ASTERIAS RUBENS [Aster]:

-Tarkas P. and Ajit Kulkarni.

Starfish

Region

Neuro-circulation

1. Circulation : cranial arteries heart

2. Nerves Glands; mammary Female organs Skin L.side

Worse

Heat (malaise)

Cold, wet weather

Night

Motion

Metal poisoning (Aluminium, Lead, Zinc)

Contradiction

Supper

Coffee.Spices

Better

Warmth (itching)

Cold bath (some pains)

Open air

Working off

Discharges : tears diarrhea leucorrhea menses

Congestions. Ulcerations. Neuralgias

Convulsions. Toxemia. Malignancy

Unequal circulation ` congestions` toxemia Congestion in cranial organs. Pulsations; throbbing pains. A good normalizer of circulation (like Glon.). “Irritation of venous parts (congestion) not reaching to true inflammation”. Toxemic. Constipation (Jug-c. of incomplete metabolism).

Nervous disturbances; N. agitation. Neuralgias (Pass.). Incoordination; muscles out of gear; gait unsteady (also from weakness of legs).

Convulsions; () nights; quiet only when hands are in pockets.

Shocks / jerks in : brain, uterus, limbs (after supper), heart (jerking palpitation). Pulsations in : brain, carotid artery, r. parotid, uterus, chest (Fago.). Strumming (=buzzing ? resonance? thrilling? ) in arms.

Pains : Drawing backward pains in : eyes, abdominal walls, umbilicus (like Plb. which is antidotal, to Ast.), mammae, chest. Pulling in: tongue, abdomen, breast (l.), back. Lancinating (not burning) in cancer; () flow of menses). Axillary glands swollen, hard and knotted, () after dinner), flatulence, jerking of limbs, even convulsions.

Epigastric tenderness / distress. Dull or constrictive pain in precordium. Anxiety in upper abdomen. Ulcer.

Abdomen : Obstructed flatulence, great immobile flatulence after every meal, esp. supper, with colic and precordial distress (see Heart). Colic (see Face),menstrual, flatulent. Unilateral drawing backward pain () symptoms (Zinc.). Hemorrhoids.

Urinary : Heat in urethra while or after urinating. Urine copious (scanty, Asc-c.). Bladder painful when empty.

Male : Strong desire. Erections in morning or in sleep.

Female : Sexual desire excited, even to nymphomania, () flow (Lach.).

Uterus : Severe general pain as if something protruded behind it. Crushing pain.Twitching- jerking in womb. Consciousness of womb (Murx.). Bearing down in pelvic region impeding movement; sensation as if menses were coming on. Pain from r. side womb to (r. or l.) mammae. Anguish in womb.

Mammae : Piercing pain, ext. to scapula. Pain in l. breast, ext. down ulnar side of l. arm to fingers or little finger, () throwing shoulders backward, (