A powerful and long-acting remedy, in various forms of disease, whenever the characteristic stomach symptoms are present. Most of the symptoms are associated with the gastric disturbances. In dyspeptic troubles of the aged, with functional heart symptoms; also after tea or tobacco. Constipation. Pain in external meatus.
Remedy Origin / Source
Natural
Clinical Applications
Compare: (Lump in stomach-- China, Bryon, Pulsat ); also other Conifers-- Thuja, Sabina, Cupressus (painful indigestion) also Nux vom, Kali carb .
Key Symptoms & Indications
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A powerful and long-acting remedy, in various forms of disease, whenever the characteristic stomach symptoms are present. Most of the symptoms are associated with the gastric disturbances. In dyspeptic troubles of the aged, with functional heart symptoms; also after tea or tobacco. Constipation. Pain in external meatus.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Hot, with flushed cheeks. Low-spirited. Dull during the day, wakeful at night. Unable to think.
Stomach
Pain in stomach always comes on after eating . Sensation of a lump that hurts, as if a hard-boiled egg had lodged in cardiac end of stomach ; continual distressing constriction just above the pit of the stomach, as if everything were knotted up. Total loss of appetite in morning, but great craving for food at noon and night. Offensive breath. Eructations.
Chest
Painful sensation, as if something were lodged in the chest and had to be coughed up; lungs feel compressed. Cannot be fully expanded. Worse coughing; waterbrash succeeds cough. Choking sensation in throat. Dyspna; worse lying down; sharp, cutting pain in heart; heart's action heavy and slow; tachycardia , bradycardia.
Back
Pain in small of back. Rheumatic pains and aching in bones.
Sleep
Wakeful and restless at night, with hunger. Bad dreams.
Fever
Alternate heat and cold; chronic intermittent fever, with pain in stomach.
Modalities (Better / Worse)
Worse (Aggravation)
after eating
Better (Amelioration)
No specific amelioration factors listed.
Mentions in Classic Materia Medicas
Explore detailed descriptions for this remedy across famous historical textbooks:
ABIES NIGRA
Head
Hot, with flushed cheeks. Low-spirited. Dull during the day, wakeful at night. Unable to think.
Stomach
Pain in stomach always comes on after eating. Sensation of a lump that hurts, as if a hard-boiled egg had lodged in cardiac end of stomach; continual distressing constriction just above the pit of the stomach, as if everything were knotted up. Total loss of appetite in morning, but great craving for food at noon and night. Offensive breath. Eructations.
Chest
Painful sensation, as if something were lodged in the chest and had to be coughed up; lungs feel compressed. Cannot be fully expanded. Worse coughing; waterbrash succeeds cough. Choking sensation in throat. Dyspnœa; worse lying down; sharp, cutting pain in heart; heart's action heavy and slow; tachycardia, bradycardia.
Back
Pain in small of back. Rheumatic pains and aching in bones.
Sleep
Wakeful and restless at night, with hunger. Bad dreams.
Fever
Alternate heat and cold; chronic intermittent fever, with pain in stomach.
Modalities
Worse after eating.
Relationship
Compare: (Lump in stomach--China, Bryon, Pulsat); also other Conifers--Thuja, Sabina, Cupressus (painful indigestion) also Nux vom, Kali carb.
Dose
First to thirtieth potency.
Abies Nigra.
Clinical
Constipation. Cough. Dyspepsia. Eructations. Hæmorrhages. Hypochondriasis. Malarial fevers. Tea, effects of. Tobacco, effects of.
Characteristics
The grand characteristic of Abies nig. is a sensation in the cardiac end of the stomach or in the œsophagus where it enters the stomach, as if a hard body, as a hard-boiled egg, had lodged there. (China has the lump under the sternum, but higher up. Feeling in the epigastrium as if food were lying there, Pul., Bry.) Where, this symptom is present, whether in dyspepsia, lung disease (when the sensation is as if there was a hard substance to be coughed up) with or without hæmoptysis, constipation, &c. Ab. n. will be, the most likely remedy. The dyspepsias caused by abuse of tea or tobacco have been cured by it. Wakeful at night with hunger. Distress in the head, with flushed cheeks, often accompanies the dyspeptic symptoms of this remedy. In one patient to whom I gave it chilliness round stomach was removed and general chilliness greatly lessened. < After eating. "Pain in the stomach always comes after eating," says Guernsey.
Relations
Compare: Abies can., Cupressus, Thuja, Sabina (all have painful indigestion), and other Conifers; Nux v., Bry., Puls., Kali c., Nat. m.; (effects of tea) Thuja.
Causation
Tea. Tobacco.
1. Mind
Very low-spirited and melancholy.─Nervousness.─Unable to think or study.
2. Head
Dizziness.─Bad feeling in head.─Dull headache; severe.─Head hot, with flushed cheeks.
4. Ear
Pain in l. external meatus.
9. Throat
Choking sensation in throat.─Sensation of something sticking in œsophagus toward its lower end.
10. Appetite
Hungry and wakeful at night.─Total loss of appetite in the morning, but great craving for food at noon and night.
11. Stomach
Pain in the stomach always comes after eating.─Painful sensation as if something were lodged in chest, mostly on r. side of sternum, which had to be coughed up, though nothing comes, after taking food that disagreed.─Frequent eructations.─Continual distressing sensation about stomach as if everything was knotted up; worse whenever debilitated.─Sensation of an undigested hard-boiled egg in the stomach.
