Causes Symptoms for Spongia TostaIt has an action over especially the glandular system in indurations and enlargement of the glands and mucous surfaces Harsh barking cough and suffocative spells during sleep arousing the patient indicates Spongia The symptoms are worse before midnight in Spongia Sweets aggravate Cough is excited by talking by dry cold winds better by eating or drinking by swallowing especially better by warm food Mind and HeadGreat inclination to sing very timid Every exertion worse the cough Timidity and tendency to be frightened indicates spongia Vertigo with nausea on waking at night Pressive headache sometimes with compression is relieved with SpongiaCongestion of blood in head with pressing beating and pulsation in forehead with redness of face anxious look restless sleep better in a horizontal position Sharp stitches in left temple extending to forehead Eyes ear NoseEyes burning red and weeping with contraction of lids in morning On looking intensely at one spot lachrymation and headache indicates Spongia Pain in cartilages of the ear as from soreness not affected by touch Boils on left ear painful to touch Dry coryza nose stuffed up with much sneezing is relieved with Spongia Mouth and ThroatItching and shootings in cheeks with Eruption on lips Cramp like pain from left jaw joint to cheek in evening when eating indicates Spongia Swelling of the submaxillary glands with tensive pain painful to touch Swelling of gums Vesicles on edge of tongue are relieved with Spongia Thyroid gland swollen and hard with suffocative attacks at night stitching pains and pressure indicates Spongia Tosta Roughness and dryness in throat Great dryness of larynx worse from hawking Stomach and AbdomenContractive pains in stomach stitches in region of stomach from least pressure Sour regurgitations nausea with acidity in mouth Violent action of abdominal muscles during inspiration indicates Spongia Pain as from a hernia in inguinal ring swelling of inguinal glands is relieved with this medicine Pain in abdomen instead of menses Spongia relieves the tightness and hardness of Abdomen Stool and AnusItching smarting and pain as from excoriation in anus Passage of ascarides from rectum and tingling in rectum indicates Spongia Urinary complaintsFrequent want to urinate with scanty emission Male complaintsIt is particularly useful in cases of maltreated orchitis or inflammation of the testicle Spongia relieves the squeezing pain in the testicle and cord worse on any motion of the body or clothing Female complaintsFor induration inflammation of ovaries Spongia works well Menses too early and profuse Respiratory and coughLaryngeal cough croupy sounding always goes away with spongia Wheezing whistling sawing anxious breathing worse during inspiration and when lying down suffocative attacks of breathing without any mucous rattle respiration loud very hollow voice all without any rattling sound or any looseness Burning sensation which ascends into chest ExtremitiesSwelling of hands with stiffness of fingers redness and swelling in joints of fingers with tension when they are bent indicates SpongiaNumbness in points of fingers cramp like pains in the ball with jerking of muscles Rigidity of legs with drawing and tearing in legs and feet is relieved with Spongia GeneralitiesIt relieves the swelling which is hard and large swollen and associated with suffocating spells at night Sensation of numbness in loins and buttock Painful tension and rigidity in muscles of neck is relieved with spongia Stinging pain in limbs especially joints heaviness when walking in open air Sensation of something creeping over the skin with redness and heat of the part when it has been scratched Red itching eruptions are relieved with Spongia