Homeopathy LibraryMezereum
Reason for use
Acts especially upon the skin and the mucous membranes of the genito-urinary organs, and the alimentary tract, producing a high degree of irritation, which results in inflammation of the mucous membranes, and in characteristic eruptions on the skin.
It also acts in a similar manner upon the bones and periosteum, resembling the action of Mercury and the syphilitic poison.
Characteristic symptoms.
▲ Worse
In the evening; at night; from contact; by motion; in damp weather
▼ Better
When walking in open air (sensitive to cold air); wrapping up the head; in dark room
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Mind
(Mezereum)
Hypochondriac and despondent (Natr. carb., Nux v.) ; inclined to weep. ( Natr. mur., Puls., Ign .)
Vexed and angry at trifles. (Bry., Cham.)
Mental dullness and distraction ; thinking difficult ; unable to recollect. (Natr. mur.)
Head
(Mezereum)
Dullness of head, as if intoxicated. (Coccul., Nux m., Puls.)
Pain in bones of skull ; aggravated by touch.
Headache in temples and sides of head after exertion and from talking much.
Violent headache ; head painful on slightest touch, after vexation.
Pressive headache from root of nose into forehead. (Kali bi.)
Pressive pain, from within outward, in left temple.
Boring in the bones of the occiput.
Head covered with a thick leathery crust, under which pus collects and mats the hair. ( Graph ., Psor.)
Elevated, white, chalk-like scabs, with ichor beneath, breeding vermin.
Dry scurf on the scalp ; dandruff. (Bad., Canth.)
Eyes
(Mezereum)
Eyes hot, inflamed ; conjunctiva injected, dirty-red ; pressive pain, and a sensation of dryness.
Obstinate twitching of the muscles of the left upper lid.
Lachrymation, with smarting in the eyes. (Ars., Euphr.)
Inclination to wink (Croc., Euphr.) ; to close the eyes. (Caust., Gels.)
Itching of margin of lids and skin near the nose.
Ears
(Mezereum)
Sensation as though air were distending the right external meatus ; afterward in left.
Nose
(Mezereum)
Catarrh, with discharge of yellow, thin, at times bloody, mucus, making the nostrils sore ; soreness and burning of upper lip.
Dryness of the nose, and diminished smell.
Frequent sneezing, with fluent coryza.
Face
(Mezereum)
Violent tearing pains in the face, especially on left side.
Cramp-like and stunning pressure in zygomatic process.
Violent, frequent jerking and twitching of the muscles of the right cheek.
Lips swollen, dry ; scaly externally ; painful, sore, and burning. ( Ars .)
Inflammatory redness of face, with fat, moist eruption.
Child scratches the face continually, which becomes covered with blood ; itching worse at night (Merc.) ; tears off scabs, leaving raw spots, on which fat pustules form.
The ichor from scratched face excoriates other parts.
Mouth
(Mezereum)
Pains in carious teeth. ( Merc .)
Boring toothache, extending into bones of jaw, malar bones, and temples.
Teeth feel blunt and elongated.
Violent burning in tongue and mouth, extending to the stomach . ( Ars ., Canth., Caps.)
Throat
(Mezereum)
Burning in the throat, pharynx, and oesophagus . ( Ars., Canth ., Caps., Merc. cor .)
Sensation as if the throat were full of mucus.
Dryness, heat, scraping , and rawness in the fauces. (Arg. met., Arg. nit., Arum, Nux v .)
Stomach
(Mezereum)
Great hunger, or loss of appetite.
Frequent empty and tasteless eructations.
Nausea in the throat ; bitter vomiting.
Burning in the stomach. ( Ars ., Camph., Canth., Lob.)
Abdomen
(Mezereum)
Dull pain in region of spleen.
Stitches in left hypochondria.
Loud flatulence ; much offensive flatus passing. (Aloe, Bry., Graph .)
Burning and heat in the abdomen. (Acon., Ars ., Canth.)
Stool And Anus
(Mezereum)
Stitches in the rectum.
Biting sore pain in anus on walking, and burning in rectum.
Itching in the anus. (Alum., Ars., Cina, Cham., Sulph .)
