Mercurius viv, is of value in orchitis (188), the testicles swollen (188) and more or less hard, with paroxysmal pains worse at night and for threatened abscess, with sweat of the genitals.
In the female, it is to be thought of for ulcers and abscesses of the vulva and for ovaritis, with suppuration, nightly aggravation and more or less tenesmus of rectum or bladder, or of both (22).
Women who require Mercurius viv. are prone to uterine haemorrhage and it is to be thought of for metrorrhagia in the aged (135).
The breasts and nipples are swollen during menstruation (23) and it is said that instead of the menstrual flow we may have milk in the breasts.
There is a greenish excoriating leucorrhoea (126) which causes itching, with burning after scratching (122), with increased flow at night (126) and after the menses.
The cough of Mercurius viv., which may be dry or loose, is always worse at night and form lying on the r. side (42).
With these characteristics as a guide, Mercurius viv. is to be thought of for chronic laryngitis and bronchitis, for pneumonia, usually of the r. side (151) and associated with hepatic disorders, and for chronic pleurisy, with sharp sticking pains in the chest (30) that are worse at night.
In phthisis we would have a loose nocturnal cough and night- sweats (185), and in measles it is of frequents use with the excoriating coryza, the cough and the nightly aggravation.
Mercurius viv. is to be thought of in articular rheumatism, with pains worse at night and from the warmth of the bed (160); the joints are swollen and pale, and sore to the touch, and there is a profuse and offensive perspiration that affords no relief (161).
On the skin it is of value for eruptions that are moist, bleed easily and tend to suppurate and ulcerate; it is of value of hasten suppuration (183) especially in glandular structures.
The Mercurius viv. patient is sensitive to cold air (5), yet perspires on the least exertion (185); the perspiration is profuse, offensive, sometimes oily, and is debilitating.
If we ever give this remedy for intermittent fever, the one guiding symptoms would be that instead of feeling better when they begin to perspire, they feel wore during the sweating stage than at any other time of the paroxysm (121).
Hepar s. lach. and Acid nitricum are antidotal; Silica is incompatible with Mercurius viv.
I use Mercurius viv. 3d.
