Mercurius Vivus
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Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Merc Viv in traditional homeopathic usage, not approved by the FDA.
▲ MODALITIES ETC
Worse
WORSE, at night, wet, damp weather, lying on right side, perspiring; warm room and warm bed.
≡ show all authors ...▲ RELATIONSHIPS
Compare
Compare: Mezereum Mez.; Phosphorus Phos.; Syphilinum (Luesinum) Syph.; Kali Muriaticum Kali-mur.; Aethiops.
Complementary
Complementary: Badiaga Badiaga.
Antidotes
Antidote: Hep Sulph Calc Hep.; Aurum Metallicum Aur.; Mezereum Mez.
⥄ Show reverse lookup of Mercurius Vivus relationships from all sources▲ MIND
Mind
Slow in answering questions
Memory weakened, and loss of will-power
Weary of life
Mistrustful
Thinks he is losing his reason.
Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition
loathing; life (see desires, death)
unhappy; discontent, displeased, dissatisfied, etc.
unhappy; sadness, mental depression
weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); alternating with laughter
Hurry
Intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; confusion
Insanity
mania, madness
Memory
forgetful
weakness of memory
Restlessness, nervousness
evening
8 p.m.
night
Talking, conversation
answers not lucid; slowly
speech; hasty
≡ more ...▲ HEAD
Head
Band-feeling about head
Exostosis, with feeling of soreness
Constriction, tension (see also pulling, pressing); forehead
forehead; as from a band
Skull; bony growth (exostosis)
Headache
One-sided, tearing pains
Catarrhal headaches; much heat in head
Skull; bony growth (exostosis); painful
Pain, headache
night
from open air
with catarrh
with running or blocked nose
from certain movements
from stooping
rheumatic
cold weather; damp
bones
in forehead
from stooping
middle
burning
bursting
forehead
pulling
forehead
pressing (see bursting, pulling)
as if in a vice
sore bruised, sensitive to pressure
tearing, rending
forehead
Scalp
Tension about scalp, as if bandaged
Stinging, burning, fetid eruptions on scalp
Loss of hair
Scalp tense; oily sweat on head.
Skin and scalp
out-break on skin
out-break on skin; crusts, scabs
out-break on skin; wearing away skin
out-break on skin; impetigo (bacterial infection on skin surface)
out-break on skin; itching
perspiration; scalp
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Eyes
Lids red, thick, swollen
Profuse, burning, acrid discharge
Floating black spots
After exposure to glare of fire; foundry men
parenchymatous keratitis of syphilitic origin with burning pain
Iritis, with hypopyon.
Lids
excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)
thickening of lids
spasmodic closure
Cold
Discoloration
redness; lids
redness; lids; night
Discharges of mucus or pus
from out-breaks on skin
Growth, tumour; wart-like growth; iris
Heat
Inflammation
of catarrh from cold
night
fire
glandular swellings
syphilitic
warmth of bed
wounds
cornea (transparent part of eye)
wounds; iris; night
wounds; lids
Pain
night
in glare of fire
pressing
stitching, sudden, sharp
night
stitching, sudden, sharp; in inflamation of the iris (iritis)
tearing
night
night; in bed
in bed
Intolerance of light (photophobia)
light of fire
gaslight
Pulsation; night
Skin around eyes (see face); out-breaks on skin
Staring
Swellings; lids
Tears
Vision
Dim
Foggy
Lost vision, blindness
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Ear
Thick, Yellow discharge; fetid and bloody
Otalgic, worse warmth of bed; at night, sticking pains
Boils in external canal ( Calc Carb Calc)
Pic.)
Discharges from ear
bloody
offensive smelling
painful
pus
from middle ear
suppressed
Inflammation
inside
media
Pain
night
warmth of bed
boring pain in ear
from warmth of bed
burning
pressing
stitching, sudden, sharp
warmth of bed
tearing in
Skin
out-breaks on skin; in ear canal; boils
ulceration; ear drum
Stopped sensation
Sensation of worms; ear drum
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Face
Pale, EARTHY, dirty-looking, puffy
Aching in facial bones
Syphilitic pustules on face.
