Mercurius Corrosivus

Mercurius Corrosivus
The following are the indications of Mercurius Corrosivus, as it relates to this part. Strongest indications are in bold, the next strongest are in italics, and the remaining indications are in a plain typeface.

HEAD

Delirium, stupor

head, coldness;

Frontal pain, congestion of head, with burning in cheeks

Drawing pain in periosteum of skull.

head, skin and scalp, perspiration, forehead;

EYES

Pain behind eyeballs, as if forced out

Phlyctenulae, deep ulcers on cornea

Excessive photophobia and Acrid lachrymation

iritis, ordinary or syphilitic ( Give in association with atropine locally for prevention of adhesions.) Pain severe at night, burning, shooting, tearing

Little tendency to pus formation

IrisMuddy in color, thick, and neither contracts nor dilates

Retinitis albuminuric, ophthalmia neonatorum

Lids odematous, red, excoriated

Severe burning

soreness of the eyes.

eye, inflammation, syphilitic;

eye, inflammation, wounds, iris;

eye, inflammation, wounds, iris, night;

eye, inflammation, wounds, iris, syphilitic;

eye, pain, night;

eye, tears, acrid smell (strong and sharp);

EARS

Violent pulsations

Fetid pus.

ear, inflammation;

FACE

Swollen

Red, puffy

Lips black, swollen

Sordes

Facial neuralgia within the bones.

face, lips, turned out lips, swollen;

face, perspiration, cold;

face, skin, out-breaks on skin, syphilitic;

NOSE

Ozaena, with perforation of septum nasi ( Kali)

bich.) Rawness and smarting in nostrils

Post-nasal swelling, mucous membrane dry, red, and covered with bloody mucus.

nose, catarrh;

Excessive coryza

nose, running or blocked nose (coryza), running, wet;

MOUTH

Pyorrhoea

Ptyalism

mouth, odour (halitosis, bad breath), offensive;

mouth, pain, sore;

mouth, thrush (whitish flakes);

Teeth loose

Gums purple, swollen, and spongy

mouth, bleeding, gums;

mouth, bleeding, gums, easily;

mouth, discoloration, gums, pale;

mouth, discoloration, gums, purple;

mouth, gangrenous, gums;

mouth, swelling, gums;

mouth, gums, spongy;

mouth, teeth, looseness;

Salivation

mouth, saliva, thick and sticky;

mouth, salivation;

Tongue swollen and inflamed

mouth, discoloration, tongue, yellow, dirty;

Taste salty and bitter.

mouth, taste, salty;

mouth, swelling, palate (roof of mouth), soft palate (back of roof of mouth);

THROAT

Red, swollen, painful, intensely inflamed

uvula swollen

swallowing painful

Most pain is Post-nasal with sharp pains to ears

burning pain, with great swelling, worse, slight external pressure

All glands about thorax swollen.

throat, choking, constricting, gullet;

throat, pain, swallowing, liquids;

throat, pain, burning;

throat, pain, burning, on pressure;

throat, pain, burning, gullet;

throat, pain, burning, gullet, on pressure;

throat, pain, rawness;

throat, pain, rawness, gullet;

throat, spasms, convulsions etc., on swallowing, forcing to retch;

throat, spasms, convulsions etc., gullet;

throat, spasms, convulsions etc., gullet, on swallowing;

throat, swallowing, constantly;

throat, swallowing, constantly, from choking;

throat, swallowing, constantly, eating;

throat, swallowing, constantly, from spasm in throat;

throat, swelling;

throat, swelling, uvula (lobe at back of mouth);

throat, ulcers;

throat, ulcers, spreading;

throat, ulcers, throat at back of mouth;

throat, ulcers, uvula (lobe at back of mouth), spreading;

CHEST

chest, pain, stitching, sudden, sharp;

chest, swelling, breast, nipples;

Pain in larynx as cut with knife

Aphonia

Cough, with bloody expectoration

Pulse rapid and intermittent

Stitches through side of chest.

respiration, difficult (dyspnea);

SKIN

skin, abnormal growths, wart-like growth;

skin, abnormal growths, cauliflower-like fungus, syphilitic;

skin, abnormal growths, ulcers, syphilitic;

skin, abnormal growths, warts;

skin, out-breaks on skin, syphilitic;

BACK AND NECK

back, curvature of spine (scoliosis);

back, curvature of spine (scoliosis), lies on back with knees pulled up;

back, pain, night;

ABDOMEN

Epigastrium very sensitive.

