Acanthaster
planci (Acan-p) = Dornenkronenseestern/= crown of thorns starfish/= coral-eating starfish
Vergleich: Siehe: Meeresgruppe + Molluscae
Poisening: Causes hypotension, thrombocytopenia
(low blood platelet count; increased haemorrhagic tendency)/leucopenia (low
white blood cell count; increased risk of infection.). Contains liver damaging
substances. Enhances vascular permeability.
Hypotension: low blood pressure
Muscles, destruction: A rich source of useful venoms has been found in
Acan-p. One of its deadly venoms has been identified as a myotoxic (muscle
destroying) phospholipase A. Muscles, contraction: One study found that venom
of the crown of thorns starfish caused contractions of the uterus in rats and
enhanced vascular permeability in rabbits.
It acts contracting smooth muscle.
Poisoning: PAIN (lasting several hours or days), itching, swelling, heat
and redness may occur by contact. The puncture site turns blue (erythema) and
swells (oedema).
~ More severe reactions: stiffening of the joints with aching, numbness,
tingling, weakness, paralysis, nausea, vomiting, headaches and cough. Swollen
tender lymph
glands in groin or armpit.
~ A spine tip of Acan-p. in the finger: swelling and stiffness caused by
the growth of granulation tissue typical of a foreign body reaction. In severe
cases bone-destroying
(osteolytic) processes may cause narrowing of a joint by destruction of
cartilage, which requires surgery;
Negativ: Immunsystem. Nervous system. Skin. Eczema. Herpes. Ulceration. Oedema.
Sinusitis. Migraine. Influenza. Haemorrhage. Complaints of the liver. Travel
sickness.
Palpitations. Thrombocyto-/Leucopenia. Peripheral numbness;
Polarities: Despair or Peacefulness. Expansion or Contraction.
Berührung: Übelkeit/Lähmungen/SCHMERZ/ronde wond, donkerblauw van
kleur en zwelling;
[Jörg Hildebrandt, St. Pölten Austria]
Poisonous, voracious starfish with far more than the typical five arms,
which causes great epidemic damage to coral reefs worldwide.
The remedy was prepared from a part of a living animal taken from the
shores of Bohol/Philippines and was potentized to C30 and C200.
14 healthy provers between 21 and 50 years of age and one patient
provided symptoms. The double-blind proving took place from Oct. 1998 to Dec.
1999.
"Characteristic symptoms" were very much those of the
toxicology: tearing, stitching, burning pain or sensation of heat, itching,
local numbness (face). A very prominent symptom was an eczema on the eyelids,
which had to be antidoted in one prover by Nat-m., and could be cured in one
patient. Another focus lay on flu-like and sinusitis-like symptoms (weakness in
muscles in the afternoon, feeling of impending illness, pain in head, eyes and
teeth < bending forward).
The mind picture seems to reflect the tuberculine miasm: dreams of
wandering, trains, getting lost - comparable with the larval stage of the
starfish. Themes of eroticism, pregnancy, marriage are comparable with its
tendency to rapid propagation. Illness, disgust, necrosis are comparable with
its poisonous slime and armoured appearance, and itself being a plague to the
coral reefs. An interesting delusion of being naked or not properly dressed in
one prover was repeated in a dream of another prover.
Proving:
Burning/stitching/weak/eczema/sinusitis
Eruptions of LIDs/face/ear
clinically verified:
itching, numb, swollen, hot, (scaly)
Sinusitis
pain in head, eyes, teeth <
bending forward
Influenza - weakness - necrosis
partially clinically verified:
feeling ill, „As if flue
impending“/fever/weak
sleepy/leucopoenia (toxicol), dreams
of necrosis (of liver toxicol)
Teeth: pain, itching, „As if loose“
characteristic: burning, heat in
lids/teeth/tongue/neck/throat/inguinal/heel/skin/flushes/fever
characteristic: itching of teeth/rectum/lip/lids
Numb: nose/lips/lids/hands
characteristic: stitching
eyeball/temple/cheek/teeth/pharynx/stomach/abdomen/mamma
characteristic: Drawing in
eyeball/head/teeth/stomach/mamma/thigh/back/elbow
Dreams: ocean/water/larvae/plankton/train,
subway/„infection“ of the reefs/„outbreaks“/disease (abscess of brain/necrosis
on legs/pustule with parasites on hand/ill relative)/armed
adult/pregnancy/marriage/erotic
Delusions: being naked and waiting for the tram I felt people looking at
me, as if I still wore my nightshirt. Looking down I was glad to wear street
clothes.
(Didn’t feel them, so I felt naked/ of being naked or not properly
dressed in one prover was repeated in a dream of another prover ).
Patient: „for me the train for children has left“ = I’m too old for
children now.
