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.