Abies canadensis
by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
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
HEAD
- A tipsy feeling, a swimming of the head; he feels lightheaded. (Hale's New Remedies, 3d edition.)
EYES
- A feeling like that produced by a stye in the outer canthus of left eye, 2.
MOUTH
- Dryness of the mouth, 2.
STOMACH
- Hungry, 1.
- A tendency to eat far beyond the capacity for digestion. (Gatchell, in Hale's New Remedies.)
- Great appetite, with rumbling in stomach and bowels after eating, 2.
- Great craving for meat, pickles, and other coarse food, with hungry gnawing at the epigastrium, 1. [10.]
- Some thirst, 2.
- Stomach swelled, burning, 1.
- Belching, 1.
- Distension of the epigastrium, with increased action of the heart. (Gatchell, in Hale's New Remedies.)
- Weak at the epigastrium, 1.
- Gnawing, hungry faint feeling at the epigastrium. (Gatchell, in Hale's New Remedies.)
ABDOMEN
- Feeling as if the right lung and liver were small and hard; as if bile were deficient, 1.
- Irritable feeling in the splenic region, 1.
- Sick feeling in the bowels, 1.
STOOL AND ANUS
URINARY ORGANS
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Thinks womb soft and feeble (thinks would cause abortion), 1.
- Sore feeling at the fundus of the uterus; relieved by pressing, 1.
RESPIRATORY APPARATUS
- Breathing labored, 1.
HEART AND PULSE
- Action of heart labored, 1.
NECK AND BACK
UPPER EXTREMITIES
LOWER EXTREMITIES
- Lies with the knees drawn up, 1.
GENERALITIES
- Twitching of muscles, 1.
- Bloated, 1.
- Wants to lie down all the time, 1.
- Excessively weak, 1.
- Very faint, as if the top of the head were congested; drunken feeling, 1.
SKIN
- Skin clammy, 1.