Substances & Homeopatic Remedies
Asterias rubens
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Scentific Latin Name
Asterias rubens
Etymology
he roots of this word meaning spiny skin.
Family
Traditional name
Italian: stella marina (rossa)
English: starfish (red)
Used parts
Entire animal.
Mother Tincture Q.
Classification
Animalia; Mollusca - Molluscs; Octopoda; Echinodermata - Echinoderms; Asteroidea - Starfish; Forcipulatida; Asteriidae
Keywords
sea remedy
Original proving
Proved and introduced by Petroz; Allen; Encyclop Mat. Med., Vol. I, 602; Hering: Guiding Symptoms, Vol. II, 242.
Description of the substance
Family: Asteroidea
Star - shaped body consisting of a central disc and five symmetrically arranged arms. In the centre of ventral surface is the mouth guarded by five inter - radial jaws, radiating from it are five narrow grooves, each occupying the ventral surface on one of the arms. Bordering the furrows are two or three rows of movable adambulacral spines. Lateral to these are three rows of stout ventro - lateral spines which are not movable. On the convex dorsal surface there are short stout spines arranged in irregularly shaped ossicles in the integument. In the interspaces between the ossicles are minute dermal pores through each of which project a small soft respiratory process (papula). Near the centre of dorsal surface is the anus.
Microscopical: In cross section the dorsal wall of the arm presents the appearance of an arch and the ventral part is shaped like an inverted V, the ambulacral furrows enclosing a part of coelom. The dorsal arch is perforated by dermal bronchias. The wall of ambulacral groove is made up of two rows of ambulacral ossicles. At the end of the arm is a median terminal ossicle. The coelom (body cavity) is lined by a ciliated epithelium.
Distribution: Common along the various coasts of Europe and is found in American Coasts.
They have no front or back: they can move in any direction without turning. Rather than using muscles to move their hundreds of tiny legs, starfish use a complex hydraulic system to move around or cling to rocks. The intake valve for this system is generally located on the top of the Starfish
Star - shaped body consisting of a central disc and five symmetrically arranged arms. In the centre of ventral surface is the mouth guarded by five inter - radial jaws, radiating from it are five narrow grooves, each occupying the ventral surface on one of the arms. Bordering the furrows are two or three rows of movable adambulacral spines. Lateral to these are three rows of stout ventro - lateral spines which are not movable. On the convex dorsal surface there are short stout spines arranged in irregularly shaped ossicles in the integument. In the interspaces between the ossicles are minute dermal pores through each of which project a small soft respiratory process (papula). Near the centre of dorsal surface is the anus.
Distribution: Common along the various coasts of Europe and is found in American Coasts.