Mercurius Solubilis

Head

Troubles occurring in or on margin of the eyelids; forehead; scalp; bones of the head; external top of the head; glands about the ear.

Eyes and Ears.-- Momentary loss of sight; black spots before the eyes. Discharges from the ears.

Nose

Acrid nasal secretion, the nose sometimes being red and excoriated all the time; "dirty-nosed children"; bleeding of the nose; external nose (as the bridge of the nose may swell up very large on both sides and on the top).

Mouth And Throat

This remedy covers in general, affections of the mouth and fauces; right side of the fauces; right side of the neck; nape of the neck ( i.e. , affections appearing in any of the mentioned places). Gums are spongy and bleed easily; affections generally of the inner mouth; uvula; tongue; under the tongue; tongue covered with a very heavy, thick, yellow, moist covering; joints of the jaws, which are often stiff and sore; corners of the lips. Rarely give Mercur ., if the tongue is dry. Increase of saliva; thirst, although there is so much saliva; bad smell from the mouth. Taste bitter; sometimes salt. Sensation as of something rising in the throat with desire to swallow it down; throat gets sore whenever a cold is taken.

Chest

Respiration having a bad smell. Cough and expectoration in the day, and none at night.

Abdomen

Inner region of the liver; external belly, which may be hard and sensitive to the touch; inguinal ring, either one.

Glands

Glands of the neck; of the lower jaw; about the ears; inguinal glands, they may swell every time the patient gets his feet wet, or takes cold--he gets stiff and can't walk; inflammation of: painful pricking; having pulsations in; swelling of; hot swelling of; inflammatory swelling of.

Joints.-- Joints in general, particularly arthritic pain in; weakness of.

Bones

Softening of the bones, so they will bend; enlargement of; caries of; inflammation of; prickling of; tearing in. Affections of shoulder-blades; shin-bones; bones of the leg.

Skin

Exanthema burning; pock-shaped (hence, think of this remedy in small-pox); of scarlet color; with swelling; miliary eruptions; purulent exanthema, i.e. , ulcerating; ecchymosis, forming of black and blue spots, without receiving any external injury. Erysipelas. Sphacelus; brown mortification. Tetters in general; burning; suppurating. Ulcers in general; with burning on the edges; hard on the edges; with indented edges; with bloody pus; with corroding pus; with ichorous pus; having too little pus; too thin pus; thin, tenacious, sticky pus; swollen, inflamed; looking like lard; prickling; pulsating; painful on the edges; swollen on the edges.

Fever

Perspiration in general; yellow, leaving a yellow stain on the linen; on the lower extremities, cold and clammy (especially at night), with concomitant complaints. Chilliness and heat alternately; heat and shuddering at the same time; heat with thirst; heat and shuddering alternately.

Sleep

Falling asleep late; complaints preventing (as toothache, or any severe pain or trouble, etc.); sleeplessness in general; before midnight.

Stool

Acrid; bloody; knotty; containing pus; viscid; complaints before--as a sick, painful, faint feeling comes on just before; complaints during; tenesmus; tenesmus without stool; diarrhoea with slime (Mercur. is rarely indicated in these troubles where there is no slime).

Urine

Acrid; dark; turbid; too frequent; complaints while passing, and after. Affections of the urethra.

Sexual.-- Male : Affections of penis; glans penis; prepuce. Erections--little boys may have this, lasting all night, causing emaciation; boys often pull and tear at the prepuce all the time, which may cause great emaciation, and result in death; adults often have this pulling, a kind of itching being the cause, and a feeling as if he "must do so"; collection of smegma; i.e. , of a whitish substance, behind the glans penis. Female : Leucorrhoea in general; complaints concomitant to leucorrhoea. Itching and burning of the genital organs, relieved by washing with cold water.

Sensation.-- sensation of coldness in outer parts; burning pain of inner parts; cutting in inner parts; darting pains in outer parts; darting in the bones.

Generalities

Sallow-colored face. Eructations; vomiting of bile. Blackness of outer parts; bleeding from inner parts; restlessness of the body; inflammation of inner parts; also of the mucous membranes; secretion of mucus increased from any of the mucous membranes. Scurvy, particularly where there is much salivation; wasting away of soft parts; strictures after inflammation; inflammatory swellings; parts which are usually white turn red; zona or shingles.

Worse.-- At night; before falling asleep; when blowing the nose; during a catarrh; in children; from cold air; after taking cold; from lamp light; during perspiration; during small-pox; before stool; while urinating; on getting warm in bed; while lying on the right side ; during stool; after having urinated.

Remedies following:-- Arsen., Asaf., Bellad., Calc. carb., Lycop., Phosphor., Pulsat., Rhus tox., Sepia., Silic., Sulphur .

Antidotes

Bellad., Carb. veg., China, Hepar., Nitr. ac., Sulphur ; and where there has been an overdosing, all symptoms agreeing , give Mercur ., high.