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Spongia Tosta
Common Sponge, roasted · SPONG
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Origin Animal · Coelenterata (Cnidaria (phylum Coelenterata, historically including sponges)) · Simple
Habitat 20 grains in 400 drops of alcohol
ClarkePreparation Tincture (20 grains in 400 drops of alcohol).
Sources 17 entries across 15 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …

Dose Boericke
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Second trituration, or tincture to third potency

Reason for useT. F. Allen

General orgasm of blood in the chest, with heat of the face and whole body ; vessels become hard and distended, with dyspnoea and weakness.


By regionT. F. Allen
Head Pressure of blood to the head, with pain in the forehead, as from too much blood. Bursting headache, throbbing and pulsating, < forehead.
Eyes Protruding eyes. Heaviness and drawing together of the lids. Lachrymation and headache from exerting the eyes.
Stomach Insatiable appetite and thirst.
Fever Coldness, not > warmth of the stove. Heat of the whole body ; anxious and dry, with weeping and depression of spirits ; wants to die.

Books*
Antidoted by Aconitum Napellus 2, Camphora 2, Kali Bromatum
Complementary Pulsatilla Pratensis, Stannum
Follows well Aconitum Napellus, Hepar Sulphur, Bromium +7
Compare Iodium, Lachesis, Bromium +29

* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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