Astacus fluviatilis

Crawfish

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

(CANCER ASTACUS)

Skin symptoms most important. Urticaria .

Skin

Nettle-rash over whole body. Itching. Crusta lactea, with enlarged lymphatic glands. Erysipelas, and liver affections with nettle-rash . Swelling of cervical glands. Jaundice.

Fever

Inward chilliness; very sensitive to air, worse uncovering; violent fever, with headache.

Relationship

Compare: Bombyx -Caterpillar-Itching of whole body (Urticaria). Apis; Rhus; Nat m; Homar .

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.

Astacus fluviatilis across the other classic books

Astacus fluviatilis appears in 5 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Astacus fluviatilis (Cancer astacus, Linn.) Class , Crustacean; Sub Order , Macroura. Common Name , crawfish. Preparation , Tincture, prepared by pouring alcohol on the pounded living animal. Authorities. Buchner's provings, Hygea, 17, p. 1; 1 and 2 , Two men proved large doses of the tincture, repeated doses; 3 …”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Liver. Glands. Vaso-motors. Air. Uncovering. Stinging pains . Shiverings. .................... Cough, > walking. URTICARIA; with hepatic symptoms, jaundice, etc.; with cramps in liver region; on right side only. Related: Calc-c. Rhus-t.”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Cancer fluviatilis. Crawfish or River Crab. N. O. Crustaceæ. Tincture from whole animal. Biliousness / Colic / Cough / Diarrhœa / Fever / Glands, enlarged / Intermittent fever / Jaundice / Liver complaints / Nettle-rash / Neuralgia / Shiverings / Stomach, disorders of / Toothache / Tumours The well-known effects of…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Crawfish. Crustaceæ. Frequently made use of in olden times. Tincture from the whole fish, prepared by C. Hg. in 1825, still had a fish smell in 1867, and produced symptoms. Fully proved and introduced by Buchner, in 1842. Melancholic mood. Apprehensiveness with anxiety in chest. Slight delirium, with nettlerash…”

Astacus fluviatilis in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Astacus fluviatilis in 64 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in MOUTH (8), TEETH (6), EYE (5), SKIN (5), COUGH (4).

FACE - DISCOLORATION - red - glowing red
MOUTH - STOMACACE
MOUTH - SCORBUTIC Gums
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - urticaria
FACE - ERYSIPELAS
SKIN - ITCHING
FACE - DISCOLORATION - red
KIDNEYS - PAIN - drawing - Ureters - right
VISION - SPOTS - colored
EXTREMITIES - TREMBLING - Upper Limbs - leaning on it,when
MOUTH - TASTE - fishy
NOSE - SNEEZING - yawning,with
MOUTH - TASTE - sweetish - coughing,after
URINE - ODOR - fishy
VISION - SPOTS - reading
KIDNEYS - PAIN - breathing deeply,when
MOUTH - PAIN - pressing in - Tongue
CHEST - PAIN - pressing - Axilla,in
COUGH - WALKING - amel.
KIDNEYS - PAIN - stitching,stinging,sticking - inspiration,on deep

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