ABIES CANADENSIS [Abies-can]
ABIES CANADENSIS uses [Abies-can uses]
Note: Wherever it is found, "<" denotes aggravation (worse by), ">" denotes amelioration (better by), "<->" denotes alternation (alternates with) and A/F is an abbreviation of, "Ailments from"
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Overeating
and indigestion. Peculiar cravings. Uterine displacements. Cold shiverings.
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SYNONYMS
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Abies
balsamea, Pinus canadensis.
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FAMILY
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Abietineae
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MIND
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| - | Vanishing
of thoughts; confusion and stupefaction of the mind as if intoxicated. |
| - | Greed or cupidity in eating. |
| - | Irritability, moody (Nux-v). |
| - | Delusion that womb is soft and feeble and would cause abortion. |
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GUIDING INDICATIONS
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| - | Suited
to women with uterine displacements, probably due to defective nutrition
and debility (where prolapsus uteri is a symptom of general defective
nutrition with little or no local congestion). |
| - | GASTRIC SYMPTOMS are most marked. A catarrhal condition of the stomach is
produced which increases the patient's hunger. |
| - | TENDENCY TO EAT FAR BEYOND CAPACITY FOR DIGESTION. |
| - | CANINE HUNGER and torpid liver. GNAWING, HUNGRY, FAINT FEELING at the
epigastrium. |
| - | PECULIAR CRAVINGS; for meat, pickles, radishes, turnips, artichokes,
coarse food. |
| - | Craving for indigestible or unsuitable articles of food - disordered
digestion. |
| - | Chilly. COLD SHIVERING AS IF BLOOD WERE ICE-WATER (Acon). |
| - | Chill extending up and down back, as if cold water dropped down the spine.
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| - | Cold-water feeling between the scapulae (Clarke;K.886). |
| - | Sensation of a WET CLOTH ON THE BACK. |
| - | Great prostration, wants to lie down all the time. Cold, clammy skin, cold
hands. |
| - | Faintness. Debility due to malassimilation of food. |
| - | Burning and distension of stomach and abdomen with severe palpitation of
heart. |
| - | FLATULENCE DISTURBS THE HEART'S ACTION. |
| - | Heart's action laboured. |
| - | UTERINE DISPLACEMENTS < standing long; < sitting; > pressure. |
| - | Sore feeling at fundus of uterus, relieved by pressure. Thinks womb is
soft and feeble. Sensation as if will abort. |
| - | Sensation uterus will fall out of pelvis. Lies with the legs drawn up. |
| - | Peculiar sensations are: |
| - | Right lung and liver feel hard and small. |
| - | Uterus feels soft and feeble. |
| - | Distension of stomach and abdomen with difficult respiration. |
| - | Breathing laboured, with sensation as if right lung is small and hard. |
| - | Tipsy, swimming of the head, as if top of the head were congested. |
| - | A light headed feeling, attended with a gnawing hungry faint feeling at
epigastrium. |
| - | Canine hunger, which if gratified, is followed by distension of stomach
with hard beating of the heart. |
| - | Wants to lie down. Lies with legs drawn up. |
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KEYNOTES
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- Canine hunger. Gnawing, hungry, faint feeling at the epigastrium.
- Tendency to eat far beyond capacity for digestion.
- Peculiar cravings for meat, pickles, radishes, turnips, artichokes,
coarse food.
- Uterine displacements. Sensation as if womb is soft and feeble.
Sensation as if will abort.
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NUCLEUS OF REMEDY
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| - | Women
with uterine displacements and indigestion. |
| - | Great debility, wants to rest. |
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CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS
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- Canine hunger with tendency to eat for beyond capacity of digestion.
- Peculiar cravings for coarse or indigestible food.
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CLINICAL
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When
uterine prolapse is due to general defective nutrition, with little or no
local congestion.
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REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS
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Compare:
Abies-n, Aesc, Cop, Ign, Nux-v, Ter
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