by Henry N. Guernsey — Key-Notes to the Materia Medica
The most characteristic symptoms seem to be
Gastric.--Craving for meat, pickles and other coarse food; a gnawing, hungry, faint feeling at the epigastrium.
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Abies canadensis appears in 5 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“A. Canadensis, Michx. Nat. order , Coniferæ. Common name , Hemlock (Spruce). Preparation , Tincture of the bark and young buds. Authority. Gatchell, Investigator, 10, 54; two provers. Mind quiet, careless but easily fretted, 1. Irritable, 1. A tipsy feeling, a swimming of the head; he feels lightheaded. (Hale's New…”
“Hemlock Spruce Mucous membranes are affected by Abies can and gastric symptoms are most marked, and a catarrhal condition of the stomach is produced. There are peculiar cravings and chilly sensations that are very characteristic, especially for women with uterine displacement, probably due to defective nutrition with…”
“Pinus canadensis. Hemlock Spruce. Canada Pitch. N. O. Coniferæ. Tincture of fresh bark and young buds. Indigestion / Liver disorder / Uterine displacement Abies can. has been only imperfectly proved, but it has marked symptoms which will serve to indicate it in any case of disease in which they may be prominent: Great…”
“(Hemlock-Spruce.) Description. — A large tree, evergreen. When young the most graceful of the spruces, with a light, spreading spray, and delicate foliage, bright green above and silvery underneath. Very common northward. Officinal Preparations. — Tincture of the bark and buds, dilutions. Analogues. — JEsculus…”
Kent's Repertory lists Abies canadensis in 37 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in STOMACH (10), GENERALITIES (5), MIND (5), BACK (4), ABDOMEN (3).
