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 debility. Respiration and heart action labored. Wants to lie down all the time; skin cold and clammy, hands cold; very faint. Right lung and liver feel small and hard. Gleet.
Remedy Origin / Source
Natural
Key Symptoms & Indications
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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 debility. Respiration and heart action labored. Wants to lie down all the time; skin cold and clammy, hands cold; very faint. Right lung and liver feel small and hard. Gleet.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Feels light-headed, tipsy. Irritable.
Stomach
Canine hunger with torpid liver. Gnawing, hungry, faint feeling at the epigastrium. Great appetite, craving for meat, pickles, radishes, turnips, artichokes, coarse food. Tendency to eat far beyond capacity for digestion . Burning and distention of stomach and abdomen with palpitation . Flatulence disturbs the heart's action. Pain in right shoulder-blade, and constipation, with burning in rectum.
Female
Uterine displacements. Sore feeling at fundus of uterus, relieved by pressure. Prostration; wants to lie down all the time. Thinks womb is soft and feeble.
Fever
Cold shivering, as if blood were ice-water ( Acon ). Chills run down back. Cold water feeling between shoulders ( Ammon mur ). Skin clammy and sticky. Night-sweat ( China ).
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ABIES CANADENSIS-PINUS CANADENSIS
Head
Feels light-headed, tipsy. Irritable.
Stomach
Canine hunger with torpid liver. Gnawing, hungry, faint feeling at the epigastrium. Great appetite, craving for meat, pickles, radishes, turnips, artichokes, coarse food. Tendency to eat far beyond capacity for digestion. Burning and distention of stomach and abdomen with palpitation. Flatulence disturbs the heart's action. Pain in right shoulder-blade, and constipation, with burning in rectum.
Female
Uterine displacements. Sore feeling at fundus of uterus, relieved by pressure. Prostration; wants to lie down all the time. Thinks womb is soft and feeble.
Fever
Cold shivering, as if blood were ice-water (Acon). Chills run down back. Cold water feeling between shoulders (Ammon mur). Skin clammy and sticky. Night-sweat (China).
Dose
First to third potency.
Abies Canadensis.
Clinical
Indigestion. Liver disorder. Uterine displacement.
Characteristics
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 appetite, tendency to over-eat; gnawing, hungry, faint feeling in epigastrium. According to Hale it has cured: "A light-headed feeling, attended with a gnawing, hungry, faint feeling at epigastrium, craving hunger which, if gratified, was followed by distension of the stomach and hard beating of the heart." Among the peculiar sensations are: A feeling as if the right lung and liver were small and hard; pain beneath right scapula. The patient lies with the legs drawn up. Shivering as if the blood turned to cold water.
Relations
Compare: Abies nig., Sabina, Thuja, and other Conifers, Nux vom.
1. Mind
Quiet, careless, but easily fretted.
2. Head
Tipsy feeling, a swimming of the head; light-headed.
3. Eyes
Sensation as of a stye in outer canthus of l. eye.
8. Mouth
Dryness of the mouth.
10. Appetite
Gnawing, hungry, faint feeling at the epigastrium.─Craving for meat, pickles, and other coarse food.─Some thirst.─A tendency to eat far beyond the capacity for digestion.
11. Stomach
Distension of the stomach and epigastrium; burning.
12. Abdomen
Sick feeling in the bowels.─Rumbling in the bowels after eating, with great appetite.─Sensation as if the liver were small and hard; as if bile were deficient.
13. Stool and Anus
Burning in rectum.─Constipation.
14. Urinary Organs
Urinates frequently day and night; urine straw-coloured.
16. Female Sexual Organs
Thinks the womb is soft and feeble (thinks would cause abortion).─Sore feeling at the fundus of uterus; > by pressing.
17. Respiratory Organs
Breathing laboured.─Sensation as if the right lung were small and hard.
19. Heart
Action of the heart laboured.─Increased action of the heart with distension of the stomach.
20. Neck and Back
Pain behind the right shoulder-blade.─Weak feeling in sacral region.─Feeling as of cold water between the shoulders.
24. Generalities
Hands cold, shrunken.─Skin cold and clammy.─Lies with the legs drawn up.─Great prostration, wants to lie down all the time.─Very faint, as if top of head were congested.─Twitching of the muscles.
26. Sleep
Gaping, drowsy.─Great restlessness at night, with tossing from side to side.
27. Fever
Cold shivering all, over as if blood turned to ice-water.─Chills down back.
Abies canadensis
Abies canadensis
Generalities
• It affects the Mucous Membranes and Nerves.
• In stomach, it causes a catarrhal condition, which increases the patient's hunger and craving for coarse food, such as pickles, radishes, turnips etc.
• Patient wants to lie down, all the time, on account of nervous weakness and feels faint.
• In women, it causes uterine displacement, due to defective nutrition and debility.
• Peculiar sensations are - right lung and liver, feel hard and small; uterus feels soft.
• Lies with the legs drawn up.
Mind
• Easily fretful or quiet and careless.
