Asterias rubens
Allen, Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 3rd ed., 1910, p. 52
Star-fish. Radiata.
Keynotes
I" or the sycotic diathesis ; flabby, lymphatic constitution; irritable temperament.
Easily excited by any emotion, especially by contradictions (Anac., Con.). Heat of the head, as if surrounded by hot air. Sanguineous congestion to the brain. Apoplexy ; face red, pulse hard, full, frequent. Cancer of mammae; acute lancinating pain; drawing pain in breast; swollen, distended, as before the menses ; breast feels drawn in.
A livid red spot appeared, broke and discharged; gradually invaded entire breast, very fetid odor; edges pale, elevated, mamillary, hard, everted; bottom covered with reddish granulations.
Gait unsteady; muscles refuse to obey the will (Alum., Gels.).
Epilepsy; twitching over the whole body four or five days before the attack.
Constipation : obstinate ; ineffectual desire ; stools of hard, round balls, like olives.
Diarrhoea : watery, brown, gushing out in a violent jet (Crot. t, Grat., Gum., Jatr., Thuja). Sexual desire increased in women (Lil).
Relationship
Similar: to, Murex, Sepia. Compare: Carbo an.. Con., Sil. in mammary cancer; Bell., Col., Sulph. in epilepsy.