by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
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Badiaga appears in 7 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Spongilla fluviatilis (Spongia palustris, Linn.). Section Protozoa of the animal Kingdom. Common name , Fresh-water sponge. Russian name , Badiaga. Preparation , Trituration of the dried sponge gathered in autumn. Authorities. (Hering's Résumé, Hahn. Monthly, 2, 123). A moan or shriek, caused by the pain in the side…”
“Fresh-water Sponge Soreness of muscles and integuments; worse motion and friction of clothes, with sensitiveness to cold. Glands swollen. General paresis. Basedow's disease. Lues, bubo, roseola. Sensation of enlargement and fullness. Pain in forehead and temple, extending to eyeballs , worse in afternoon. Blueness…”
“TRICKLING, dropping or flowing, as of water, etc.(Comp. Gurgling.)”
“Spongilla fluviatilis. Fresh-water sponge. Trituration of the dried sponge gathered in autumn. Breast, cancer of / Bruises / Bubo / Catarrh / Chilblains / Coryza / Eyes, pains in / Glands, affections of / Hay-fever / Hæmorrhoids / Heart, affections of / Indurations / Ophthalmia / Palpitation / Rheumatism / Scrofula /…”
“Spongilla fluviatilis. Fresh Water Sponge. Hahnemann, after having received this popular drug from Russia, used it and made some observations with it, but they have been withheld from our School by the widow. In 1834 it was triturated by Dr. C. Hg., after 1835 some mention made in our journals ; in 1865, well proved…”
“Spasmodic cough, which ejects viscid mucus, which flies out of the mouth.”
Kent's Repertory lists Badiaga in 274 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (31), CHEST (30), EXTREMITIES (30), COUGH (20), EYE (20).
