Spongilla fluviatilis. Fresh-water sponge. Trituration of the dried sponge gathered in autumn.
Clinical
Breast, cancer of. Bruises. Bubo. Catarrh. Chilblains. Coryza. Eyes, pains in. Glands, affections of. Hay-fever. Haemorrhoids. Heart, affections of. Indurations. Ophthalmia. Palpitation. Rheumatism. Scrofula. Syphilis. Tibia, pain in. Whooping-cough.
Characteristics
*Badiaga is the Russian name for the river sponge, which is a popular Russian remedy. Among the peculiar symptoms and indications are: Headache with aching in backs of eyeballs, 2 p- m. to 7 p-m., worse motion. Severe headache in vertex better night, returning severely after breakfast. Headache with inflamed eyes. Pains in eyeballs extending to head. (J. A. Biegler cured a case with the following symptoms: A lady had for months off and on a severe pain in right eyeball, which extended to forehead over this eye, then to temple, always worse in afternoon.) Scalp sore, dry, itching, scurf, tetters. Soreness is one of the key- notes of the remedy, general soreness of integuments and muscles, as if beaten, very sensitive. Profuse coryza, coming from nostril with a gush. Left cheek and malar bone sore to touch. Lancinating pains in stomach, liver, below scapulae, urethra, chest. Buboes. Chancres suppressed by cautery. Infantile syphilis. Carcinoma of breast. There is a cough which causes sneezing, profuse coryza. Occasional severe fit of coughing ejecting viscid mucus flying out of mouth, caused by tickling in larynx as if a particle of sugar was dissolving in throat, better in warm room. Tremulous vibrational palpitation worse lying right side. Palpitation after pleasurable emotions. Soreness of anterior muscles of legs, toes bend while walking as if extensors were paralysed. It has lessened a hard cellular swelling of both legs. Sharp stinging back of right heel, worse least pressure. Chronic rheumatism, worse by cold, especially in cold air. Worse Stormy weather. better In warm room, worse afternoon. Worse Pressure and touch: there is general soreness, even to touch of clothes. Sore as if beaten. Headache better at night, after sleep.
Relations.
*Compare: Spongia, Seneg. (cough *caused by sneezing, opposite of Bad.), Grindelia rob. (respiration ceases on falling asleep), Spongia (cough with much sneezing), Kali-c. (phlegm flies from mouth), Calc-s. (indurations), Carb-an. (indurations, buboes), Cist. can. (scrofula), Clem., Hepar, Iodium, Kali-i., Lachesis, Mercurius, Merc-i., nitricum acidum, Silicea, Sulphur Followed well by Lachesis *Complementary to Sulph., Iodium, Mercurius
Mind
After pleasurable emotions, palpitation. Mind generally clear, active in spite of headache.
Head
Headache from 2 p-m. to 7 p-m., with slight aching pains in the posterior portion of both eyeballs, and in the temples. During the day more or less headache, with pain in the eyeballs (worse left), more from (1p.m. to 7 p-m.) Frontal headache during the forenoon, worse in the temples, and extending into the posterior portion of the left eyeball, worse by moving the eye. Pain in the temples and eyeballs, from eyeballs to temples. A very severe headache on top of the head, remains the same in all positions, better at night after sleeping, and better in the morning, returning violently after breakfast, lasting several days. Headache with inflamed eyes. Headache worse on moving eyes. Excess of dandruff, or dry, tetter-like appearance of the scalp, with slight itching, hair dry. Scalp sore to touch, with tetter- like eruption on forehead.
Eyes
Bluish-purple margin of the eyelids, and blue under the eyes. Scrofulous inflammation of the eyes, with hardening of the Meibomian glands. Severe pain from eyeballs ( worse left) into temple, worse turning eyes. Intermittent neuralgia of right eyeball, extending to temple, worse afternoon. Headache extending into the eyeballs. Left eyeball quite sore, even upon closing it tightly. Twitching of left eyelid.
