Generalities
Mercurius Cor. is a powerful disinfectant and has much greater rapidity of action; causing violent effects. It causes tenesmus of RECTUM along with tenesmus of bladder. Inflammation with swelling and feeling of constriction; burning, internal; in throat, stomach rectum, neck of bladder, kidneys etc. constriction; of throat, rectum, bladder etc. Discharges acrid, tears, nasal discharge etc. Cracks on palms, soles, corners of mouth. Phagedena. Syphilis. Albuminuria in early pregnancy. (Phos later and at full term). Gonorrhoea. Lies on back with knees drawn up.
Worse
AFTER URINATION AND STOOL. Swallowing. Night. Cold. Autumn. Hot days, cool nights. Acids.
Better
Rest.
Mind
Anxious and restless; rocks hard. Stares at persons who talk to him; and does not understand them. Difficult thinking. Disturbed speech. Stupid.
Head
Pain in temples worse looking sideways. Vertigo, with deafness when stooping.
Eyes
Excessive photophobia and acrid lachrymation. Burning, soreness of the eyes. Iritis. Keratitis. Retinitis; albuminuria; haemorrhagic. Ophthalmia neonatorum. Lids oedematous red, excoriated. Objects appear smaller; or double vision.
Ears
Violent pulsation in ears. Foetid pus.
Nose
Fluent acrid coryza. Ozaena with perforation of septum. Gluey nasal discharge. Swollen red, nose.
Face
Pale about mouth. Cracks in angles of the mouth. Oedematous swelling of the face. Lips; black, dark red, swollen. Upper lip swollen and turned up. Jaws stiff.
Mouth
Tongue; patchy, swollen and inflamed. Could not be protruded. Salivation, with salty taste. Pyorrhoea, Gums; purple, swollen, with toothache; spongy. Aphthae; ulcers. Burning, scalding sensation in mouth. Teeth loose, nightly toothache. Taste; astringent; salty, bitter. Necrosis of lower jaw.
Throat
Uvula; red, swollen, elongated. Sore, red, painful swelling worse heat; sharp pains into ears, worse pressure. Burning pain and great swelling worse slightest pressure. All glands about the throat swollen. Tonsils swollen, covered with ulcers. SWALLOWING DIFFICULT; spasmodic constriction, on attempting to swallow a drop of liquid.
Stomach
Insatiable thirst, for cold drinks. Distension and soreness at the pit of stomach; cramp in epigastrium worse least touch. Vomits mucus and blood. Gastritis. Regurgitation, astringent. Great desire for cold food.
Abdomen
Bloated, painful to least touch. Cutting colic; below navel. Painful flatulence. Appendicitis. Continuous urging to stool and urine; A NEVER GET DONE FEELING. STOOLS; BLOODY; SHREDDY; SLIMY; HOT WITH TORMENTING TENESMUS. Passes pure blood or bloody water. Dysentery. Spasms of rectum during coition. Sweats before and after stool.
Urinary
Intense burning in urethra. Urine; HOT, BURNING, PASSED DROP BY DROP. scanty, suppressed, bloody, frequent; dribbling worse sitting. Urethra bleeds after urinating. Tenesmus of bladder, with tenesmus of rectum. Nephritis. Albuminuria; of pregnancy. Cystitis. Gonorrhoea. Paraphimosis. Bleeding kidneys. Sweats after urination.
Male
Penis and testes enormously swollen. Chordae; worse sleep. Hard chancres. Gonorrhoea, discharge thick greenish.
Female
Leucorrhoea; pale yellow, with sweetish nauseous smell. Glandular swellings about the nipples. Nipples crack and bleed; pain worse when nursing. Menses; too early and too profuse.
Respiratory
Breathes as through a metallic tube. Constriction of the chest, breathes through pectoral muscles. Cutting pain in larynx. Frequent stitches shoot through thorax.
Heart
Palpitation during sleep.
Back
Pott’s disease, lies on back with knees drawn up.
Extremities
Deltoid feels relaxed. As if legs had gone to sleep. Cramps in calves; in dysentery. Paralysis of limbs; trembling. Feet icy cold. Exostoses; on shin, sternum, ribs.
Skin
Cold. Ulcers; perforating; spreading; serpiginous. Nails grey coloured.
Sleep
Violent hiccough during sleep.
Fever
Chilly; after stools. Sweats; from every motion; partial worse forehead and lower parts; foul; at night. Heat when stooping and coldness when rising.
Related
Ars; Cantharis
He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.
He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.