy for a
form of examination funk,
" unable to read anything, after
over-taxation of the mental
faculties " ;
" incapacity to think : confused "
;
" cannot retain any idea " ;
" great anxiety "

9. Masters quotes
Allen (Keynotes),
draws attention to
complete absence of
thirst. And, not only
the intolerance of milk,
but the great weakness
of children ; even to
idiocy.

10. Masters Quotes
Nash points out that
. . . The absence of
thirst rules for
Aethusa instead of
Arsenicum."

11. Masters quotes
• Aethusa is worse
from coffee, and has
a desire for wine,
but the mental
symptoms are
increased after
taking it
…….Dr J. T. Kent

12. Masters quotes
Guernsey says:
"The mental symptoms
peculiar to children, and
frequently of adults, are,
great anguish and crying.
As the disease progresses
the patient becomes more
and more retired in his
disposition, and more
inclined to weep."

13. Masters quotes
Violence is one of the key
notes of its action. Violent;
vomiting, convulsions,
pains, delirium. On the
other hand there is
profound prostration and
stupor, and lack of
reaction, even speechless.
…….Dr S. R. Phatak

14. Adaptability
Especially for
• children during dentition
• in hot summer weather when anguish, crying and
expression of uneasiness, and discontent are present.
• children who cannot bear milk
• Miasmatic Background: Psora, syphilis and sycosis
• Temperament: Confused and idiotic
• Diathesis: Scrofulous Thermal Relationship: Hot
patient

15. characters
Great weakness;
children cannot
stand; unable to
hold up the head
(Abrot.);
prostration with
sleepiness.

16. characters
Idiocy in
children;
incapacity to
think; confused.

17. characters
An expression of
great anxiety and
pain, with a drawn
condition and
well-marked linea
nasalia.

18. characters
Features
expressive of
pain and anxiety.

19. characters
Herpetic
eruption on
end of the
nose.

20. characters
Complete
absence of thirst
(Apis, Puls. - rev
of Ars.).

21. characters
Intolerance of milk:
cannot bear milk in any
form; it is vomited in
large curds as soon as
taken; then weakness
causes drowsiness
(compare Mag. c.).

22. characters
Indigestion of
teething children;
violent, sudden
vomiting of a frothy,
milk-white
substance; or yellow
fluid, followed by
curdled milk and
cheesy matter.

23. characters
Regurgitation of
food and hour or
so after eating;
copious greenish
vomiting.

24. characters
Epileptic spasms,
with clenched
thumbs, red face,
eyes turned
downwards, pupils
fixed and dilated;
foam at the mouth,
jaws locked; pulse
small, hard, quick.

25. characters
Weakness and
prostration with
sleepiness; after
vomiting, after
stool, after spasm.

26. modality
Worse
• 3 to 4 a.m. and evening.
• Warmth; hot weather.
• MILK.
• Dentition.
• After eating or drinking;
• Over-exertion.
• After vomiting; after stool; after spasm.

27. modality
Better
• Open air,
• By walking in open air.
• Conversation.

28. comparison
Cicut.; Coni.; Croc.; Ant. crud. and
Calc. c. (vomiting of milk);
Ars.; Asar.; Cupr.; Ipec.; Op.

29. Relations.-
• It antidotes Opium; and is antidoted by
vegetable acids.
• Teste places it in the Sulphur group
with Cicuta, Con., Aster., Bov., Lobel.,
Merc., Kreos.