- Source: Vegetable kingdom
- Common Name: Hemlock Spruce
- Family: Pinaceae
- Prover: Dr. Hale
- Miasm: Psora
- Temperament: Nervous, Sensitive
- Diathesis: Gastric and Nervous
- Thermal: Chilly
- Duration of action: 1 to 3 weeks
- Active Principle: Tannic Acid
- Side affection: Predominantly left-sided
INTRODUCTION
- Abies Canadensis is a valuable homeopathic remedy used primarily for digestive disturbances and nervous symptoms.
- Known for its action on the gastric system and symptoms related to a gnawing, hungry feeling in the stomach.
- Suitable for people who feel weak and tired with a constant craving for food.
GUIDING SYMPTOMS
- Sensation of emptiness or gnawing in the stomach even after eating.
- Craving for indigestible things like pickles and radishes.
- Distension and bloating in the abdomen after eating a small quantity.
- Heartburn and sour belching with a sense of fullness.
- Pain in the stomach with weakness and a sense of sinking.
- Palpitation and fluttering of the heart, especially after meals.
- Irregular heart action with gastric disturbances.
- Backache in the lumbar region, worse when standing or walking.
- Heaviness in the limbs with a tired, weak feeling.
- Rheumatic pain in the back, worse after exertion.
- Symptoms aggravated after eating, by exertion, and from cold air.
- Ameliorated by rest and warmth.
GASTRIC TROUBLES (IMPORTANT)
- Excessive appetite with a gnawing, empty feeling in the stomach.
- Painful sensation of the stomach pressing against the spine.
- Distension after eating, with belching and heartburn.
- Craving for sour things, pickles, and indigestible food.
- Persistent, dull pain in the epigastrium.
MIND / MENTAL SYMPTOMS / PSYCHOLOGY
- Depression with a feeling of hopelessness.
- Irritability and low spirits, especially after eating.
- Mental dullness and confusion, especially in the morning.
- Great anxiety about health.
- Discontented and gloomy mood.
FEVER
- Low-grade fever with gastric derangements.
- Chilliness, especially in the evening.
- Profuse perspiration with a weak and tired feeling.
- Desire to lie down and rest.
BACKACHE
- Dull, aching pain in the lower back, worse from standing and walking.
- Weakness in the lumbar region, relieved by lying down.
- Heaviness and aching in the legs with a desire to stretch.
MEMORIZING TIPS
- A - Appetite excessive with gnawing sensation.
- B - Backache worse by standing or walking.
- I - Indigestion with fullness and distension.
- E - Emotional dullness and despondency.
- S - Sour belching and heartburn.
- C - Chilly and sensitive to cold air.
- A - Anxiety about health.
- N - Nervous irritability and mental confusion.
- A - Ameliorated by rest and warmth.
- D - Desire for sour and indigestible foods.
- E - Emptiness in the stomach even after eating.
- N - Numbness and heaviness in limbs.
- S - Sensation of fullness and distension after eating.
- I - Indifference and lethargy after meals.
- S - Sinking feeling in the stomach with palpitation.
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MATERIA MEDICA