by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
. Shiverings. .................... Cough, > walking. URTICARIA; with hepatic symptoms, jaundice, etc.; with cramps in liver region; on right side only.
Related: Calc-c. Rhus-t.
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Astacus Fluviatilis appears in 5 of the 13 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.
“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 …”
“Crawfish (CANCER ASTACUS) Skin symptoms most important. Urticaria . Nettle-rash over whole body. Itching. Crusta lactea, with enlarged lymphatic glands. Erysipelas, and liver affections with nettle-rash . Swelling of cervical glands. Jaundice. Inward chilliness; very sensitive to air, worse uncovering; violent fever…”
“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…”
“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…”
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).
