Abies Nigra – Black Spruce

The mother tincture is prepared from the gum of the tree, which is a native of North America: Picea mariana [Miller]. N.O. Pinaceae.

Its main action is on the digestive and respiratory organs. Main symptoms are as follows:

Depression, inability to think. Pressure as of a hard object behind the sternum.

May also be used where the following occur: Lack of appetite in the morning but ravenous at noon and at night. Violent stomach pains after a hearty meal. Contractive pain in the pit of the stomach with retching, sour eructation, vomiting. Constipation, especially after abuse of tobacco, tea and coffee. Sensation as of a hard object lodged at cardiac end of stomach.

Becomes easily short of breath.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Resina piceae, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for abies nigra: gastric digestive insufficiency.