Spong, Spongia Tosta

Spong in brief

Boger described Spong with these rubrics

1. RESPIRATION - General; in
2. COUGH - Incessant
3. VOICE AND SPEECH - General; in

Apnea

• He wake up from night's sleep with great fear, realizes shortness of breath before he realizes his surroundings (Carb-v ₳ Spong)

Croup, Cough remedy

• Suffocative cough: Cough wakes him up with a feeling of suffocation
• Dyspnea + Cold sweat
• Feeling of dying and it seems like his last breath.
  • In this case, he can be saved by Carb-v, but if his asthma returns later due to a cold, give him Nat-s.
• Spong and Ip only have a temporary improvement effect. (Carb-v ₳ Spong) (Ip ₳ Spong)
• Feels like the passage is narrowed and feels better if he coughs. (unlike Ign and All-c)
• Harsh coughs, a sound like a Saw / Dog barking/ A bell with a metallic sound
• Agg with Deep breathing / Excitement
• Dry cough Amel with drinking and eating

• Caused by irritation of the larynx (2 rubrics, 3 lines)
• Paroxysmal successive Coughs

Asthma

• Suffocating shortness of breath
• Noisy / Dryness / Harshnes breathing (wheezing) esp when falling asleep
• Asthmatic cough
• Laryngitis and harshness of voice
• Asthma caused by goitre or bronchitis or croup (large airways)
• Spasmodic asthma esp caused by a cold
• Amel by bending head backward
• Agg with movement, activity, talking
• Anxious Breathing in the form of gasping

Murphy brief

Murphy describe Spong as a good remedy for

• Angina pectoris,
• Pulmonary tuberculosis
• Pancreatitis
• Epididymovarcitis

Modalities

• Agg with ascending,
• Agg with drinking
• After sleep agg

Angina pectoris

• Palpitation + Lip cyanosis + Copious perspiration
• heart pains with hot flushes

Panic attacks

• Sensation of suffocation, as if something is blocking his airway or larynx, which wakes him up.
• He feels that a rope is tied around his neck
• He feels like he is dying
• He feels suffocated at the beginning of sleep and wakes up with anxiety.
• Anxious and frightened look

Sudden weakness

• He suddenly feels weak while walking in the open air.
• His thighs are sweating.
• In this situation, it is necessary to lie down immediately.
• Thinking about these conditions makes him feel worse.

Laryngitis

• Laryngeal pain: He grabs his throat
• Agg by
  • Touching the larynx
  • Singing, talking
  • Swallowing food.

• Pain/ Irritability/ Dryness / Burning of larynx
• Voice Hoarseness / Voice interruption

• Tuberculosis of the upper lobe of the lungs
• Goiter, exophthalmia
• Diphteria

Relations

• Related: Iod, Led (Iod ₳ Spong) (Led ₳ Spong)
• Follow well: Cact

Epididymiorchitis

• Inflammation, swelling, pain and burning of the epididymis, testicles and spermatic cord
• The feeling of pulling and squeezing the testicles
• His testicles are completely hardened.

Miasms

• MTB
• RSV: Spong is good candidate for RSV because of Non-catarrhal / Dry inflammation of the Lung / Larynx
• PIV
• HMPV