Homeopathy LibrarySpongia Tosta
Reason for use
Spongia has marked cardiac symptoms and will be found useful in endocarditis with inability to lie down, and waking with a sense of suffocation.
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Heart
(Spongia)
SPASMS OF ACUTE CARDIAC PAIN WITH OPPRESSED RESPIRATION.
RHEUMATIC ENDOCARDITIS WITH LOUD BLOWING WITH EACH BEAT.
STINGING PRESSING IN PRECORDIAL REGION.
PALPITATION VIOLENT WITH PAIN, GASPING RESPIRATION.
Metastasis to heart of rheumatism of lumbar region.
FIBROUS DEPOSITS ON VALVES OF HEART.
RHEUMATIC ENDOCARDITIS, VALVULAR INSUFFICIENCY.
NECK AND BACK . — (Spongia)
Painful sensation of stiffness in left side of neck.
PAINFUL STIFFNESS OF MUSCLES OF NECK.
Back of neck snaps on stooping.
Tension of cervical muscles especially right side, < on bending head.
PRESSING PAIN IN SMALL OF BACK.
Dull stitch in right lumbar muscles.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Spongia)
Muscular twitching about left shoulder joint.
Pain in upper arms with chills.
Boring pain at elbow.
Severe stitches, boring from within outward in internal muscles of forearm.
DRAWING STITCHES IN FOREARMS AND HANDS.
Cramp-like pain in ball of thumb.
REDNESS AND SWELLING OF FINGER JOINTS WITH TENSION ON BENDING THEM.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES . — (Spongia)
FEELING OF LAMENESS FROM RIGHT KNEE TO HIP.
DRAWING PAIN FROM LOWER PORTION OF RIGHT FOOT TO THIGH.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL . — (Spongia)
STITCHES IN MUSCLES.
STIFFNESS OF LIMBS.
TREMBLING IN ALL THE LIMBS.
AGGRAVATIONS . — (Spongia)
LYING DOWN.
WAKING.
CONCOMITANTS . — (Spongia)
AWAKENS IN A FRIGHT, AND FEELS AS IF SUFFOCATED.
AWAKENS WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING.
FREQUENT WAKING WITH A START.
EVERY EXCITEMENT INCREASES CONDITION.
ANXIETY.
SWELLING AND INDURATION.
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