Materia Medica

Astacus Fluviatilis -Cancer Astacus

Crawfish

Skin symptoms most important. Urticaria.

Skin

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

Fever

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

Relationships

Compare: Romby.r r - Caterpillar- Itching of whole body. (Urticaria.) Apis; Rhus; Nat. m.: Homar. Antidote: Poison Oak.

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 106. Public domain.

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