Bruised sensation, caecal region and transverse colon painful

Bloated, very painful to least touch.

abdomen, abscess, in liver;

abdomen, inflammation, appendicitis;

abdomen, pain, right side, above hip;

abdomen, swelling, groin region, glands;

abdomen, bladder, urge to urinate, but producing nothing;

abdomen, bladder, urging to urinate (unhealthy desire), constant;

abdomen, bladder, urination, dribbling (by drops);

abdomen, bladder, urination, feeble stream (slow);

abdomen, bladder, urination, forked stream;

abdomen, stomach, desires, cravings, cold drinks;

Stomach, Incessant, green, bilious vomiting

RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

rectum, dysentery;

rectum, pain, urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing, during diarrhoea;

rectum, pain, urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing, during dysentery;

rectum, pain, urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing, before stool;

rectum, pain, urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing, during stool;

rectum, pain, urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing, after stool;

rectum, urging, desire to stool (see pain, urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing), constant;

rectum, urging, desire to stool (see pain, urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing), frequent;

rectum, urging, desire to stool (see pain, urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing), after stool;

Dysentery, tenesmus, not relieved by stool, incessant

Stool hot, bloody, slimy, offensive, with cutting pains and shreds of mucous membranes.

stool, black;

stool, bloody;

stool, frequent;

stool, green;

stool, hot;

stool, mucous, slimy;

stool, mucous, slimy, bloody;

stool, mucous, slimy, green;

stool, odour, offensive;

stool, pasty, mushy;

stool, small (see long and narrow);

stool, yellow;

GENITALS ETC

Intense burning in urethra

Urine hot, burning, scanty or Suppressed; bloody, Greenish discharge

albuminous

tenesmus of bladder

Stabbing pain extending up urethra into bladder

Perspiration after urinating.

urine, strong and sharp (acrid);

urine, albuminous (white, thick);

urine, albuminous (white, thick), during pregnancy;

urine, bloody;

urine, burning (includes hot);

urine, ejecting lumps, epithelial;

urine, colour, brown;

urine, colour, dark;

urine, colour, greenish;

urine, colour, pale;

urine, scanty;

urine, sediment, mucous;

urine, sediment, sand, red (brick-dust);

urine, thick;

Gonorrhoea, urethra orifice red, swollen, glans sore and hot

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), discharge, strong and sharp (acrid);

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), haemorrhage;

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), itching, with gonorrhoea;

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), pain, gnawing, biting, during urination;

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), pain, burning;

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), pain, burning, during urination;

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), pain, stitching, sudden, sharp, extending backward;

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), pulsation;

genitals, urethra (urinary part of genitals), ulceration, passage;

Male, Penis and testes enormously swollen

genitals, male, hot, penis, head (glans);

genitals, male, sensitiveness, penis, head (glans);

genitals, male, ulcers, penis;

genitals, male, ulcers, penis, at tip;

genitals, male, ulcers, penis, hard;

genitals, male, ulcers, penis, head (glans);

genitals, male, ulcers, penis, foreskin;

Chancres assume phagedenic appearance

Discharge greenish, thick.

genitals, male, suppurating (producing pus), under the foreskin;

genitals, male, ulcers, spreading;

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

extremities, limbs, pulling up limbs;

extremities, limbs, swollen, foot, fluid accumulation;

FEVER AND CHILL

Chilly from slightest exposure

Profuse perspiration, surfaces cold.

chill, during movement;

chill, on rising up;

fever, stooping;

GENERALITIES

sleep, position, on back;

sleep, position, limbs pulled up;

sleep, sleepiness, tiredness;

sleep, sleeplessness, insomnia;

perspiration, cold;

generalities, haemorrhage;

generalities, lying down, lying on back;

generalities, pain, burning externally, internally;

generalities, pain, sore, bruised, internally;

generalities, pain, sudden, sharp, internally;

generalities, pressure;

generalities, swelling, of affected parts;

generalities, swelling, glands;

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness);