Asterias rubens
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
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Keynotes
Asterias rubens
Star-fish. Radiata.
I" or the sycotic diathesis ; flabby, lymphatic constitution; irritable temperament.
Easily excited by any emotion, especially by contradictions (Anac., Con.).
Heat of the head, as if surrounded by hot air.
Sanguineous congestion to the brain.
Apoplexy ; face red, pulse hard, full, frequent.
Cancer of mammae; acute lancinating pain; drawing pain in breast; swollen, distended, as before the menses ; breast feels drawn in.
A livid red spot appeared, broke and discharged; gradually invaded entire breast, very fetid odor; edges pale, elevated, mamillary, hard, everted; bottom covered with reddish granulations.
Gait unsteady; muscles refuse to obey the will (Alum., Gels.).
Epilepsy; twitching over the whole body four or five days before the attack.
Constipation : obstinate ; ineffectual desire ; stools of hard, round balls, like olives.
Diarrhoea : watery, brown, gushing out in a violent jet (Crot. t, Grat., Gum., Jatr., Thuja).
Sexual desire increased in women (Lib).
Relations. — Similar: to, Murex, Sepia.
Compare: Carbo an.. Con., Sil. in mammary cancer; Bell., Cal., Sulph. in epilepsy.
What the other books say about Asterias rubens
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Asterias rubens in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Asterias rubens in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Asterias rubens — Keynotes, pp. 51–52. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/asterias-rubens. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.