Mercurius Sulphuricus Drarg
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General
Mercurius Sulphuricus.
Hydrargyrum oxydatum sub-sulphuricum. Yellow precipitate. Turpeth mineral. HgSO42HgO. [There is not a little confusion about the identity of this drug in the books.
Turpeth is correctly given by Allen as HgSO42HgO. Hering, who proved and introduced it, calls it Turpethum and Turpeth mineral, but gives the formula HgSO4. The Pharmacopaeia of the American Institute of Homoeopathy describes the white sulphate, HgSO4, under the heading Mercurius sulphuricus, but says it is "mentioned in Allen's Encyclopaedia," Vol. vi., p. 325; whereas it is Turpeth, the yellow precipitate, which is there spoken of.] Trituration.
Clinical
Dropsy. Dysuria. Hydrothorax.
Characteristics
Lippe is the chief clinical authority for this medicine. He considers it as important as Ars. in dropsies of the chest. The symptoms on which it has been prescribed are clinical, and have been well confirmed. Among them is this: "Pain in right chest extending to scapula; he can scarcely breathe;
< 4 to 5 p.m." When Merc. sul. acts well, says Lippe, "it produces a profuse watery diarrhoea with great relief to the patient." It is particularly suited to hydrothorax depending on liver or heart affections. Other confirmed symptoms are: Soreness of tip of tongue. Oedema of legs. Scanty and scalding urine, but clear.
Among the Conditions of Merc. sul. the most peculiar is: < In afternoon; 4-5 p.m. > By profuse diarrhoea (dyspnoea). After diarrhoeic stools there is numbness of legs.
Relations
Compare: Cinnabar., Aethiops antimonialis, and other Mercuries. Also in hydrothorax, Ars. < Afternoon, Lyc. Dropsy, Dig.
Mind
Low-spirited; with chilliness and yawning.—Ill-humour after eating.
Head
Sensation of giddiness while standing, after headache
Fulness in head with occasional stitches
Soreness and heaviness through head (after breakfast and when walking about.)
Violent itching of hairy scalp throughout the proving.
Eyes
Oppression over eyes.—Eyes < from sunlight.
Ears
Burning in ears and in face, after a chill.
Nose
Sneezing; in sunshine; with fluent coryza
Swelling and soreness of tip of nose
Itching of nose.
Face
Pale, anxious countenance.—Swelling of parotid gland.
Mouth
Gums and palate dark bluish (black), ulcerated margins
Mouth clammy, and full of mucus in morning
Burning, smarting, stinging pain on tip of tongue (l. side, in evening)
Tongue: Greenish yellow down middle; coated white heavily; yellowish at root; the enlarged papillae stand up like red points, with flat taste in mouth and a reduced pulse
Lips, gums, fauces, mouth, and tongue swollen; look dry and black
Salivation.
Throat
Heat and sensation of constriction in throat
Dryness of tongue and throat
Burning in mouth and throat.
Stomach
Violent yellow vomiting
Stomach so irritated nothing would stay on it an instant
Pain; weight in stomach; tenderness
Vomiting and diarrhoea.
Abdomen
Coldness or burning in abdomen
Woke 1 a.m. with severe pains along duodenum to umbilical region
Soreness in inguinal glands.
Stool And Anus
After drinking coffee, pain in abdomen as if diarrhoea would set in
Stools soft and earlier in morning than usual
Sudden and violent pressing to stool while walking compelling him to stand still, causing an anxious perspiration; later the stools are forcibly gushing out in a hot, burning stream of yellow water; followed by great debility, hiccough and belching
After the diarrhoeic stools sensation of fulness as from congestion to legs, esp. feet, they feel numb when standing
Violent purging; rice-water motions, some yellow.
Urinary Organs
Diminished secretion of urine, does not micturate frequently, but has constant pressure; urine dark, becoming turbid with a scum on it
Increased secretion of urine, without a sediment
Urine scanty and scalding, but clear.
Male Sexual Organs
Gonorrhoea and syphilitic diseases, with great congestions to the parts
Swelling of testicles
Involuntary emission and lascivious dreams.
Respiratory Organs
Roughness in throat and hoarseness
Sensation of heat in larynx
Increased expectoration of mucus from larynx" and trachea.
Chest
Burning in chest
Pain in chest prevents him from breathing
Pain in r, side of chest, extending to scapula, can scarcely breathe, < from 4 to 5 p.m
Pressure on chest
Dyspnoea; in children; hydrothorax.
Upper Limbs
Numbness in l. forearm and hand, later numbness in r. hand
Hands icy cold with blue nails
Stiffness in arms.
Lower Limbs
Pain in knees and lameness, esp. when walking
Foot-sweat with soreness at ends of the nails
Ulcers on ankles.
Generalities
Most pains feel as if a dull stick pressed on the parts and were moving in diverse curved lines; feels as if this pain were in the bones.—Debility with sleepiness.—Rheumatic pains.
Skin
Induration of the glands.—Psoriasis: lepra.
Sleep
Frequent yawning and great sleepiness in afternoon
Sleeplessness after midnight
Awakens with headache in morning.
Fever
Chilliness running up back, with yawning and depression of spirits, followed by dull pain in forehead, burning in face and ears and slight fever.—Chilliness, restlessness, and heaviness in upper part of abdomen, frequent yawning and diminished secretion of urine (afternoon).