by Anja Heij
In ancient Greece Poison Hemlock was a regularly used punishment for criminals. In 399 BC the great philosopher Socrates was killed this way; his crime consisted of teaching people to think for themselves – a great evil in old dictatorial Greece. Thanks to Plato’s documentation of this occurrence death by the poison beaker has made history. Drinking pure Poison Hemlock first gives dizziness, later on it causes paralysis starting in the feet and spreading upwards, and it becomes lethal when the paralysis reaches the breathing muscles. This is one of the many sad stories on planet Earth, but it gives us insight in the nature of the homeopathic healing Conium.
Witch's Well 