Abies nigra

 Generalities

 – It is a useful remedy, in many diseased conditions, when they are associated with gastric symptoms.

 – It causes dyspepsia, with functional heart symptoms, especially in the aged persons.

 – It is also useful, in indigestion of those, who abuse the drinking of tea and smoking, or chewing of tobacco.

 – The chief symptom in dyspepsia is a sensation as if hard boiled egg has lodged in the cardiac end of the stomach.

 – Patient describe this sensation, as if a hard lump is felt in the pit of stomach or in the lung which he wants to cough out.

 Worse

 – After eating.

 Mind

 – Very low spirited, unable to think or study.

 Stomach

 – Total loss of appetite, in the morning, but craves food, at noon and at night.

 – Pain in the stomach, always comes on after eating.

 Chest

 – Difficult breathing agg. lying down.

 – Heart’s action heavy and slow, there may be tachycardia or bradycardia.

Source: Phatak Materia Medica