Other names and synonyms
astac.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Cancer fluviatilis. сrawfish or River сrab. N. O. сrustaceae. Tincture from whole animal.
Nosology
Biliousness. сolic. сough. Diarrhoea. Fever. Glands, enlarged. Intermittent fever. Jaundice. Liver complaints. Nettle-rash. Neuralgia. Shiverings. Stomach, disorders of. Toothache. Tumours.
Typical features
The well-known effects of shell-fish, as well as of other fish, in producing nettle-rash is exemplified in Astacus beyond all other varieties. The lacquer-workers of the East have discovered in the river-crab the best antidote to the effects of Rhus which they employ in their craft. The liver is markedly affected, and a great characteristic is nettle-rash with liver complaint. jaundice of children. Itching of various parts. сrusta lactea, with large lymphatic glands. Enlarged glands of neck in children and old people. Pain and tenderness of liver, jaundice, stools of pipe-clay colour. Inward chilliness and sensitiveness to air;
Dif. diagnostics
Antidoted by: Acon. сompare: Apis, Rhus, Homarus, сhloral, Nat. m.
Mental
Apprehensiveness, with anxiety in chest.
Head, face, and ears
Dulness in head. On head, neck and chest inflammation, with red spots filled with serum, gone after a sweat. A thick, crusty eruption on scalp, with enlarged lymphatic glands.
Dilated pupils. Dim vision. Sees coloured spots when reading. Motion of eyes painful. Yellow conjunctiva.
Sensation as if a foreign body obstructed passage of right ear, causing slight deafness. Heat and redness of ears.
Nose-bleed, relieving the attacks.
At intervals darting like lightning from temple to cheek. Face glowing and red with fever. Erysipelas with nettle-rash.
Dilated pupils. Dim vision. Sees coloured spots when reading. Motion of eyes painful. Yellow conjunctiva.
Sensation as if a foreign body obstructed passage of right ear, causing slight deafness. Heat and redness of ears.
Nose-bleed, relieving the attacks.
At intervals darting like lightning from temple to cheek. Face glowing and red with fever. Erysipelas with nettle-rash.
Mouth and throat
Toothache at intervals; dull drawing, as if tooth being drawn out. Toothache in whole lower right jaw, with cold feeling in an eyetooth.
Canker-spots in mouth; scorbutus. Fishy taste, followed by nausea spreading through chest.
Canker-spots in mouth; scorbutus. Fishy taste, followed by nausea spreading through chest.
Gastrointestinal tract
Fulness and pressure in stomach; burning in epigastrium. Empty eructations; with sneezing and yawning. Nausea and vomiting.
Severe pain in duodenum. Liver inflamed, sensitiveness to pressure. Jaundice; of little children. Pressure in region of spleen. - сolicky pain with tenesmus and prostration; sitting,.
Stool, colour of pipe-clay; pain in liver. Diarrhoea, with vomiting and colicky pain.
Severe pain in duodenum. Liver inflamed, sensitiveness to pressure. Jaundice; of little children. Pressure in region of spleen. - сolicky pain with tenesmus and prostration; sitting,.
Stool, colour of pipe-clay; pain in liver. Diarrhoea, with vomiting and colicky pain.
Urogenital system
Pain in kidneys, stinging in night;
Restless sleep from strong sexual excitement. Averse to coition; diminished power; scrotum relaxed.
Restless sleep from strong sexual excitement. Averse to coition; diminished power; scrotum relaxed.
Chest organs
Dyspnoea, with anxiety and rattling of mucus. - сough from tickling in larynx.
Skin
Nettle-rash over whole body; with liver complaint. Itching on various parts. Jaundice; of children. Erysipelas, with fever, headache, and increased sweat.
Fever
Sensitiveness to air no matter how great the feeling of heat. Inward chilliness and sensitiveness to air;