Abies Canadensis
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General EN
Abies Canadensis.
Pinus canadensis. Hemlock Spruce. Canada Pitch. N. O. Coniferae. Tincture of fresh bark and young buds.
Clinical EN
Indigestion. Liver disorder. Uterine displacement.
Characteristics EN
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 EN
Compare: Abies nig., Sabina, Thuja, and other Conifers, Nux vom.
Mind EN
Quiet, careless, but easily fretted.
Head EN
Tipsy feeling, a swimming of the head; light-headed.
Eyes EN
Sensation as of a stye in outer canthus of l. eye.
Mouth EN
Dryness of the mouth.
Appetite EN
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.
Stomach EN
Distension of the stomach and epigastrium; burning.
Abdomen EN
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.
Stool And Anus EN
Burning in rectum.—Constipation.
Urinary Organs EN
Urinates frequently day and night; urine straw-coloured.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Thinks the womb is soft and feeble (thinks would cause abortion)
Sore feeling at the fundus of uterus;
> by pressing.
Respiratory Organs EN
Breathing laboured.—Sensation as if the right lung were small and hard.
Heart EN
Action of the heart laboured.—Increased action of the heart with distension of the stomach.
Neck And Back EN
Pain behind the right shoulder-blade
Weak feeling in sacral region
Feeling as of cold water between the shoulders.
Generalities EN
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.
Sleep EN
Gaping, drowsy.—Great restlessness at night, with tossing from side to side.
Fever EN
Cold shivering all, over as if blood turned to ice-water.—Chills down back.