Mercurialis Perennis

Dog's Mercury

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Great exhaustion and drowsiness. Tumor at ensiform appendix, very sensitive. Affections of the muscular fibers of stomach, intestines, bladder.

Head

Vertigo on going down stairs. Head confused. Pain as from a band tightly across forehead. Nostrils sore, conscious of nose, feels as if she had two noses.

Mouth

Great dryness of mouth and throat, tongue feels heavy and dry, numb. Burning blisters of tongue, lips and cheeks. Ulcers on palate, tonsils and back of pharynx. Dryness of throat.

Female

Amenorrhœa , scanty menses, accompanied with orgasms. Pains and swelling of breasts. Dysmenorrhœa.

Relationship

Compare: Borax; Croton; Euphorb .

Dose

Third potency.

Mercurialis Perennis across the other classic books

Mercurialis Perennis appears in 5 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Mercurialis perennis, L. Natural order , Euphorbiaceæ. Common names , Dog's Mercury, Bingelkraut. Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant. Authorities. Nos. 1 to 18 , Dr. Hesse, "provings on fifteen persons" (eighteen separate initials are found, possibly the result of typographical errors), including four women and…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Dog's Mercury. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant in flower. Amblyopia / Breasts, swelling of; pain in / Conjunctivitis / Dysmenorrhœa / Epiphora / Flatulence / Menses, late / Pannus / Ptosis / Rheumatic affections / Spleen, affections of / Tongue, paralysis of / Trachoma / Vertigo Dog's Mercury is a…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Dog Mercury. Euphorbiaceæ. A plant indigenous to Europe, where it grows in shaded, mountainous forests, on stony, moist ground. The tincture is prepared from the fresh plant in flower. Introduced and carefully proved, upon fifteen provers, by Hesse, published in Stapf's Archives, 1844, reprinted by Trinks in 1847…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Giddiness on descending the stairs. Head confused as if inflated. The scalp feels tense and numb, is moved with difficulty. Burning on the vertex. Eyelids feel heavy and dry, it is difficult to move them. Weakness of the upper eyelids. Trembling of the upper eyelids. Dilated pupils with great sensitiveness of the eyes…”

Mercurialis Perennis in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Mercurialis Perennis in 419 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (92), HEAD (38), MOUTH (31), EYE (27), MIND (26).

FEVER - BURNING heat - distended blood vessels,with
CHEST - ORGASM of blood - menses,during
CHILL - BEGINNING in and extending from - arm - right,and right side
CHILL - BEGINNING in and extending from - chest - right side of
EYE - OPEN, - unable to - night - waking on
EYE - OPEN, - unable to - waking on
EYE - WINKING - sunlight
GENERALITIES - ORGASM of blood - menses - during
HEAD - PAIN, - shooting - Forehead - left
PERSPIRATION - MIDNIGHT - after - . 3 a.m. - during sleep
EYE - REDNESS - reading,while
HEAD - PAIN, - shooting - Temples - left
VISION - RUN - after a little while - writing,while
EYE - PAIN - writing,while
EYE - PAIN - using
EYE - TWITCHING - lids - upper
ABDOMEN - PAIN - pressing - Spleen
MALE GENITALIA - HYDROCELE
BACK - PAIN - aching - Cervical region
VISION - RUN - together,letters

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