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Spongia Tosta

30C / 200CSpongia
Roasted Sea Sponge · "The Barking Saw Cough Remedy"
spong.PolychrestAnimalCommonPsoric
🎯 A remedy primarily indicated for respiratory conditions like and dry cough, as well as heart and swellings.
📖 Boericke writes:
A remedy especially marked in the symptoms of the respiratory organs, cough, , etc. Heart and often indicated for the . Children with fair complexion, lax fiber; swollen glands. Exhaustion and heaviness of the body after slight exertion, with orgasm of blood to chest, face. Anxiety and difficult breathing.
👤 Constitution
•Children with a fair complexion and lax muscle tone, often presenting with swollen glands.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Exhaustion and heaviness of the body after slight exertion, with orgasm of blood to chest, face.
introduction
Anxiety and difficult breathing.
introduction
Swelling of cord and testicles, with pain and tenderness.
male
.
male
; dry, burns, constricted.
respiratory
; worse, during inspiration and before midnight.
respiratory
Awakened suddenly after midnight with pain and suffocation; is flushed, hot, and frightened to death (Acon).
heart
Surging of heart into chest, as if it would force out upward.
heart
Swelling and of glands; also exophthalmic; glands swollen with tensive pain on turning head, painful on pressure
skin
Awakes in a fright, and feels as if suffocating.
sleep
Attacks of heat with anxiety; heat and redness of face and perspiration.
fever
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Useful for anxiety states where emotional excitement triggers physical symptoms like coughing.
Anxiety and fear.
Every excitement increases the cough.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

Second trituration
Decimal
Primary Dosage
tincture to third potency
Other
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Bromium →Aconitum Napellus →Mercurius Solubilis →Hepar Sulphuris Calcareum →Lachesis Mutus →Iodium →Mercurius Protoiodatus →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Spongia Tosta is listed in 160 rubrics across 16 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 75 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Respiratory System69Circulatory System23Male Sexual System20Modalities11Female Sexual System6Throat6Nervous System6Generalities5Fever4Mind3Nose2Urinary System1Ears1Tongue1Eyes1Locomotor System1

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