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Red Starfish · "The Left-Sided Apoplexy Remedy"
aster.AnimalRareSycotic
Source
🎯 A remedy primarily indicated for the sycotic diathesis, particularly in cases of breast cancer and nervous disorders.
📖 Boericke writes:
A remedy for the sycotic diathesis; flabby, lymphatic constitution, flabby with red face. Lancinating pains. Nervous disturbances, neuralgia, 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.
👤 Constitution
•Flabby, lymphatic constitution with a red face; individuals who are easily agitated and cannot bear contradiction.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Shocks in brain; throbbing; heat in head, as if surrounded by hot air.
head
Disposition to pimples at adolescence.
face
Left breast feels as if pulled inward, and pain extends over inner arm to end of little finger.
chest
Cancer mammae even in ulcerative stage.
chest
Acute, lancinating pain.
chest
Axillary glands swollen hard and knotted.
chest
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Used for head congestion and throbbing sensations accompanied by a feeling of intense heat.
Cannot bear contradiction.
Shocks in brain; throbbing; heat in head, as if surrounded by hot air.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
💊 Dosage & Potency
Sixth potency
Decimal
🕒As directed
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Plumbum Metallicum →Zincum Metallicum →
🔄 Compare With
Carbo Vegetabilis →Arsenicum Album →Cundurango →Conium Maculatum →
⚠️ Inimical
Nux Vomica →Coffea Cruda →
📚 Sources & References

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