From Allen's Keynotes:

 Southernwood. (Compositae.)

Alternate constipation and diarrhoea; lineteria. Marasmus of children with marked emaciation, especially of legs (Iod., Sanic., Tub.); the skin is flabby and hangs loose in folds (of neck, Nat. m., Sanic.). In marasmus head weak, cannot hold it up. (Aeth.). Marasmus of lower extremities only. Ravenous hunger; loosing flesh while eating well (Iod., Nat. m., Sanic., Tub.). Painful contractions of the limbs from cramps or following colic. Rheumatism; for the excessive pain before the swelling commences; from suddenly-checked diarrhoea or other secretions; alternates with haemorrhoids, with dysentery. Gout; joints stiff, swollen, with pricking sensation; wrists and ankle-joints painful and inflamed. Very lame and sore all over. Itching chilblains (Agar.). Great weakness and prostration and a kind of hectic fever with children; unable to stand. Child is ill-natured, irritable, cross and despondent; violent, inhuman, would like to do something cruel. Face old, pale, wrinkled (Op.).

Relationship: After Hepar in furuncle; after Acon. and Bry. in pleurisy, when pressing sensation remains in affected side impeding respiration.

 From Boericke's material medica:

(Black Spruce) A powerful and long-acting remedy, in various forms of disease, whenever the characteristic stomach symptoms are present. Most of the symptoms are associated with the gastric disturbances. IN DYSPEPTIC TROUBLES OF THE AGED, with functional heart symptoms; also after tea or tobacco. CONSTIPATION. Pain in external meatus.

Head
Hot, with flushed cheeks. Low-spirited. Dull during the day, wakeful at night. Unable to think.

Stomach
PAIN IN STOMACH ALWAYS COMES ON AFTER EATING. Sensation of a lump that hurts, AS IF A HARD-BOILED EGG HAD LODGED IN THE CARDIAC END OF STOMACH; continual distressing constriction just above the pit of the stomach, as if everything were knotted up. Total loss of appetite in morning, but great craving for food at noon and night. Offensive breath. Eructations.

Chest
Painful sensation, as if something were lodged in the chest and had to be coughed up; lungs feel compressed. Cannot be fully expanded. Worse coughing; waterbrash succeeds cough. Choking sensation in throat. Dyspnoea; worse lying down; Sharp, cutting pain in heart; HEART'S ACTION HEAVY AND SLOW; TACHYCARDIA, bradycardia.

Back
Pain in small of back. Rheumatic pains and aching in bones.

Sleep
Wakeful and restless at night, with hunger. Bad dreams.

Fever
Alternate heat and cold; chronic intermittent fever, with pain in stomach.

Modalities
WORSE after eating.

Relationship
Compare: (Lump in stomach-CHINA BRYON. PULSAT.) also other Conifers-THUJA, SABINA, CUPRESSUS (painful indigestion) also NUX VOM. KALI CARB.

Dose
First to thirtieth potency.

 From Boericke's materia medica:

(Common Wormwood) A perfect picture of epileptiform seizure is produced-by this drug. Nervous tremors precede attack. Sudden and severe giddiness, delirium with hallucinations and loss of consciousness. Nervous excitement and sleeplessness. Cerebral irritation, hysterical and infantile spasms come within range of this remedy. Poisoning by mushrooms. Chorea. TREMOR. Nervousness, excitement, and sleeplessness in children.

Mind
Hallucinations. Frightful visions. Kleptomania. Loss of memory. Forgets what has recently happened. Wants nothing to do with anybody. Brutal.

Head
VERTIGO, WITH TENDENCY TO FALL BACKWARD. General confusion. Wants head low. Pupils dilated unequally. Face blue. SPASMODIC FACIAL TWITCHING. Dull occipital headache. (GELSEM. PICRIC AC. )

Mouth
Jaws fixed. Bites tongue; trembles; feels as if swollen and too large; protruding. Throat. Scalded sensation; as of a lump.

Stomach
Nausea; retching; eructation. Bloated around waist and ABDOMEN. Wind colic. Urine. Constant desire. Very strong odor; deep yellow color. ( KALI PHOS. )

Sexual
Darting pain in right ovary. Spermatorrhoea, with relaxed, enfeebled parts. Premature menopause.

Chest
Sensation of weight on chest. Irregular, tumultuous action of heart can be heard in back.

Extremities
Pain in limbs. Paralytic symptoms.

Relationship
Compare: ALCOHOL; ARTEMISIA; HYDROCY. ACID; CINA; CICUTA.

From Boericke's materia medica:

(Indian Nettle) A drug having a marked action on the alimentary canal and respiratory organs. It is indicated in incipient phthisis, with bard, racking cough, bloody expectoration, arterial haemorrhage, but no febrile disturbance. Very weak in the morning, gains strength during day. Progressive emaciation. All pathological haemorrhages having notably A MORNING AGGRAVATION.

Chest
COUGH DRY, HARD, FOLLOWED BY HOEMOPTYSIS; worse in morning and at night. Constant and severe pain in chest. Blood bright red and not profuse in morning; dark and clotted in afternoon. Pulse soft and compressible. Burning in pharynx, oesophagus, and stomach.

Abdomen
Burning in intestines. SPLUTTERING DIARRHOEA WITH FORCIBLE EXPULSION OF NOISY FLATUS, bearing down pains and tenesmus. Rumbling distention, and griping pain in abdomen. Rectal hemorrhage; worse in morning.

Skin
Jaundice. Itching and circumscribed furuncle-like swellings.

Modalities
WORSE in morning.

Relationship
Compare: MILLEFOL.; PHOSPHOR.; ACETIC ACID; KALI NIT.

 From Boericke's materia medica:

(Antifebrinum) Depresses heart, respiration and blood pressure, lowers temperature. Cyanosis and collapse. Increased susceptibility to cold. Destroys red blood corpuscles; pallor.

Head
Enlarged sensation. Fainting. Moral depravity.

Eyes
Pallor of optic discs, contracted visual field and shrinking retinal vessel; mydriasis.

Heart
Weak, irregular, with blue mucous membranes, albuminuria, oedema of feet and ankles.

Relationship
Compare: ANTIPYRIN.