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Asterias Rubens

30CAsterias

Red Starfish · "The Left-Sided Apoplexy Remedy"

aster.AnimalRareSycotic

🎯 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

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

Sixth potency

Decimal

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🚫 Antidotes

Plumbum Metallicum →Zincum Metallicum →

🔄 Compare With

Carbo Vegetabilis →Arsenicum Album →Cundurango →Conium Maculatum →

⚠️ Inimical

Nux Vomica →Coffea Cruda →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Asterias Rubens is listed in 53 rubrics across 15 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 15 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Female Sexual System11 Skin7 Generalities5 Modalities5 Locomotor System5 Nervous System4 Head4 Face2 Abdomen2 Circulatory System2 Mind2 Nose1 Mouth1 Tongue1 Respiratory System1

See all 53 rubrics for Asterias Rubens →