Mercurius solubilis

Common name: black oxide; hahnemann's soluble mercury.

Nervous affections after suppressed discharges, especially in psoric patients (Asaf.) (A.).

Trembling of all the limbs, especially of hands and feet (N.).

Stinging pain in the limbs (Apis).

Rheumatism of the joints, with swelling and sensation of coldness.

NIGHTLY TEARING PAINS WITH PERSPIRATION (Hep., Nit-Ac., Sil.).

Rheumatic, shining red swellings (Bell.).

All parts go to sleep while sleeping.

Cold perspiration on the forehead (Verat.).

PERSPIRATIONS, WHICH DO NOT RELIEVE (Bell.).

Weakness and debility from exertion (Ars., Bry., Calc., Con., Crot-H., Lach., Nat-C., Phos-Ac., Pic-Ac., Rhus-T., Sil., Sep., Spong., Stann.).

GLANDULAR AND SCROFULOUS AFFECTIONS OF CHILDREN (Calc., Sil.) (A.).

SALIVATION VERY MARKED (Chin., Dulc., Kali-B., Kali-I., Nit-Ac., Rhus-T., Sep., Sil.).

Teeth sore and loose, and feel too long (Ant-T., Caust., Cham., Lach., Mag-C., Mezer.) (Bt.).

The gums bleed, and are inclined to ulcerate about the teeth (G.).

Odontalgia, worse at night, with periosteal inflammations, and ulceration (Hep., Sil.) (Bt.).

Teeth all feel on edge (Bt.).

Very fetid breath (Bapt., Carb-Ac., Kali-P., Nit-Ac., Sil.).

Saltish, metallic taste in the mouth (Bt.).

MOIST TONGUE WITH GREAT THIRST (G.).

Red tongue, with much burning and great thirst.

Flabby tongue, showing imprints of teeth (D.).

Bleeding of the nose (Am-C., Bry., Carb-V., Kali-P., Lach., Nit-Ac., Phos., Rhus-T., Sep., Sulph.).

Acrid nasal secretion, having odour of old cheese (A.).

Nostrils red, raw and ulcerated (Ars., Kali-B., Nit-Ac., Sulph.) (A.).

Epistaxis: When coughing; at night during sleep; hangs in a dark clotted string from the nose, like an icicle (A.).

No remedy prevents suppuration as certainly as Mercury, especially in the glandular system (Bt.).

Ulceration of the tonsils (Hn.).

Grayish ulcers on the inner surface of the lips, cheeks, gums, tongue and palate (Hn.).

Otorrhœa: Bloody, offensive discharge, with stabbing, tearing pain; worse in the right side, at night and lying on the affected side (A.).

Furuncles and boils in the external meatus (Pic-Ac.) (A.)

Congestion of blood to the chest, head and abdomen, with pulsation in the arteries (Bell., Ferr-P.).

Icteric complaints very beneficially affected (Dig., Kali-M., Lyc., Mag-M., Nat-P., Nat-S., Podo., Sep., Sulph.).

Ascarides creep out of the anus, and can be seen on the perineum and buttocks, even at night in bed (G.).

Lumbricoids escape easily and freely (G.).

Weakness and weariness of the limbs, which feel sore and bruised (Bapt., Kali-P., Rhus-T.) (A.).

Cold, clammy sweat on the thighs and legs at night (G.).

Yellow, or mucous and bloody, or dark green stools, with tenesmus (G.).

Passes frequently almost pure blood (Sulph.) (Bt.).

Very sensitive about the pit of the stomach and abdomen (G.).

A very valuable remedy for the cure of dysentery (Kali-M., Nux-V., Sulph.).

Much colic, relieved by a bloody stool, with tenesmus (Nux-V.) (G.).

Polypi and fungous excrescences in the external meatus (Teucr., Thuj.) (A.).

VIOLENT TENESMUS AND CONTINUED URGING AFTER STOOL; A "NEVER-GET-DONE" FEELING (N.).

