Starfish-Radiata
General
For 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 of 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 foetid odor; edges pale, elevated, mammillary, 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 [Lil.].
Relations
Similar: to, Murex, Sepia.
Compare: Carbo an. , Con. , Sil. in mammary cancer; Bell. , Cal. , Sulph. in epilepsy.