ABIES CANADENSIS
In Boericke we read the following:
Thrilling.
A hunger for food and slow functioning of the liver. Gnawing, hungry, faint feeling in the epigastrium.
Huge appetite: need for meat, gherkins, radishes, turnips, artichokes, coarse food.
Tendency to eat much more than can be digested.
Fires and bloating of stomach and abdomen, combined with palpitations.
Tilting of the uterus. Feeling that the uterus is soft and weak.
Pain in the right shoulder blade (compare Chelidonium).
Cold chills, as if the blood is ice water.
Feeling of cold water between the shoulder blades.
Awareness of a wet cloth on the back in case of acute respiratory problems or influenza (Vithoulkas).
Vithoulkas (Materia Medica viva) describes the following psychological picture:
Excitability and moodiness. The mental image has clear similarities with Nux vomica, but Abies canadensis is less impatient and less active. The main difference is that Abies canadensis lacks drive and perseverance. Unlike Nux vomica, he cannot boost himself with stimulating food. Mental exhaustion as a result of assimilation disorders and delayed liver functions