Materia Medica

Astacus fluviatilis – Boericke

Astacus fluviatilis
astac

 

 

CANCER ASTACUS (Crawfish) 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: BOMBYZ-Caterpillar-Itching of whole body. (Urticaria.) APIS; RHUS; NAT. M.; HOMAR.

 

 

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.