ABIES CANADENSIS [Abies-can]

Abies balsamea, Pinus canadensis

Abietineae

-	Vanishing of thoughts; confusion and stupefaction of the mind as if intoxicated

-	Greed or cupidity in eating

-	Mental exhaustion

-	Irritability, moody (Nux-v)

-	Delusion that womb is soft and feeble and would cause abortion

-	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

-	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

1. Canine hunger. Gnawing, hungry, faint feeling at the epigastrium
2. Tendency to eat far beyond capacity for digestion
3. Peculiar cravings for meat, pickles, radishes, turnips, artichokes, coarse food
4. Uterine displacements. Sensation as if womb is soft and feeble. Sensation as if will abort

-	Women with uterine displacements and indigestion

-	Ravenous appetite

-	Peculiar cravings

-	Great debility, wants to rest

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Chilly

1. Canine hunger with tendency to eat far beyond capacity of digestion
2. Peculiar cravings for coarse or indigestible food

When uterine prolapse is due to general defective nutrition, with little or no local congestion

Compare: Abies-n, Aesc, Cop, Ign, Nux-v, Ter