A patient healed from chronic eczema of the lids admitted: „I realised
that I had suffered 3 severe mortifications (business and private) when
the eczema started. Meanwhile I “stretched out many legs” to gain a
broad (financial) basis to live on, costing a lot of energy.
Repertorium:
Mind: Dazed, intoxicated, fear of disease
(cancer/necrosis). Delusions brain is dissolving or necrosing. Delusions of
insects, slugs or snails infesting the skin.
Delusions naked. Erotic dreams. Irritability and anger.
Sensation: Burning, heat, flushing. Stabbing, stitching,
pricking. Pulling, drawing. Numbness. Pulsating. Pressure. Congestion. Falling,
flying. Expansion.
Itching. „As if broken apart“, „As of a stone“.
Face: Itching, numb, swollen, hot. Stitching.
Expansion, tension. Pressing pain in cheekbones.
Herpes. Perspiration. Scaly skin eruptions at the margins of the hair
(cured symptom), eyelids, ear and face in general. Painful sinusitis in
head, eyes and
teeth, < bending forwards.
Vertigo: „As if the floor gave way“
Head: „As if there is an abscess on the brain“.
Pulsating, throbbing. Stitching,
stabbing. Drawing. Congestion of blood. Waves of heat.
Pressing - above eyes/inwards.
Crushing „As if broken into pieces“.
Migraine. Perspiration of head and brow.
Headache - appears suddenly/from the slightest touch to the nape.
forehead, above eyes, temples, back of head
>: Coffee/warmth; <: afternoon/midnight/rising/after
breakfast/stooping/bending forward/laughing/fast movement;
Skin eruptions at the margins of the hair (cured symptom). Sweating.
Eyes: and Vision Burning and heat (lids). Stitching
(in eyeball), pricking, stabbing.
Numbness. Drawing (as if pulled). Pressure and „As if expansion in the forehead“.
Of expansion with waves of heat in the head. Heat and itching of eyelids.
Swelling. „As if the l. eye smaller“.
Eyeballs rolling.
Lids - itching/red/scaly eruptions
Vision: Focal length changed when reading.
<: Rubbing/bending forwards, bending over;
Ears: Numb/Pulsating/blocked.
Eczema of the ears. Itching eruptions become painful.
Hearing: loss.
Noises in ears (with headache).
Nose: Discharge; Thin/clear/watery.
Numb. Cold. As if dripping water.
Blocked.
Smell: imaginary and real odors: rotten apples in
the house, sweet smells.
Mouth: Taste metallic after eating.
Tongue - burning, heat.
Blisters (edges/under tongue) < touch.
Lips - itching/numb/swollen. „As if covered“. Dry.
Herpes around the mouth. White fever blisters.
Saliva - watery/increased < night. Inclined to swallow constantly.
Teeth: Burning and heat. „As if loose“. Stitching.
Itching. Drawing, pulling. Pulsating. „As if new teeth are growing“. Pain <
pressure/stooping/jarring/walking. > Fresh air. Pain in healthy teeth.
Swollen gums. Affects molars.
Tooth pain with common cold.
Throat: Burning, heat. Pricking and stitching.
Tickling. „As if coated“
Hawking constantly.
Magen: Appetite - strong, ravenous (with flushes of
heat).
Abdomen: Stitching, pointed. Drawing, pulling.
Contraction, cramps (> crouching). Heat. Pain „like stones“
Hiccoughs. Travel sickness.
Headache with complaints
Rectum: Violent itching. Pain during stool.
Diarrhoea. Bleeding fi ssure. Constipation (chronic).
Stool: Light brown. Yellow. Light. Odourless.
Half formed. Hard. Like sheep-dung, agglutinated balls. Soft.
Urinary organs: Pain in abdomen before urination.
Female organs: Pain with menses, cramps, contract ions: ext.
like a belt to the lumbar/sacral region.
Larynx: Voice - hoarse.
Cough: Ice-cold air in passages. Scratching behind
sternum. Tickly. Dry.
Chest: Stitching. drawing, pulling in breasts
Eruptions under the arms: axillae.
Heart and Blood: Audible, irregular palpitations. Palpitations with
trembling hands.
Haemorrhage. Thrombocytopenia [Reduced platelet (thrombocyte) count,
resulting in
reduced ability to clot blood, increased hemorrhagic tendency.
Initial signs: bleeding gums, nosebleeds and increased bruising.]
Hypertension. Leucopenia [low white blood cell count].
Oppression with trembling. Pulsating. Stabbing (sides/paroxysmal).
Pulling, drawing (sides).
Palpitations (< bending forwards). Trembling. Perspiration in the
axillae.
Touch, Movement and Temperature
Back: Back and spine: drawing/pressing. Heat (as if
sunburnt).
< Bending over/bending forwards/stretching. Heat in dorsal region.
Perspiration. Twitching (shoulder blades).
