Spongia tosta
H. A. Roberts द्वारा — The Rheumatic Remedies
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Spongia has marked cardiac symptoms and will be found useful in endocarditis with inability to lie down, and waking with a sense of suffocation.
HEART
SPASMS OF ACUTE CARDIAC PAIN WITH OPPRESSED RESPIRATION.
RHEUMATIC ENDOCARDITIS WITH LOUD BLOWING WITH EACH BEAT.
STINGING PRESSING IN PRÆCORDIAL 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
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
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
FEELING OF LAMENESS FROM RIGHT KNEE TO HIP.
DRAWING PAIN FROM LOWER PORTION OF RIGHT FOOT TO THIGH.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
STITCHES IN MUSCLES.
STIFFNESS OF LIMBS.
TREMBLING IN ALL THE LIMBS.
AGGRAVATIONS
LYING DOWN.
WAKING.
CONCOMITANTS
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.