Abies Nigra

Black Spruce. Coniferoe.

The Pinus nigra or black spruce of this country.

Proved by Dr. Leaman, Ohio Medical and Surgical Reporter.

^ Mind. Inability to think or study.

I Very low-spirited ; melancholy. ^ Sensorium, Dizziness ; bad feeling in the head. ^ Inner Head, i i Headache.

I Terrible distress in the head, generally with some flushing of the face, d Dyspepsia. * Outer Head. Head hot, with flushed cheeks. ^ Face. Cheeks flushed. ^" Gums. : Scurvy.

13 Throat. Choking sensation in the throat.' ^^ Appetite. Exceedingly hungry and wakeful at night.

I I Total loss of appetite in the morning, craving for food at noon and at night. ^^ Eating. iPain after a hearty meal. See 17.

I Abstinence from any particular food does not relieve the symptoms, d Dyspepsia. ^® Belching and Vomiting, i Belching.

I Acid, eructations.

I Frequent vomiting of food.

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ABIES NIGRA. 2

^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, l Severe pain in stomach after eating. I 1 Distressing pain in stomach, extending to left side. I Sensation of an undigested hard boiled egg in stomach. 6 Dys- pepsia. ■ Continual distressing constriction just above the pit of stom- ach, as if everything was knotted up, or as if a hard lump of undigested food remained there. 6 Dyspepsia. ^^ Rectum and Stool. 1 1 Constipation. 2^ Female Sexual Organs. Menses did not appear until third

month after proving. ^^ Respiration. Gets out of breath easily. ^^ Back. Pain in small of back. 2^ Nerves. Nervousness.

Fatigue. ^^ Sleep. Dull and sleepy during the day ; restless and wakeful at night. Wakeful at night with hunger. Bad dreams. ^^ Time. Morning : total loss of appetite. Noon : craving for food. Night : hungry ; wakeful and restless. Day : dull and sleepy. ^^ Fever. Alternate heat and cold. \ Malarial fevers.*

I Chronic intermittent fever, accompanied by stomachache. *'' Locality and Direction. Left : pain in stomach extends to

side. ^* Tissues. Rheumatic pains and aching in the bones. ^® Relationship. Used in the preparation of spruce beer.

Similar to : Nux vom. (pressure as from a stone after a meal) ; Bismuth ; Calc. carh.

(like a load after a moderate supper) ; Bryon. (like a stone, worse moving); Kali carh.;

Arsen. ; Zincum (as if food lodged in oesophagus) ; Ignat. (food feels as if lying above cardiac orifice) ;

Sepia (nightly pressure as from a stone, also after food) ; Agar, (burning after food, followed by pressure as from a foreign body) ; Phosphor. ; Pulsat.

(like a stone, early on awaking) ; Sulphur ; Cinchon. (accompanied by bloating) ;

JYatr. mur. (sensation of a for- eign body sticking in cardiac orifice).

* Used in New York in the fall of 1877. Abies nigra is said to be one of the ingredients in " Holman's Fever and Ague Pad."