Extremities: Cold hands during chill.
Pain - thighs/calves/buttock muscles/bones of fingers
Fingers and toes: Dry, rough, exfoliating, cracked: soles of feet and fingertips.
Blistered/vesicles on feet < walking. Infected/ulcerated. Numbness of
finger(tipps),
around the toes and fingers (eruptions/ulceration/numbness).
Perception of body: Brain is dissolving/rotting away. Expansion.
Tension.
Stitching, stabbing. Stabbing pain in elbow. Numbness. Drawing, pulling.
Drawing in elbow, thigh. Heavy, tired. Burning of heel.
Pains
~ Burning, hot
~ Stabbing, darting, stitching
~ Pulling, drawing
~ Expanding/pulsating
~ Contraction/cramps
~ Crushing/“As if broken apart“
Cold: Cold hands and feet. General burning. Skin
flushes. Fever.
Chill in waves, > external warmth (not > from warmth of bed).
<: Afternoon/evening;
Generals: Weakness. „As if influenza coming on“. Burning,
flushing. Numbness. Stabbing or pricking pains. Pulsating. Trembling. nervous
restlessness.
Labor test: Thrombocytopenia: low blood platelet count; increased
haemorrhagic tendency.
Leucopenia: low white blood cell
count; increased risk of infection.
Skin: Burning. Numbness. Itching.
Goosebumps. Eczema (eczema from mortification and emotional causes). Dry
and rough. Cracked. Exfoliating. Ulcers. Blisters. Vesicles. Oedema.
Sleep: Sleepy (and sleepless)/waking with headache.
Comatose. Snoring. Disturbed through
Dreams: (((<<< viele >>>)))
Generalities: Swelling, oedema. Burning, heat. Numbness.
Stitching. Pressing.
Tearing. Itching. Of impending influenza.
Weakness. Trembling. Eczema. Oedema. Sinusitis. Migraine. Influenza.
Haemorrhage. Chill. Weak and heavy extremities. restless. Liver
complaints. Thrombocytopenia. Leucopenia.
Ailments from mortification (eczema). Mental exhaustion. Mistakes in
speech and writing. Difficulty concentrating. Talks thimself when alone.
Nervous
irritability from slight causes (< music). Angry.
Poisoning symptoms were borne out by the proving: itching, swelling,
heat, oedema, reddening, numbness, stiffness of muscles and inflammation of
lymph glands.
The ‘thorns’: stabbing, stitching, pricking pains.
Quotations: “Meanwhile I stretched out many legs to gain a broad
(financial) basis to live on, costing a lot of energy.” “For me, the train for
children has left”
(= I’m too old for children now). (DD.: Aversion to children Aster.
Medus. Sep.)
Desires powerful, strong music (Tchaikovsky). Business activity; Aversed
to: Company;
<: Soft music (Schubert); >: strongly rhythmic music
(Tchaikovsky/Latin Jazz);
Food and drink: Desires: Eggs; Aversed to: Salad/sweets/tea.
Sensation of pressure, expansion and crushing; < touch.
Ungewöhnliche
Prüfungssymptomen: “As if”
Necrosis, Dissolving, Insects infesting the skin
Dreams of being inadeqately dressed in public
Desires powerful strong music but is aggravated by soft music
Ameliorated by strongly rhythmic music
“As if” an abscess in the brain
“As if” the head is crushed and broken to pieces
Sensations of waves of heat and expansion
Metallic taste after eating
“As if” a new tooth is growing. Tooth pain + common cold
Pain like stones in the GIT
Imaginary smells of rotten apples
General picture is one of Itching, Swelling, Heat, Oedema, Redness,
Numbness, Stiffness of muscles, Inflammation of lymph glands
Strong affinity for the fingers and toes (proposed for all starfish)
Allerlei: Able to sense predators as well as prey by means of
chemoreception, a means of smelling and tasting underwater.
Feeding: Large numbers of crown of thorns starfish may gather to eat
their way through a coral reef, but they are generally considered solitary,
nocturnal feeders,
maintaining distance from one another even when moving over a reef in
numbers.
Adult starfish normally feed on coral polyps. They extrude their
stomachs and digest the coral polyps by releasing digestive enzymes to then
absorb the liquefied tissue.
When live hard corals are not available, alternative foods include soft
corals, algae, clams, encrusting organisms, gastropods, gorgonians, hydrozoans
and sea anemones.
They can live for 6 - 9 months without food.
Reproducing: Acan-p. reproduces sexually. Females shed eggs into the
water and these are subsequently fertilised by sperm released from nearby
males.
They typically assume a bell-shape then spawning. Fertilisation is
synchronised through chemical signalling (= Pheromonen?). There is no parental
care of offspring.
Larvae settle on the sea floor and continue developing here, ending the
swimming phase.
