ABIES CANADENSIS.
A. Canadensis, Michx. Nat. order,
Coniferæ. 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].® 2000
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