Asterias Rubens
Chest
William Boericke 1922
Enlarged axillary glands, worse, at night and in damp weather.
William Boericke 1922
Breasts swollen, indurated. Neuralgia of left breast and aim. [Brom.] Pain under sternum and in muscles of praecordial region. Left breast feels as if pulled inward, and pain extends over inner arm to end of little finger. Numbness of hand and fingers of left side. Cancer mammee even in ulcerative stage. Acute, lancinating pain. Axillary glands swollen hard and knotted. Nervous System. — Gait unsteady; muscles refuse to obey the will. Epilepsy; preceded by twitching over whole body, StooL — Constipation. Ineffectual desire. Stool like olives. Diarrhoea, watery brown, gushing out in jet.
Compare
William Boericke 1922
Conium; Carbo; Ars.; Condurango. Incompatible: Nux, Coffca. 110 ASTER. RUB. — ASTRAGALUS MOL. — AURUM MET.
Dose
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Sixth potency.
Face
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Red. Pimples on side of nose, chin and
Female
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Colic and other sufferings cease with appearance of flow. Breasts swell and pain in breasts ; worse left. Ulceration with sharp pains, piercing to scapulae. Pains down left arm to fingers, worse motion. Excitement of sexual instinct with nervous agitation. Nodes and indurations of mammary gland, dull aching, neuralgic pain in this region. [Conium.]
Guiding symptoms
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Nervous disturbances, neuralgias, chorea, and hysteria come within the range of this remedy. Has been used for cancer of the breast, and has an unquestioned influence over cancer disease. Excitement in both sexes.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Cannot bear contradiction. Shocks in brain; throbbing; heat in head, as if surrounded by hot air.
Modalities
William Boericke 1922
IVorse, coffee, night ; cold damp weather. Left side.
Mouth
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Disposition to pimples at adolescence.
Relationships
William Boericke 1922
Antidotes: Plumb.; Zinc.
Skin
William Boericke 1922
Destitute of pliability and elasticity. Itching spots. Ulcers, with fetid ichor. Acne. Psoriasis and herpes zoster worse left arm and
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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