Initially the juvenile starfish has only 5 rudimentary arms but extra
arms develop rapidly as the starfish begins to feed on encrusting algae. Within
6 months the starfish
is about one centimetre in size and begins to feed on corals. It becomes
sexually mature at the end of its 2nd year, by which time it has grown about 20
centimetres in
diameter. It is not known how long this species lives, but they have
been kept in aquaria for as long as 8 years. Growth rate and reproduction rates
decline after 3 - 4 years.
Movement: Crown of thorns starfish walk on large numbers of tiny tube
feet situated in the grooves running along the underside of their arms. These
act like hydraulic suckers, operating by means of water pressure in the central
cavity and tubes. The arms are muscular and strong, allowing the starfish walk
across the sea floor, as well as
navigate the reef; they can move in reverse, turn around and move individual
arms independently.
Defending: Crown of thorns starfish armoured with impressive spines,
offering a strong deterrent attackers. However, a number of animals are known
to attack and prey on Senses: Chemical messaging (smelling and tasting). Touch.
Photoreceptors.
Signature and Symbol
Acan-p. is spiky, sinister-looking and venomous; its threatening image
provokes an immediate sense of danger. Known as the plague of the coral reefs,
systematically eating their way through large areas of reef, destroying
everything in their wake. This not only kills the living coral polyps but the
infrastructure of vast numbers of reef species that depend on the coral for
their habitat.
Reefs can take up to two decades to regenerate. The imbalance is thought
to have occurred largely as a result of over-harvesting the triton shell (=
main predator).
Destructiveness of coral reefs, digesting the polyps alive: the
delusions of necrosis (of the brain: dissolving). Fear of disease (cancer).
As well as obviously having many arms/legs, is this an area of great
sensitivity for echinoderms, with a higher density of sensory cells here than
any other part of the starfish body. (Aster. has affinity with toes and
fingers).
The theme of infestation by insects and parasites occurs in the clinical
data of Aster.
[Jörg Hildebrandt]
Proving:
Crown-of-thorns-starfish (Acanthaster planci) - proving the threat of
the coral reefs
by Jörg Hildebrandt, St. Pölten Austria
Acanthaster is a poisonous, voracious starfish with far more than the
typical five arms, which causes great epidemic damage to coral reefs worldwide.
The remedy prepared from a part of a living animal taken from the shores
of Bohol/Philippines and was potentized to C30 and C200.
14 healthy provers between 21 and 50 years of age and one patient
provided symptoms. The double-blind proving took place from Oct. 1998 to Dec.
1999.
"Characteristic symptoms" were very much those of the
toxicology: tearing, stitching, burning pain or sensation of heat, itching,
local numbness, especially in the face.
A very prominent symptom was an eczema on the eyelids, which had to be
antidoted in one prover by Nat-m., and could be cured in one patient. Another
focus lay on
flu-like and sinusitis-like symptoms (weakness in muscles in the
afternoon, feeling of impending illness, pain in head, eyes and teeth
aggravated by bending forward).
The mind picture seems to reflect the tuberculine miasm: dreams of
wandering, trains, getting lost - comparable with the larval stage of the
starfish. Themes of eroticism, pregnancy, marriage are comparable with its
tendency to rapid propagation. Illness, disgust, necrosis are comparable with
its poisonous slime and armoured appearance,
and itself being a plague to the coral reefs. An interesting delusion of
being naked or not properly dressed in one prover was repeated in a dream of
another prover.
Keywords:
Acanthaster planci, COTS=Crown-of-Thorns-Starfish, Starfish, proving,
tuberculine miasm.
Schlüsselwörter:
Acanthaster planci,
Dornenkronenseestern, Seestern, Arzneimittelprüfung, tuberkulinisches Miasma.
Korrespondierender Autor: Dr. Jörg
Hildebrandt, Feldmühlweg 103, A-3100 St. Pölten, Austria
E-Mail: j.hildebrandt@telering.at
"Characteristic symptoms" were very much those of the
toxicology: tearing, stitching, burning pain or sensation of heat, itching,
local numbness (face). A very prominent symptom was an eczema on the eyelids,
which had to be antidoted in one prover by Nat-m., and could be cured in one
patient. Another focus lay on flu-like and sinusitis-like symptoms (weakness in
muscles in the afternoon, feeling of impending illness, pain in head, eyes and
teeth aggravated by bending forward).
The mind picture seems to reflect the tuberculine miasm: dreams of
wandering, trains, getting lost - comparable with the larval stage of the
starfish. Themes of eroticism, pregnancy, marriage are comparable with its
tendency to rapid propagation. Illness, disgust, necrosis are comparable with
its poisonous slime and armoured appearance, and itself being a plague to the
coral reefs. An interesting delusion of being naked or not properly dressed in
one prover was repeated in a dream of another prover.
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