Mercurius Corrosivus

COMMON NAME:

      CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE.

Symptoms

      Its action is very similar to that of Mercurius Sol., only much intensified (R.).

Syphilitic disease of men (Fluor-Ac., Kali bichromicum, Kali-I., Acid nitricum) (A.).

Tearing in the periosteum, as from intermittent fever, with sensation of heat about the head.

Salivation of salty taste-a very valuable indication for the Sublimatus.

Swelling of the upper lip (Apis., Bar-C., Belladonna, Calcarea, Hepar, Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Staphysagria, Sulphur).

Useful in painful and acute swelling of the mammary glands and the nipples (Belladonna, Graphites, Phytolacca).

Cystitis (Apis, Belladonna, Cantharis) (B.).

Brick-dust-like sediment in the urine (Lycopodium, Sarsaparilla) (A.).

Bright’s disease (especially during pregnancy) (Apis., Cantharis, Phosphorus, Sepia) (A.).

Urine hot, burning scanty or suppressed (A.).

ALBUMINOUS URINE (Apis) (A.).

Dysentery and summer complaints of intestinal canal, occurring from May to November (A.).

Chilliness from the least motion, with cutting in the abdomen and tenesmus.

DYSENTERY IS MORE FAVOURABLY EFFECTED BY THE SUBLIMATUS THAN BY ANY OTHER HOMOEOPATHIC PREPARATION AS YET USED.

BLOODY, FREQUENT MOTIONS OF DYSENTERY AT ONCE BENEFITTED-THAT STATE OF DIARRHOEAL DISEASE TERMED “THE BLOODY FLUX” IN THE LATE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; ALSO GREEN MOTIONS CONSISTING OF MUCUS, LIKE SCRAPINGS OF THE INTESTINES WITH CONTINUED CUTTING IN THE ABDOMEN, TENESMUS AND CLOTTED BLOOD.

TENESMUS OF THE RECTUM, NOT RELIEVED BY STOOL (ameliorated by stool-Coloc., Nux- V., Sulphur) (A.).

A NEVER-GET-DONE FEELING IN THE RECTUM (DURING AN EVACUATION) (B.).

Chilly after stool (Cantharis, Dioscorea, Petroleum) (B.).

INCESSANT AND PERSISTENT TENESMUS (A.).

Passes pure blood or, blood water (Phosphorus) (B.).

Stool: Hot (Aloe, Chamomilla, Sulphur); scanty (Aloe, Nux vomica, sulph.); bloody (Cantharis, Kali-P., Lachesis, Acid nitricum); slimy Aloe, Nux vomica); and offensive (Baptisia, Carb-Ac., Lachesis) (A.).

Great burning at the anus (Sulphur) (D.).

Colicky pain before, during and after stool (N.).

Nightly toothache (B.).

Gums are apt to be purple, swollen and spongy (Plb.) (Bl.).

The vulva is swollen, and there is intense burning, worse from pressure (D.).

Constriction of the throat; swallowing causes spasm (Belladonna) (D.).

Gluey nasal discharge; swelled nose (Graphites, Kali bichromicum) (B.).

Patchy tongue (B.).

Intense inflammation of the vulva (C.).

Paraphimosis (Coloc., Lachesis, Mercurius, Acid nitricum, Rhus toxicodendron) (K.).

Syphilis in all its various manifestations (Aurum, Fluor-Ac., Kali bichromicum, Kali-I., Lachesis, Mercurius, Acid nitricum).

ULCERS, WITH CORRODING AND ACRID PUS (Acid nitricum) (A.).

PHAGEDENIC CHANCRES (Arsenicum, Aurum mur natronatum, Causticum, Kali-P., Lachesis, Acid nitricum, Sulphur) (K.).

GANGRENOUS OR SPREADING ULCERS (Arsenicum) (K.).

Spasms of the rectum, during coition (B.).

Gonorrhoea: Second stage; greenish discharge; worse at night; great burning and tenesmus (A.).

The urethral orifice is red and swollen (Cantharis, Sulphur) (Bl.).

Gonorrhoeal ophthalmia (Argentum nitricum, Kali-S., Pulsatilla)

Swelling of the testicles after suppressed gonorrhoea disease (Pulsatilla).

Urethra bleeds after urinating (Hepar) (B.).

Tenesmus of the bladder, with intense burning in the urethra; urine in drops, with great pain (Cantharis, Terebintha, Thuja) (A.).

Great tenesmus of the rectum and bladder at the same time (N.).

BLOODY URINE (Arsenicum, Both., Cantharis, Coc-C., Crotalus horridus, Hamamelis, Millefolium, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Secale, Squil., Terebintha, Uva, Vesp) (A.).

Excessive photophobia and lachrymation (Euphr.); the discharges are acrid, excoriating the lids and cheeks; pains very severe, especially at night (Aurum, Hepar, Acid nitricum) (N.).

Tearing in the bones around the eye (D.).

ULCERATION OF THE CORNEA, WITH TENDENCY TO PERFORATION (Silicea) (D.).

Albuminuric retinitis (Phosphorus) (Br.).

IS ALMOST A SPECIFIC FOR SYPHILITIC IRITIS.

Keratitis (Fluor-Ac., Kali bichromicum, Acid nitricum, Silicea) (B.).

Insatiable thirst (Arsenicum, Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus, Sulphur) (B.).

Vomits slime and blood (Kali bichromicum, Kreosotum, Lachesis, Phosphorus) (B.).

Gastritis (Arsenicum, Bism., Phosphorus) (B.).

Sweats from every motion (Bryonia, Calcarea, China) (B.).

Foul perspiration at night (Hepar, Acid nitricum, Psorinum, Sil) (B.).

Throat intensely inflamed, swollen, burning, with swollen gums, which bleed easily (N.).

Ozaena, with perforation of the septum nasi (Aurum, Fluor-Ac., Kali bichromicum, Acid nitricum, (Br.).

Surface cold and covered with profuse perspiration, especially on the forehead (Camph., Veratrum) (C.).

AGGRAVATION:

      In the evening; at night; in the open air; from motion; from fat food; from acids; from cold; during autumn; during hot days and cool nights; after urination, stool or swallowing; and from pressure.

AMELIORATION:

      While at rest; and from warm application.

RELATIONSHIP:

      ANTIDOTES: Hepar, Acid nitricum, and Silicea

Similar to: Arsenicum, Aurum, Bism., Cantharis, Kali bichromicum, Kreosotum, Lachesis, Mercurius, Acid nitricum, Phosphorus, Silicea, Terebintha and Thuja

Adolph Lippe

Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)