DRY ITCH, WHICH BLEEDS AFTER SCRATCHING (Ars., Sulph.).

Intolerable biting, itching over the body, as from insect-bites; worse in the evening and from warmth of bed; becomes pleasant on scratching (A.).

Of great service in the treatment of all forms of syphilitic disorders (all stages and varying conditions of luetic disease).

PRIMARY CHANCRE, OR REGULAR INDURATED HUNTERIAN CHANCRE WITH A LARDACEOUS BASE, OR WITH A CHEESY BOTTOM AND INVERTED RED EDGES (A.).

Primary sore, with phimosis or paraphimosis (Sulph.) (A.).

Impotency, from syphilis (K.).

Bleeding and painful ulcer, with yellowish and fœtid discharge (Hep., Nit-Ac.) (A.).

DEEP, ROUND, PENETRATING CHANCRE, EATING THROUGH THE FRAENUM AND PREPUCE (Kali-B.) (A.).

Gonorrhœa with phimosis or chancroids; green discharge, worse at night; urging to urinate; intolerable burning in the forepart of the urethra when passing last few drops; prepuce hot, swollen, œdematous and sensitive to touch; of a torpid character, with threatening or suppurating bubo.

Testicles swollen, hard and shining (C.).

The boy often handles his genital organ (K.).

Bloody emissions (B.).

Itching, burning, smarting, corroding leucorrhœa, with sensation of rawness in the vagina; discharges of clots of pus and mucus as large as hazel-nuts; worse at night (G.).

Prolapsus of the vagina, with sensation of great rawness (Bt.).

Vulva much swollen, with a raw, sore feeling; worse at night (Bt.).

Pain in the mammæ, as if they would ulcerate, at every menstrual period (Bt.).

Intolerance of eyes to fire-light, with dimness of vision (D.).

Muco-purulent discharges from the eyes, which cause soreness of the lids and ulceration (Calc., Euphr., Hep., Sil.) (D.).

Momentary loss of sight (Cycl., Phos., Puls., Sep.) (G.).

Hypo-pyon (Hep., Sil.) (Br.).

Parenchymatous keratitis of syphilitic origin (Br.).

Affects lower lobe of the right lung (left lobe-Phos.); stitches through to the back (Chel., Kali-C.) (N.).

Cough with yellow, muco-purulent expectoration (Puls.) (Br.).

Paroxysms of two coughs (Phos., Puls., Sulph., Thuj.) in quick succession (K.).

Shortness of breath, on ascending or walking (Am-C., Ars., Calc.) (C.).

Short, dry, fatiguing cough, principally in bed, in the evening or at night, caused by tickling in the upper part of the chest (C.).

Sweat stains the linen yellow (Carls.) (C.).

Itching of the skin, aggravated during perspiration (Mang., Rhod.) (K.).

Inflammatory states going on even to suppuration of the parts (Hep., Sil.).

Especially useful in bilious fevers, with prominent hepatic symptoms (Bt.).

Urine scanty and red, with a strong smell (Berb., Lyc.) (Bt.).

Urine highly albuminous (Apis, Canth., Phos.) (Bt.).

Suppression of urine, or it is passed with great difficulty, with tenesmus of the bladder (Bt.).

Creeping chilliness in the beginning of a cold, or threatened suppuration (N.).

Heat and shuddering at the sametime, or heat and shuddering alternately (G.).

AGGRAVATION: At night; in damp, cold weather; from warmth of bed; from lying on the affected side; while sweating; from cold; during stool; from artificial light; while urinating; and when blowing the nose.

AMELIORATION: In the morning; whilst lying down; and from scratching.

RELATIONSHIP: Antidotes: Aur., Carb-V., Chin., Dulc., Hep., Kali-B., Kali-I., Lach., Lyc., Nit-Ac., Podo., Sil., Sulph. and Thuj.

It sometimes completes the action of Bell. Podo. is its vegetable analogue.