Spongia tosta

Common name: roasted sponge.

Sorethroat, worse after eating sweet things (A.).

Stiffness in the extremities; arms and legs feel as if they were broken.

Swelling and induration of the glands (Calc., Merc-I-F., Phyt.).

Struma (Calc., Sil., Sulph.).

Itching in the swollen glands.

Sensation of numbness of the lower half of the body.

Chronic hoarseness and cough; the voice frequently giving out when talking or singing (Arg-N.) (G.).

Great dryness of the mucous membranes of the air passages-throat, larynx, trachea, bronchi-"dry as a horn" (A.).

Every mental excitement increases the cough (A.).

COUGH AGGRAVATED BY SWEETS, COLD DRINKS, SMOKING, LYING WITH HEAD LOW, AND DRY COLD WINDS; AND AMELIORATED BY EATING OR DRINKING WARM THINGS (A.).

Watering of eyes; latterly gummy or mucous discharge, with obscured vision (Kali-B., Kali-S., Nat-M.).

Goitre, swollen and hard; suffocative at night; in persons who live in villages (N.).

Cough aggravated by talking, reading, singing, swallowing and lying with head low (N.).

Croupy cough, worse on awakening out of sleep (N.).

Bronchitis and inflammation of the larynx (Brom., Phos., Sil.).

Clearing of throat constantly (Arg-N., Kali-B., Phos.).

Of great value in hoarseness (Arg-M., Caust., Kali-B., Phos., Sil.).

Cough dry and sibilant, sounds like a saw driven through a pine-board (croup) (N.).

Great dryness of the larynx, with hoarse, hollow, wheezing cough (Phos.) (N.).

BARKING COUGH (Acon., Dros., Hep., Stram.), DAY AND NIGHT (K.).

Awakens out of sleep with a sense of suffocation, with violent loud cough, great alarm, agitation, anxiety and difficult respiration.

Palpitation of the heart before the catamenia (Alum., Cact., Cupr., Ign., Iod., Nat-M., Sep., Zinc.).

Attacks of severe oppression and pain in the region of the heart; all the symptoms aggravated by lying with the head low; inability to lie down at night (Be.).

CROUP: ANXIOUS, WHEEZING; WORSE DURING INSPIRATION (worse during expiration- Acon.); AGGRAVATED BEFORE MIDNIGHT (aggravated before morning- Hep.) (A.).

Valvular insufficiency (Spig.) (A.).

Angina pectoris; contracting pain, heat, faintness, suffocation, anxiety and sweat; worse after midnight (A.).

Constipation (Alum., Bry., Caust., Graph., Hep., Kali-M., Lyc., Nat-M.).

Frequent urging to urinate (Bell., Canth., Ferr-P., Kali-P., Lyc., Nux-V., Puls., Sep.) (C.)

Coldness in the back, not relieved by warmth of stone (C.).

Feverish heat, with hot, dry skin (Acon., Ars., Sulph.) (C.).

Congestion of blood to the head (Acon., Bell., Ferr-P., Glon., Lach., Meli., Nat-M., Op., Sep., Sulph., Verat-V.) (C.)

Sharp stitches in the left temple extending to the forehead (C.).

Fluent coryza, with much sneezing (Acon., All-C., Sabad.) (C.).

Dry coryza; nose stopped up (Alum., Nux-V., Sep., Sil.) (C.).

Sleep interrupted by dreams (Nux-V., Sulph.) (C.).

Useful for pulmonary tuberculosis following pneumonia, with chronic hoarseness, profuse expectoration and suffocative attacks at night (R.).

TESTICLES SWOLLEN, BRUISED, SQUEEZED, AFTER SUPPRESSED GONORRHOEA OR MALTREATED ORCHITIS (Puls.) (A.).

Swelling of the testicles (Clem., Con., Puls., Rhod., Rhus-T., Sil.).

Inflammation and induration of the testicles (Hm.).

Spermatic cord swollen, painful (Clem., Puls., Rhod.) (A.).

Menses preceded by colic, soreness in the sacrum, and craving in the stomach (G.).

Violent drawing in the upper and lower extremities during the menses (G.).

Catamenia too early and too profuse (Calc., Chin., Kali-P., Nit-Ac., Puls., Sab., Sec.).

Induration and enlargement of the ovaries (Aur., Iod., Merc.) (Bt.).

AGGRAVATION: After sleep; in dry, cold wind; when roused from sleep; from exertion; from raising arms; before midnight; from lying with the head low; from sweets; and from cold drinks

AMELIORATION: Many symptoms (with the exception of those of the respiratory organs) are relieved by rest; by eating or drinking warm things; and when descending.

RELATIONSHIP: Spongia follows well after: Acon. and Hep., in cough and croup when dryness prevails; after Spong., Hep., when mucus commences to rattle.

Compare: Arn., Caust., Iod., Lach. and Nux-M. (sputa loosened, but must be swallowed again).

Antidote: Camph.