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Saturday, April 9, 2011

ABIES CANADENSIS (Hemlock spruce)


N. O. ---Coniferae.
Latin, Pinus canadensis;
English, Hemlock spruce; Hemlock tree;
Vernacular, Tree Of Cheirr.

Description:

An evergreen resinous tree attaining a height of 70 to 80 feet, with a straight trunk 2 to 3 feet in diameter, having rough bark; branches, slender, nearly horizontal and brittle; the twigs pubescent; the leaves flat, 1 to 2 inches long, green shining above, whitish beneath and downy when young. The cones are small, ovoid, terminal, persistent ; the scales are round and entire.

Found in :-Indigenous to hilly woods of North America in Pakistan found in Murree and other hilly places.



Introduced in homoeopathic
Dr. H.P. Gatchell, Med. Invest. V. 5, P. 243 ; V. 10, P. 54 (1873). [Allen’s Encyc. V. 1. Mat. Med. I. I.]

Part Used:--
The fresh bark and buds.


Preparation:--
(a)Tincture Q: =Drug Strength 1/10
Abies canadensis, moist magma containing solids100gm.
Plant moisture 233 Cc.= 333
Strong alcohol792 Cc.
To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.

(b) Dilutions: 2x and higher with dispensing Alcohol.

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