Spongia tosta
Roasted Sponge
Key Characteristics
Croupy, dry, barking cough; wakes from sleep; worse before midnight, dry wind; better warm food, sitting up; heart complaints; thyroid.
Commonly used in these styles
Prescribing approaches where this remedy is frequently selected.
Not yet associated with specific prescribing styles.
Typical Potencies & Dosing
Common potency scales and dosing guidance for acute and chronic use.
30c to 1m
Potency Scale
30c to 1m
Acute Dosing
30C every few hours for acute croupy, dry, barking cough that wakes from sleep; 200C in severe, well-established pictures.
Chronic Dosing
200C to 1M as a single constitutional dose at long intervals for chronic croupy cough, heart, or thyroid complaints; repeat only after a clear return of symptoms.
Notes
Croupy, dry, barking cough worse before midnight and better from warm food and sitting up confirm. Sawing sound is a strong confirmatory. Wait between doses — Spongia acts deeply.
Dosing Guidance
Potency scale and acute / chronic dosing notes drawn from the primary literature.
Potency Scale
30C, 200C, 1M
Acute
30C every 1-2 hours for acute dry, barking cough or croup better from eating/drinking warm things; reduce as cough eases.
Chronic
200C weekly for chronic cardiac or respiratory complaints with dry cough; 1M under supervision.
Notes
Keynote: dry, barking, sawing-mill cough, worse from excitement, before midnight, on waking; better from eating or drinking warm things. Often paired with Aconite at onset and Hepar-sulph later in croup.
Miasmatic Affinity
The chronic miasm — inherited disease pattern — most associated with this remedy.
Constitutional Type
The constitutional profile — physical and emotional temperament — this remedy is most suited to.
Nervous
Materia Medica
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Croupy, dry, barking cough; wakes from sleep; irritable, hasty; anxious, fears death; weeps easily; slow; forgetful; hypochondriasis; worse before midnight, dry wind; better from warm food, sitting up; obstinate; conscientious; desire to be alone; suicidal; desperate; heart complaints; thyroid; fearful.
Headache, one-sided; worse before midnight; better from warm food; head heavy; falling hair; dandruff; vertigo; scalp sensitive; sweating; sweating on head; worse from cough; occipital; congestive; boring; thyroid.
Eyes red, inflamed; photophobia; lachrymation; styes; conjunctivitis; ulcers on cornea; dim sight; worse before midnight; better from warm food; hypersensitive; hemorrhages; burning; sensitive to light; offensive; styes on lids; twitching; thyroid; exophthalmos.
Remedy Relationships
Complementary, follow-up, inimical, and antidotal remedies linked to Spongia tosta.
- Complementary
- Follows well
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- Inimical
- Antidote
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