Other names and synonyms
merc-k-i.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Mercurius iodatus ruber. Mercuric iodide. HgI2. Trituration.
Nosology
Antrum, pain in. Asthma. сoryza. Diphtheria. Eczema. Eyes, inflammation of. Haemorrhoids. Laryngitis. Liver, syphilis of. Malaria. Nose, polypus of; diseased bones of. Parotitis. Post-nasal catarrh. Quinsy. Rheumatism. Spleen, enlarged. Syphilis. Testicles, syphilitic enlargement of. Typhus fever.
Typical features
Merc. bin. was introduced and proved by the American Provers Union in 1856, and is an important addition to the mercurial group. It acts more intensely on the lymphatic glands and cellular tissue than Merc. v., which it otherwise closely resembles. It has been extensively tested in throat affections. It acts more on the left side, or primarily on the left. The symptoms are head. Getting warm walking deafness. сold air, cold washing, getting wet evenings; ears close for a few moments at a time; coryza. Earache (right). Wax increased. Itching in both ears. Swelling of parotid and neighbouring glands.
Head, face, and ears
Coryza: with headache; dull, hearing, getting warm walking; right side nose hot, swollen; much sneezing and running from head; hoarseness. Whitish yellow or bloody discharge; affection of posterior nares, with raw sensation; nasal bones diseased; turbinated bones swollen. Hawks mucus from posterior nares. - сrusty eruption on wings of nose. Polypus left side.
Pressive sticking; heavy aching in upper jaw. Aching pain in left cheek and left eye, which seems slightly inflamed. Parotitis (right). Lips slimy and sticky on waking. Eczema rubrum on chin.
Pressive sticking; heavy aching in upper jaw. Aching pain in left cheek and left eye, which seems slightly inflamed. Parotitis (right). Lips slimy and sticky on waking. Eczema rubrum on chin.
Mouth and throat
Fine stinging in teeth; painful jerks. Toothache.
Profuse flow of saliva, and aching in teeth of lower jaw. Taste: bitter; slimy; metallic. Mucous membrane inflamed with burning. Mucous patches. Nodules. - вoils in mouth.
Much phlegm in throat and nose; hawks it out. Sensation of a lump in the throat, with disposition to hawk it out; hawks up a hard, greenish lump. Throat feels as if scalded on waking. Inflammation and swelling of left tonsil, velum elongated causing cough, next day both tonsils involved (left to right). Painful swelling of tonsils and submaxillary glands. Fauces dark red. Diphtheritic patches, and superficial ulcers in throat. Diphtheria right side.
Profuse flow of saliva, and aching in teeth of lower jaw. Taste: bitter; slimy; metallic. Mucous membrane inflamed with burning. Mucous patches. Nodules. - вoils in mouth.
Much phlegm in throat and nose; hawks it out. Sensation of a lump in the throat, with disposition to hawk it out; hawks up a hard, greenish lump. Throat feels as if scalded on waking. Inflammation and swelling of left tonsil, velum elongated causing cough, next day both tonsils involved (left to right). Painful swelling of tonsils and submaxillary glands. Fauces dark red. Diphtheritic patches, and superficial ulcers in throat. Diphtheria right side.
Appetite and food preferences
Thirst for small quantities. Wants food more salted.
Gastrointestinal tract
Heartburn after dinner. Loud and bitter belching. Sinking. Pain in epigastrium on pressure.
Aching and fulness in right hypochondrium. Sudden cutting in liver. Heavy pain in liver, pancreas and spleen. Transient drawing pain followed by lameness in left hypochondrium; left waist feels sore on bending. Enlarged malarial spleens and livers. Abdomen distended at navel; sore to pressure. - сolic; uneasy sore feeling. - вuboes.
Stool: copious, yellow brown, and somewhat watery, and coated with mucus and slightly bloody; preceded by colic, urging and slight tenesmus remained. Pain in anus as if piles would appear. Inveterate piles.
Aching and fulness in right hypochondrium. Sudden cutting in liver. Heavy pain in liver, pancreas and spleen. Transient drawing pain followed by lameness in left hypochondrium; left waist feels sore on bending. Enlarged malarial spleens and livers. Abdomen distended at navel; sore to pressure. - сolic; uneasy sore feeling. - вuboes.
Stool: copious, yellow brown, and somewhat watery, and coated with mucus and slightly bloody; preceded by colic, urging and slight tenesmus remained. Pain in anus as if piles would appear. Inveterate piles.
Urogenital system
Bright s disease. Ulcers in bladder. Frequent urgent desire. Increased flow of urine; thick and dark when passing; red.
Desire, especially on going to sleep; emissions. Sensitiveness of right testicle and cord. Sharp shooting stitches in end of penis through glans. Gonorrhoea; discharge free and mucoid; patches of induration, along urethra. Hard, red swelling in front of prepuce, and painless hard chancre in centre. Sarcocele of left testicle; syphilis. - вubo, discharging for years; indolent chancre.
Yellowish leucorrhoea. Stony hardness of fibroid tumour. Great soreness in whole breast.
Desire, especially on going to sleep; emissions. Sensitiveness of right testicle and cord. Sharp shooting stitches in end of penis through glans. Gonorrhoea; discharge free and mucoid; patches of induration, along urethra. Hard, red swelling in front of prepuce, and painless hard chancre in centre. Sarcocele of left testicle; syphilis. - вubo, discharging for years; indolent chancre.
Yellowish leucorrhoea. Stony hardness of fibroid tumour. Great soreness in whole breast.
Chest organs
Cough: from elongated uvula; with sore throat; with a little loose, whitish, slimy sputum. Profuse yellow sputum. Hoarse and husky, after getting a little wet in a shower.
Constriction across chest. - сatching pain under right breast, oppressing breathing. Swelling of bronchial glands from atmospheric changes.
Constriction across chest. - сatching pain under right breast, oppressing breathing. Swelling of bronchial glands from atmospheric changes.
Cardiovascular system
Sticking pain in heart.
Limbs and spine
Swollen neck glands, with toothache, scarlatina, &c. Spine sore and painful.
Rheumatic pains, now here, now there, mostly muscular.
Rheumatic pains in shoulder-joint. Axillary glands suppurate. Strained feeling in middle of humerus as if about to break. Palm of left hand cracked, horny, several oozing rhagades.
Aching in bones from hips to ankles. Pains from calves up to sacrum. Unbearable pains in legs towards evening, on moving. Pain of syphilitic ulceration in front of leg.
Rheumatic pains, now here, now there, mostly muscular.
Rheumatic pains in shoulder-joint. Axillary glands suppurate. Strained feeling in middle of humerus as if about to break. Palm of left hand cracked, horny, several oozing rhagades.
Aching in bones from hips to ankles. Pains from calves up to sacrum. Unbearable pains in legs towards evening, on moving. Pain of syphilitic ulceration in front of leg.
Skin
Pustules, with inflamed base, sore to touch; itching slightly, scab over, but pus oozes. Small fissures and cracks. Lupus. - сondylomata. Freckles; liver spots. Syphilitic eruptions and ulcers.
Sleep
Dreams: frightful; of travelling; swimming; lascivious. Symptoms appear or are.
Fever
Intense shivering, then feverishness; copious sweat at night. Fever with grippe.