Ears
Slight shocks heard in the ear, as of very distant artillery, afternoons.
Nose
Profuse coryza, mostly from the left nostril, comes with a gush, worse in afternoon and evening, with sneezing. Coryza and cough. Itching of left ala nasi.
Face
On forehead, tetter-like eruption. Pale, ashy, or leaden colour of face. Stiffness in the maxillary joints. Left cheek and malar bone sore to touch.
Mouth
Mouth and breath hot and feverish, with thirst for large quantities of water at a time. Mouth and tongue feel scalded.
Throat
Hawks up, in morning, masses of gluey bloody mucus from throat, which is inflamed and sore, worse swallowing solids. Tonsils red, inflamed, worse swallowing solids.
Stomach
Pressure in epigastrium, nausea, and rumbling. Lancinating in pit of stomach 8 a m., extends to vertebra right scapula, at times to right side, resulting there in pleuritic pain.
Abdomen
Lancinating pain with a bounding movement in region of liver. Indurated inguinal glands. Syphilitic buboes.
Stool and Anus.
Catarrh of the bowels. Constipation. Haemorrhoids.
Urinary Organs
Severe, sharp, lancinating pain in or near orifice of urethra.
Urine high-coloured, and reddish.
Male Sexual Organs.
Chancres, after cautery, elevated discoloured cicatrices, rhagades. Syphilis of infants, whole convolutes of hard glandular swellings, buboes.
Female Sexual Organs.
Carcinoma mammae. Metrorrhagia worse night, with feeling of enlargement of head.
Respiratory Organs
Breath hot and feverish. Occasional severe paroxysms of spasmodic cough, ejecting viscid mucus from the bronchial tubes, which at times comes flying forcibly out of the mouth, worse afternoon and evening, caused by tickling in the larynx, as if sugar was dissolving, better in warm room. Cough causes sneezing, profuse coryza. Pain in upper part of right chest. Pleuritic
pain, worse on motion or on full inspiration, with soreness. Severe, sharp, lancinating pain in right supra-clavicular region. Stitches in sides, especially right While lying on right side in bed, and at moment of becoming unconscious by sleep, severe oppressive suffocative attacks from suspended respiration, causing a quick effort to prevent suffocation by changing position. Typhoid pneumonia.
Heart
Severe vibrating, tremulous palpitation of the heart, even while sitting or lying quiet, upon any sudden elating or other emotion of mind. Lying on right side, heart is heard and felt to pulsate from chest up to neck.
Neck and Back.
Very stiff neck. Soreness and lameness, with stitches in nape of neck, worse by bending the head back and forth. Scrofulous swelling of the glands of the left side of the face, throat, and neck, nearly as large as a hen’s egg, some hard, some suppurating. Severe lancinating pains and stitches in the posterior right side, below the scapula, much worse by throwing the shoulders back and chest forward, or any contortions of the body, pain extorting at times a moan or shriek.
Upper Limbs
Palms of hands hot and dry.
Lower Limbs
Several hard, small lumps along the shin-bone. Hard cellular swelling of the legs. Anterior muscles of right leg sore, as if beaten. At night violent lancinating pains in the limbs. Hard swellings of both legs lessened. Hurts of horses’ hoofs. Bad ulcers of horses’ feet. Toes bend while walking as if extensors paralysed. Checked foot-sweat.
Generalities
General soreness of the muscles and integuments of the whole body, flesh sore to touch, even of the clothes, sore as if beaten.
Skin
Skin sore to touch. Raised and discoloured scars. Rhagades. Brown and blue spots after concussions. Externally applied causes checked eruptions to reappear. Tetters on scalp and forehead, itching on scalp.
Sleep
Restless at night, must frequently change position, body feels so sore. Awake 3-4 a.m. with frightful dreams and severe cramping pains in metatarsal bones of both feet., better after sleep (head).