Head
• Feels, as if it is light or there is swimming in the head.
Stomach
• Ravenous appetite.
• Tendency to eat, far beyond the capacity of digestion.
• Distention of abdomen and stomach, with palpitation.
Females
• Sore feeling at the uterus amel. pressure.
• Uterus soft and feeble as if.
Fever
• Cold shivering, as if blood were ice-water.
Skin
• Clammy and sticky.
ABIES CANADENSIS
(Hemlock Spruce)
PHARMACY - abies-c. Abies canadensis. Hemlock Spruce. Canada pitch. Picea alba. Pinus Canadensis. Tsuga canadensis.
N.0. Coniferae. Pinaceae. Tincture of fresh bark and young buds.
Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.
CLINICAL - Aphthous, ulcers. Burns. Chills. Cholera. Colds. Constipation. Croup. Coughs. Diarrhea. Flatulence. Gangrene. Gonorrhea. Indigestion. Leucorrhea. Liver, disorders. Night-sweat. Prolapsed, anus. Prolapsed. uterus. Rheumatism. Stomach, disorders. Uterine, displacements. Vertigo. Vomiting.
HERBAL - A strong decoction of the bark of this tree is beneficial in leucorrhea, prolapsed uterus, prolapsed anus, diarrhea, etc. administered internally, and used in enema.
It is of service as a local application in gangrene, and in aphthous. and other oral ulcerations.
The essence (oil) of hemlock is diuretic and highly stimulant. As a liniment this oil has been used in croup, rheumatism, and other affections requiring a stimulating local application.
Dr. W. K. Everson states it to be a superior remedy in gastric irritation to allay vomiting in cholera morbus, etc. The dose is 5 or IO drops in water, every 10 or 20 minutes, until relief is afforded.
It is likewise of value in passive hemorrhage, and is useful typically in scalds and burn. Generally, the panic state. with feeble digestion. vascular weakness, and pale mucus membranes. Broncho-pulmonary irritation. with profuse secretions. Coughs and cold. Renal torpor. Pyrosis and gastric 1rritauon with vomiting and diarrhea. Never to be used in inflammatory or sthenic conditions.
HOMEOPATHIC - Marked symptoms in mucus membranes and stomach. a catarrhal condition of the stomach is produced. Characteristic cravings and chilly sensations. Useful for women with uterine displacements, probably due to defective nutrition with debility and lack of tone.
The skin is cold and clammy, hands cold, very faint. Respiration and heart action are labored. The right lung and liver feel small and hard. Great appetite, tendency to overeat. Gnawing, hungry, faint feeling in epigastrium. Wants 10 lie down all the time.
MIND - Easily fretful or quiet and careless. Patient wants to lie down all the time on account of nervous weakness and feels faint. Abdomen - Flatulence disturbs the heart's action. Sick feeling in the bowels. Burning and distention in abdomen with palpitations. Rumbling in the bowels after eating. with great appetite.
Back - Pain behind the neck shoulder blade. Weak feeling in sacral region. Feeling as of cold water between the shoulders.
Eyes - Sensation as of a stye in outer canthus of left eye.
Female - Uterine displacements. Sor feeling at fundus of uterus. relieved b pressure. Prostration, wants to lie down all the time. Sensation as if the uterus is soft and feeble.
Food - Great appetite. Tendency to eat far beyond capacity for digestion. Craving for meat. pickles. radishes, turnips, an artichoke. Craving for coarse food, such as pickles, radishes. turnips. etc. Canin hunger with torpid liver.
Head - Feels light-headed,
Heart - Action of the heart labored. Increased action of the heart with distention of the stomach.
Limbs - Hands cold. shrunken. Lies with the legs drawn up. Very faint. as if top of head were congested. Twitching of the muscles.
Lungs - Breathing labored. Sensation as the right lung were small and hard.
Kidneys- Urinates frequently day and night Strained colored urine
Mouth - Dryness of the mouth
Rectum - Burning in rectum. Constipation
Sensations - A feeling as if the right lung and liver were small and hard. pain beneath right scapula. The patient lies with the legs drawn up. Shivering as if the blood turned to cold water. Uterus feels soft.
Skin - Clammy and sticky.
Stomach - Catarrhal condition in the stomach, increases the patient's hunger Gnawing, hungry, and faint feeling the epigastrium. Distention of the stomach and epigastrium. burning.
Temperature - Cold chills as if blood is ice water (Aeon.). Chills run down bac Cold-water feeling between shoulder (Am-m.). Skin clammy and sticky. Nig sweat (Chin.).
Vertigo - Tipsy feeling, a swimming of the head. light-headed.
COMMENTS - According to Hale, Abi c. cured a light-headed feeling, attended with a gnawing, hungry and faint feeling at epigastrium. A craving hunger which stomach and hard beating of the heart.
RELATIONS - Compare: Aeon. Chin. Am-m.
REFERENCES - Boericke. Clarke. Phatak.
Remedy Profile
- Type Remedy
- Common Name N/A
- Origin Source Natural
Dosage & Potency
First to third potency.
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