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Animal · Coelenterata (Cnidaria (phylum Coelenterata, historically including sponges)) · simple

Spongia Tosta

Common Sponge, roasted
SPONG · 17 entries across 17 books
Habitat20 grains in 400 drops of alcohol. PreparationTincture (20 grains in 400 drops of alcohol). Clarke
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Second trituration, or tincture to third potencyDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Larynx and Trachea.-- Affections in general of the larynx and trachea-- particularly in all such affections as croup, asthma, etc., where everything is perfectly tight and dry, no loose rattling sound appearing in the breathing or cough. Burning sensation is felt in the throat after coughing; suffocative attacks of breathing (as in asthma), without any mucous rattle ; respiration loud; very hollow voice, all without any rattling sound , or any looseness.

The full Guernsey text, by section

Sensations

Uncomfortable feeling of the clothes, they being an oppression and annoyance to the wearer; growing pains; darting pains from within outward; itching, no better from scratching.

Generalities

Troubles in general of any kind appearing in the sexual organs, especially right side; testicles and spermatic cord; anterior surface of the thigh. Phthisis pulmonalis, cough, breathing etc., being very tight and dry .

Worse.-- From turning the head; on ascending (going upstairs, up a hill, rising from a chair etc.); from tobacco; wind; from the west wind.

Better.-- On descending.

Remedies following:-- Bryon., Conium, Hepar., Nux Vom., Phosphor., Pulsat .

Antidote

Camphor .

Complete text of the Spongia Tosta entry in Guernsey - Key-notes to the Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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More on Spongia Tosta

Simple remedy · Animal

17 entries across 17 books · abbreviations: SPONG · Family: Coelenterata

Remedies said to end or reduce the action of Spongia Tosta, for example if it has caused an unwanted reaction. What is an antidote?

Remedies whose action Spongia Tosta is said to end or reduce.

Entries

1 Boericke

SPONGIA TOSTA · William Boericke · 3,068 chars

2 Kent

Spongia Tosta · James Tyler Kent · 8,625 chars

3 Clarke

Spongia Tosta · John Henry Clarke · 22,869 chars

4 Hering

Spongia Tosta · Constantine Hering · 85,611 chars

5 Allen

Spongia Tosta · Henry C. Allen · 3,795 chars

6 Nash

Spongia Tosta · E. B. Nash · 3,871 chars

7 Hering

SPONGIA TOSTA · Constantine Hering · 9,789 chars

10 Lippe

Spongia tosta · Adolph zur Lippe · 6,056 chars

12 Hahnemann

Spongia Tosta · Samuel Hahnemann · 34,070 chars

14 T. F. Allen

SPONGIA · Timothy Field Allen · 20,479 chars

16 Guernsey · shown above

SPONGIA TOSTA · Henry Newell Guernsey · 1,154 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

SPONGIA · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 4,791 chars

18 Dewey

Spongia Tosta · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 1,674 chars

20 Hempel

Spongia Tosta · Charles Julius Hempel · 10,093 chars

22 Roberts

Spongia · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 1,689 chars

23 T. F. Allen

SPONGIA · Timothy Field Allen · 2,488 chars

33 Gladstone Clarke

Spongia Tosta · A. Gladstone Clarke · 1,038 chars

Relations (this remedy →)

compatible 2BromiumHepar
similar 1Alcohol

Backlinks (other remedies → this one)

complementary 1Mercurius Solubilis

Research (2)

Papers in PubMed that mention this remedy together with homeopathy, newest first.

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  1. Impact of succussion on pharmaceutical preparations analyzed by means of patterns from evaporated dropletsKokornaczyk MO, Würtenberger S, Baumgartner S · Scientific reports · 2020 · doi
  2. Phenomenological Characterization of Low-Potency Homeopathic Preparations by Means of Pattern Formation in Evaporating DropletsKokornaczyk MO, Würtenberger S, Baumgartner S · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2019 · doi

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