Adven Astacus fluviatilis (River Crab / Crawfish)

A supportive remedy for liver disorders, glandular swellings, skin eruptions, and nervous digestive complaints

Astacus fluviatilis, prepared from the whole River Crab or Crawfish belonging to the Crustaceæ family, is a homoeopathic medicine known for its marked action on the liver, spleen, lymphatic glands, digestive organs, skin, urinary tract, and nervous system.

It is especially useful in conditions marked by jaundice, glandular enlargement, skin eruptions, colicky abdominal pain, neuralgia, intermittent fever, and nervous irritability.

It is particularly suited to individuals with alternating heat and chill, skin eruptions associated with liver disturbance, and digestive weakness with hypersensitivity.

Common Name:

English: River Crab / Crawfish

Key Indications

Liver Disorders & Jaundice

• Helpful in inflammation and tenderness of the liver
• Jaundice with digestive weakness, especially in children
• Pressure and pain in liver and spleen regions
• Pipe-clay coloured stools associated with hepatic disturbance
• Yellow discoloration of conjunctiva linked to liver imbalance
• Supports relief in liver-related skin complaints and digestive irritation

Skin Eruptions & Glandular Swelling

• Useful in nettle-rash, erysipelas, and crusty eruptions
• Eruptions affecting scalp, neck, and chest with enlarged glands
• Itching worse at night or associated with internal disturbances
• Fetid discharge and blister-like skin eruptions
• Supports healing in chronic inflammatory skin conditions

Digestive Complaints & Colicky Pain

• Helpful in colicky abdominal pain with straining and weakness
• Pain better while sitting and worse from walking
• Nausea, vomiting, and burning in stomach region
• Pressure and fullness in epigastrium with empty eructations
• Fishy taste with digestive discomfort and nausea in chest
• Supports digestive comfort in irritable stomach conditions

Fever, Chilliness & Nervous Sensitivity

• Useful in violent fever with flushed face and swollen eyelids
• Mild delirium during fever states
• Inward chilliness despite external warmth
• Extreme sensitivity to air and temperature changes
• Crawling sensations, shivering, and alternating heat and chill
• Supports nervous stability during intermittent fever conditions

Respiratory Complaints & Cough

• Helpful in laryngeal tickling with persistent cough
• Dyspnoea with rattling mucus and anxiety
• Cough relieved while walking but returning on sitting
• Supports respiratory comfort in catarrhal irritation states

Neuralgia, Headache & Facial Pain

• Useful in darting neuralgic pains from temple to cheek
• Redness of face during fever with head heaviness
• Scalp eruptions and crust formation with glandular swelling
• Supports relief in nervous and inflammatory facial pain conditions

Dental Pain & Mouth Ulceration

• Helpful in toothache affecting lower jaw
• Sensation as if teeth were being pulled out
• Cold feeling in individual teeth
• Mouth ulcers, canker sores, and scorbutic irritation
• Supports oral comfort in inflammatory dental complaints

Urinary Irritation & Kidney Discomfort

• Useful in burning urination with scanty urine
• Fishy-smelling urine with reddish sediment
• Albuminous pale acidic urine
• Night-time kidney pain aggravated during inhalation
• Supports urinary tract comfort in irritated conditions

Male Weakness & Sleep Disturbance

• Helpful in restless sleep associated with sexual excitement
• Relaxed scrotum with diminished sexual vitality
• Aversion to coition from nervous exhaustion
• Supports recovery in weakened and depleted constitutions