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Materia Medica Viva Volume 1 – Page 5

So in this remedy we see that, in spite of the fact that we do not have a big or a complete picture, the remedy is full of peculiar symptoms that can guide us to its correct prescription.
Generalities
Abies-canadensis is a cold remedy with a feeling of coldness in the
blood vessels.
Fainting feeling originating from the epigastrium.
Very faint as if the top of the head were congested: drunken feeling.
Due to the tipsy feeling in the head it might be indicated for the after effects of intoxication.
It is aggravated by the coarse, indigestible food that the patient craves. Aggravated by tea.
Pressure ameliorates the pains. Weakness, enervation, debility. Twitching of the muscles.
Constant inclination to lie down and rest. It is a right sided remedy.
Head Tipsy feeling; swimming of the head; light-headed.
Stomach
You can prescribe it with quite a degree of certainty when the patient focusses his symptomatology upon an increased hunger in general. A gnawing, ravenous, canine, excessive appetite, an empty, weak feeling and faintness felt in the epigastrium.
Great appetite with rumbling in stomach and bowels after eating. Tendency to eat far beyond the capacity for digestion.
Has an aversion to acids; meat; pickles.
Has a craving for coarse food, meat, pickles, radishes, tumips, artichokes, and indigestible food which all can aggravate his condition. In addition he has the tendency to eat far beyond the capacity of his digestion. The effect is flatulence and distention of stomach and abdomen, which causes palpitation and laboured respiration.