MERCURIUS VIVUS


An excellent compilation of symptoms of homeopathic medicine Mercurius Vivus from the book Pearls of Homeopathy by M.E. Douglass, published in 1903….


Indicated in bone disease, pains worse at night; glandular swellings, with or without suppuration, but especially if suppuration be too profuse.

Profuse perspiration attends nearly every complaint, but does not relieve and may even increase the suffering.

Ptyalism; profuse, fetid, metallic-tasting saliva.

Dysentery; stools slimy, bloody, colic, fainting; great tenesmus during and after, followed by chilliness, and a “cannot finish sensation.” The more blood and pain the better indicated.

Morning sickness; profuse salivation wets the pillow in sleep.

Mammae painful, as if they would ulcerate, at every menstrual period

Cough: dry, fatiguing, racking; in two paroxysms; worse nights; with utter impossibility of lying on right side.

Leucorrhoea: acrid, burning, itching, with rawness; always worse at night.Ulcers appear on the gums, tongue, throat, inside the cheek, with salivation; irregular in shape; undefined edges; have a dirty, unhealthy look; lardaceous base surrounded with a dark halo; apt to run together. The syphilitic ulcers are circular, attack the posterior parts of the mouth, have well defined edges; surrounded with a coppery hue, and they do not extend from their primary seat.

Follows Hepar and Lachesis well, but should not be given before or after Silicea.

Slow in answering questions.

Memory weak.

Constant anxiety and apprehension.

Nightly headache.

Face earthy-colored, puffy.

Decay of the teeth; they become loose in succession.

Teeth become denuded of the gum and turn black, with nightly pains in the teeth, jaws, and head.

Violent toothache, with swelling of the gum and salivary glands.

Gums red, and bleeding at the slightest contact, sometimes spontaneously.

The gums have a bright-red margin.

Gums spongy and bleeding.

Gum bleeds easily.

Tongue black, with red edges.

Tongue red, swollen.

Coated tongue, showing the impress of the teeth upon the margins.

Bad odor from the mouth.

Violent stomatitis and salivation.

Speech difficult on account of the trembling of the mouth and tongue.

Stools: dark green, bilious, frothy; watery and colorless; watery, with greenish scum floating on the surface of the water.

Trembling of the hands and feet, so that the patient was unable to write.

Trembling of the hands and tongue.

Sensation of coldness; has to wear a heavy overcoat, even in the hot summer.

Profuse sweat on every motion.

profuse sweat at night; same in the morning.

Sweat makes fingers look softened, spongy, wrinkled, like a washerwoman’s.

Profuse, fatty, and oily perspiration at night.

Profuse, offensive perspiration at night.

Profuse, offensive perspiration, soaking through the bed clothes; the linen was stained saffron yellow and could not be removed by washing.

Melford Eugene Douglass
M.E.Douglass, MD, was a Lecturer of Dermatology in the Southern Homeopathic Medical College of Baltimore. He was the author of - Skin Diseases: Their Description, Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment; Repertory of Tongue Symptoms; Characteristics of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica.