ABIES NIGRA (Pinus nigra)

N. O. ---Coniferae.

Synonyms:
Latin, Resina Abietis Nigrae, Pinus nigra;

English, Black or double spruce;

Vernacular, Black Gandah Bairoza.

Description:--

An evergreen tree ; height 60 to 80 feet ; dark green leaves and ovate cones, 1 to 1 ½ inches long, with thin and wavy edged scales. When an incision is made in the tree a gum oozes freely, almost white or colorless as it exudes , afterward turning of a pinkish and finally a brown color.

Found in :-Swamps and cold mountain woods, New England States to Wisconisn and northward, southward along mountain; in Pakistan found in Murree and other hilly places.

Introduced in homoeopathic

C.A. Seaman, O. Med. And Surg. Rep. V.I. pp. 65, 85 (1867); [Allen’s Encyc. Mat. Mad. 1. 2].

Part Used:--

The resin.

Preparation:--

(a)Tincture Q: =	Drug Strength 1/10
Abies nigra gum	100gm.
Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity .
To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.

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

(b) (c) Triturations: 2x and higher.