Spongia Tosta compare in 12 dei 13 libri classici su Similia. Ognuno è stato scritto per svolgere un compito diverso — ecco cosa aggiunge ciascuno su questo rimedio, con l'inizio della relativa voce.
- Allen HC — I sintomi chiave che distinguono questo rimedio dai suoi rimedi più affini.
“Roasted Sponge. (Spongia.) For the tubercular diathesis Relations . - Spongia follows well: after, Acon., Hep., in cough and croup when dryness prevails; after Spong., Hep., when mucus commences to rattle. Compare: Arn., Caust., Iod., Lach., Nux m., sputa loosened but must be swallowed again.”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Spongia officinalis, Linn. Animal kingdom. , Cœlenterata. Class , Spongia. Preparation , Tincture prepared by digesting 20 grains of powdered sponge, which has been roasted brown (in a manner similar to coffea tosta), with 400 drops of Alcohol. Authorities. ( 1 to 11 , from Hahnemann). [Two symptoms in Hahnemann's…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Roasted Sponge A remedy especially marked in the symptoms of the respiratory organs, cough, croup, etc. Heart affections and often indicated for the tubercular diathesis. Children with fair complexion, lax fiber; swollen glands. Exhaustion and heaviness of the body after slight exertion, with orgasm of blood to chest…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“ANGINA PECTORIS ASCENDING, Agg. COUGH. COUGH, INCESSANT COUGH, painful DRINKING, Amel. DRY, clear or cold weather, Agg. FEARSOME, anxious, etc. GLANDS HEART, CIRCULATION AND PULSE LARYNX AND TRACHEA LYING, right, Agg. MALE ORGANS PLUG, nail, wedge, clavus, etc. PRESSURE, Agg., lying on painful or affected side, etc…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Common Sponge, roasted. N. O. Cœlenterata. Tincture (20 grains in 400 drops of alcohol). Aneurism / Angina pectoris / Asthma / Catalepsy / Chin, affections of / Clumsiness / Constipation / Cough / Croup / Diplopia / Exophthalmos / Fainting / Goître / exophthalmic / Heart, hypertrophy of / Hernia / Jaw-joint, pain in /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Common Sponge roasted. Spongia. Introduced and proved by Hahnemann, assisted by F. Hahnemann, Gutmann, Hartmann, Haynel, Hornburg, Langhammer, Wagner, Wislicenus, Stapf and Lehmann, Hah. Materia Medica, vol. 2 ; Fincke, Am. Hom. Rev., vol. 1, p. 317 ; Bell, Am. Jour. of Hom. Mat. Med., vol. 2, 1869, p. 211 ; Berridge…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“The mental symptoms of Spongia show that it is a heart remedy. When a remedy produces the anxiety, fear, and dyspnoea found in Spongia, it will most likely turn out to be a cardiac remedy, unless these conditions are connected with irritation and inflammatory diseases of the brain. In this drug we find without any…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Stiffness in the extremities - arms and legs feel as if they were broken. Sensation of numbness of the lower half of the body. Many symptoms (with the exception of those of the respiratory organs) are relieved by rest. Swelling and induration of the glands. Swelling of the testicles. Struma. Itching in the swollen…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Attacks of anxiety, with pain in the region of the heart. Excessive mirth with irresistible desire to sing. Vertigo; at night when waking, with nausea. Congestion of blood to the head, with pressing, beating, and pulsation in the forehead, with redness of the face, anxious look, restless sleep, relieved in a…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“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…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Croupy cough; sounds like a saw driven through a board; < on awakening out of sleep. Awakens out of sleep with a sense of suffocation, with violent loud cough, great alarm, agitation, anxiety and difficult respiration. Cough < talking, reading, singing, swallowing, lying with head low. This is not a remedy of very…”
