Homeopathy LibraryAbies Canadensis
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General
A. Canadensis, Michx. Nat. order , Coniferae. Common name , Hemlock (Spruce). Preparation , Tincture of the bark and young buds.
Authority. Gatchell, Investigator, 10, 54; two provers.
Mind
Mind quiet, careless but easily fretted, [1] . Irritable, [1] .
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
Rectum burns, [1] . [20.] Constipation, [2] .
Urinary Organs
Urinates frequently day and night, [2] .
Urine straw-colored, [2] .
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.
Feeling as of cold water between the shoulders, [1] .
Weak in the sacral region, [1] .
Upper Extremities. Pain behind the right shoulder-blade, [1] . [30.] Hands cold, shrunken, [1] .
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] .
Sleep And Dreams. Gaping, drowsy, [1] .
Great restlessness at night, with tossing from side to side, [2] . [40.]
Fever
Cold, shivering all over, as if the blood turned to ice-water, [1] . Chills down the back, [1] .