Astacus Fluviatilis

Crawfish (CANCER ASTACUS)

Source: Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica

Skin symptoms most important. Urticaria.

Skin

Nettle-rash over whole body. Itching. Crusta lactea, with enlarged lymphatic glands. Erysipelas, and liver affections with nettle-rash. Swelling of cervical glands. Jaundice.

Fever

Inward chilliness; very sensitive to air, worse uncovering; violent fever, with headache.

Relationship

Compare: Bombyx-Caterpillar-Itching of whole body (Urticaria). Apis; Rhus; Nat m; Homar.

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.