13. Stool
Constipation.
16. Female Sexual Organs
Menstruation delayed three months.
17. Respiratory Organs
Easily gets out of breath.
19. Heart
Heavy, slow beating of heart; sharp, cutting pains.
20. Back
Pain in small of back.
24. Generalities
Rheumatic pains, and aching in the bones.─Alternate heat and cold.
26. Sleep
.─Sleepy during the day, but wakeful and restless at night.─Very bad dreams.
Abies nigra
Abies nigra
Generalities
• It is a useful remedy, in many diseased conditions, when they are associated with gastric symptoms.
• It causes dyspepsia, with functional heart symptoms, especially in the aged persons.
• It is also useful, in indigestion of those, who abuse the drinking of tea and smoking, or chewing of tobacco.
• The chief symptom in dyspepsia is a sensation as if hard boiled egg has lodged in the cardiac end of the stomach.
• Patient describe this sensation, as if a hard lump is felt in the pit of stomach or in the lung which he wants to cough out.
Worse
• After eating.
Mind
• Very low spirited, unable to think or study.
Stomach
• Total loss of appetite, in the morning, but craves food, at noon and at night.
• Pain in the stomach, always comes on after eating.
Chest
• Difficult breathing agg. lying down.
• Heart's action heavy and slow, there may be tachycardia or bradycardia.
Abies nigra
Stomach:
Sensation in the cardiac end of the stomach, or in the oesophagus where it enters the stomach as if a hard body, or hard boiled egg, laid there.
ABIES NIGRA
(Black Spruce)
PHARMACY - ab1es-n. Abies nigra. Black Spruce. Double Spruce. Picea mariana. Pi-cea nigra.
N.0. Coniferae. Pinaceae. North America. Tincture of gum.
Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.
CLINICAL - Backaches Belching Bone aches. Chills. Constipations. Coughs. Depression. Dyspepsia. Fevers. Heartburn. Hemorrhages. Hypochondriasis. Indigestion. internments fever. Malaria. Menses, delayed. Rheumatic pains. Stomach, disorders. Stomach, pain. Tachycardia. linter brash.
HOMEOPATHIC - Abies-n has been used in many diseases. often associated with stomach symptoms. The dyspepsia caused by abuse of tea or tobacco has been cured by it.
Characteristic sensation in the cardiac end of the stomach or in the esophagus, as if a hard body, as a hard-boiled egg had lodged there." Where this symptom is present, whether in dyspepsia or lung disease with or without hemoptysis, constipation. Abies will be the most likely remedy Patients describe this sensation, as if a hard lump is felt in the pit of the stomach or in the lung. which he wants to cough out.
Wakeful al night with hunger. Rheumatic pains and aching in bones. Abies-n in dyspeptic troubles of the elderly with functional heart symptoms, also after tea or tobacco. Distress in the head with flushed cheeks often accompanies the dyspeptic symptoms of this remedy.
"Pain in the stomach always comes after eating," said Guernsey. Constipation. Worse after eating. In lung disease when the sensation is as if there was a hard substance to be coughed up. Feeling in the epigastrium as if food were lying there (Puls.. Bry.).
MIND - Very low spirited, unable to think or study. Hypochondriasis.
Back - Pam in small of back. Rheumatic pains and aching in bones.
Causations - Useful in indigestion in those no abuse tea drinking, tobacco smoking or tobacco chewing.
Chest - Painful sensation. as if something were lodged in the chest and had to be coughed up. Lungs feel compressed. cannot be fully expanded. Worse from coughing. Water brash succeeds cough. Choking sensation in throat.
Ears - Pain in left external meatus.
Female - Menstruation delayed for three months.
Food - Exceedingly hungry and wakeful at night. Great craving for food at noon and night. Total loss of appetite in morning. Head - Hot with flushed cheeks. Low-spirited. Dull during the day wakeful at night. Unable to think.
Heart - Heavy. slow beating of heart Sharp, cutting pains in heart. Tachycardia and bradycardia.
Limbs - Rheumatic pains and aching in the bones.
Lungs - Easily gets out of breath. Difficult breathing, worse lying down.
Modalities - Worse after eating.
Mouth - Offensive breath.
Rectum - Constipation.
Sleep - Sleepy during the day. Wakeful and restless at night with hunger. Very bad dreams.
Stomach - Indigestion. Belching. Pain in stomach always comes always after eating. Sensation of a lump that hurts. As if a hard-boiled egg had lodged in the cardiac end of stomach. Distressing constriction just above the pit of the stomach, as if everything were knotted up.
Temperature - Alternate heat and cold. Chronic intermittent fever with pain in stomach.
Throat - Choking sensation in throat. Sensation of something stick1ng in esophagus toward us lower end.
COMMENTS - Clarke after giving Abies nigra to one patient, he noted that the coldness around the stomach was removed and general chilliness greatly lessened.
RELATIONS-Compare:
Lump in stomach.
(1). Chin.. Puls.
(2) Nux-v. Kali-c. Chin., has the lump under the sternum. but higher up.
(3) Also, Other Conifers-Thuj. Sabina, Cupressus - painful indigestion.
REFERENCES - Boericke. Clarke. Phatak.
Remedy Profile
- Type Remedy
- Common Name N/A
- Origin Source Natural
Dosage & Potency
First to thirtieth potency.
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