Mercurius Sulphuricus

COMMON NAME:

      SULPHATE OF MERCURY.

Symptoms

      It is important, as Arsenicum in hydrothorax. When it acts well it produces a profuse, watery diarrhoea with great relief to the patient).

Hydrothorax, occurring from heart or liver diseases (Digitalis, Phosphorus) (A.).

DYSPNOEA: HAS TO SIT, CANNOT LIE DOWN (Arsenicum, Lycopodium, Sulphur) (A.).

Short and rapid respirations (A.).

Extremities become swollen (Apis., Arsenicum, Digitalis, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Phosphorus, Sepia, Sulphur) (A.).

Burning in the chest (Calcarea, Phosphorus, Sulphur) (A.).

Diarrhoea: Stool loose, watery, causing severe burning and soreness (Aloe, Arsenicum, Sulphur) (A.).

Morning diarrhoea; the passage and consists of yellow matter (Aloe) (Bl.).

Scanty, clear, scalding urine (Apis, Sulphur) (Br.).

Sore tip of tongue (Rhus toxicodendron) (Br.).

Cardiac pain and weakness (Arsenicum, Kali carb., Naja) (Br.).

AGGRAVATION:

      In the morning; at night; and from lying down.

AMELIORATION:

      From sitting up.

RELATIONSHIP:

      Compare: Acet-Ac., Apis., Arsenicum, Blatta, Cantharis, Digitalis, Kali carb., Kali-P., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Sepia, Sulphur and Terebintha

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)