Constipation. (Alum., Calc. c., Bry., Nux v., Op., Sulph .)
Stool soft, brown, sour, fermented ; containing small white, shining grains.
Urinary Organs
(Mezereum)
Emission of blood instead of urine. ( Ars ., Canth., Ham.)
Urine hot, with reddish sediment. (Bell., Kreos.)
Male Organs.- (Mezereum)
Itching of the glans penis. (Sulph.)
Heat and swelling of the penis.
Fine, pricking stitches in penis and tip of glans penis.
Swelling of scrotum and testicles.
Female Organs.- (Mezereum)
Menses too soon, profuse, and long-lasting.
Leucorrhoea like the white of an egg. (Amm. mur., Calc. phos., Borax , Bovis.)
Respiratory Organs.- (Mezereum)
Hoarseness, with cough, and rawness of the chest. ( Caust., Nux m., Phos .)
After eating, must cough till he vomits.
Violent cough when lying down. ( Coni., Puls .)
Violent inclination to cough, low down in the trachea ; cannot loosen anything by the cough.
Constricting and contracting pains transversely across the chest.
Stitches in the chest. ( Bry., Kali carb .)
Pulse
(Mezereum)
Pulse intermittent (Coni., Digit., Natr. mur .) ; full tense, hard.
Neck and Back.- (Mezereum)
Pain from stiffness of nape and external cervical muscles.
Rheumatic pains in scapular muscles ; they feel tense and swollen, preventing motion.
Limbs
(Mezereum)
Trembling of the limbs. (Coccul., Coni., Gels.)
Pains in periosteum of long bones, especially the tibiae, worse at night and in bed ; least touch intolerable ; worse in damp weather ; syphilis. ( Merc .)
Upper Limbs.- (Mezereum)
Pain in right shoulder joint.
Finger ends powerless, cannot hold anything.
Lower Limbs.- (Mezereum)
Jerking pain in hip joint, also in knee.
Pains in bones of thigh and leg.
Violent pains in bones of feet.
Generalities
(Mezereum)
Feeling of great lightness of the body. (Asar.)
General sick feeling.
Hot, jerking stitches in various parts of the body.
Joints feel bruised and weary, as if they would give way.
Bones inflamed, swollen (Asaf., Hep. s., Kali bi., Staph.), especially shafts of cylindrical bones ; caries ; after abuse of Mercury.
Constant chilliness over the whole body. ( Puls .)
Sensitiveness of cold air.
Skin
(Mezereum)
Usual liver spots on chest and arms become dark and desquamate.
Red rash, itching violently ; worse in bed, from touch ; burning and change of place after scratching. (Alum., Merc., Sulph .)
Cutaneous ulcers form over bony protuberances.
Ulcers, easily bleeding (Asaf., Hep. s., Sulph.), sensitive, painful at night (Merc.) ; thick, whitish yellow scabs, under which thick, yellow pus collects ; burning, itching vesicles around the ulcers. (Hep. s., Merc.)
Skin covered with elevated white scabs.
Sleep
(Mezereum)
Irresistible sleepiness. ( Ant. tart., Apis, Nux m .)
Fever
(Mezereum)
Constant chilliness over the whole body.
Cold, with no desire for warmth ; nor dread of open air ; great thirst.
Violent hot fever.
Amelioration
Therapeutic Range.- (Mezereum)
Bad effects of abuse of Mercury ; affections of the periosteum and bones ; scrofulous affections ; syphilitic affections ; leucorrhoea ; gonorrhoea ; pustular and miliary eruptions ; ulcers ; neuralgia ; erysipelas ; rheumatism.
Conditions
(Mezereum)
One side of body generally affected.
Phlegmatic temperament.
Compare
(Mezereum)
Anac ., Bell., Bry., Calc. c., Ign., Lyc., Merc ., Nitr. ac., Nux v., Phos., Puls., Phyt., Rhus tox. , Sep., Sulph.
Antidotes
(Mezereum)
Acet . ac., Bry., Calc. c., Camph., Nux v., Merc ., Rhus tox., mucilaginous drinks, milk, etc.
Mezereum Antidotes.-
Merc., Nitr. ac., Phos., spirituous liquors.
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