Abscess
Heat; during chilliness
Inflammation
lips
parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)
right
suppurating (producing pus)
sublingual gland (gland under tongue)
submaxillary gland (gland by neck, under jaw)
Lips; excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); corners of mouth
Pain
night
blowing nose
inflammatory
pulling
tearing
cheek bones
Perspiration
Skin
discoloration; earthy
discoloration; yellow
out-breaks on skin
crusty, scabby; nose
wearing away skin
pimples
pimples; with purplish halo
syphilitic
ulcers; corners of mouth
Swelling
toothache
cheeks
glands in general
parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)
sublingual gland (gland under tongue)
≡ more ...▲ NOSE
Nose
nostrils raw, ulcerated; nasal bones swollen
Yellow-green, fetid, pus-like discharge
Pain and Swelling of nasal bones, and caries, with greenish fetid ulceration
Nosebleed at night
Copious discharge of corroding mucus
Nose bleed
during sleep
Catarrh
extending to frontal sinuses (lower forehead)
Discharge from nose
blood
wearing away skin
greenish
offensive smelling
from ulcer or disease of nasal bones
containing pus
suppressed
watery
yellowish-green
Pain; on touch
Skin or lining of nose; discoloration; redness; inside
Smell; lost sense of smell
Swelling
Discharge
Much sneezing
Sneezing in Sunshine
Coryza; acrid discharge, but too thick to run down the lip; worse, warm room
Coryza, with sneezing; sore, RAW, smarting sensation; worse, damp weather; Profuse, fluent.
Running or blocked nose (coryza)
night
cold air
from a draft of air
warm air
with chilliness
running, wet
with fever
with inflammation larynx
with sore throat
Sneezing
frequent
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Mouth
Sore pain on touch and from Chewing
Whole mouth MOIST
Alveolar abscess, worse at night
Great thirst, with moist mouth.
Growths, blisters, swellings
ulcers; with black base; lardy
ulcers; syphilitic
Inflammation
Odour (halitosis, bad breath); offensive
putrid
Pain; sore
Speech; stammering
Swelling
Thrush (whitish flakes)
in children
Gums and teeth
Gums spongy, recede, bleed easily
Crown of teeth decay
Teeth loose, feel tender and elongated
Tongue heavy, thick; Moist coating; yellow, flabby, teeth-indented; feels as if burnt, with ulcers
Bleeding
gums
gums; on touch
Discoloration
gums; redness
gums; white
Growths, blisters, swellings; ulcers; gums
Pain
gums
gums; when touched
burning, raw and smarting; gums
sore; gums
Swelling; gums
Gums
teeth detached from gums
teeth detached from gums; scurvy-like
softening gums
spongy
Teeth
decay, hollow
discoloured; black
discoloured; grey
inflamed tooth under enamel
looseness
sound teeth
pain
night
night; 9 p.m.
in cold air
when pulled in from air
in bed
damp weather
while eating
heat; warm bed
heat; external warmth
rubbing cheek
with involuntary flow of saliva
with swelling of cheek
winter
extending to other parts; ear
extending to other parts; face
pulling
jerking; night
pressing
sore, bruised
tearing
Saliva
Salivary secretions greatly increased; bloody and viscid
Saliva fetid, coppery
Dryness
Growths, blisters, swellings; ulcers; yellow; at openings of salivary glands
Saliva
offensive
thick and sticky
Salivation
night
during headache
during sleep
Tongue
Speech difficult on account of trembling tongue
Furrow in upper surface of tongue lengthwise
Discoloration
tongue; black
tongue; black; red edges
tongue; pale
tongue; red
edges
tongue; white
tongue; yellow
dirty
Dryness; tongue
Growths, blisters, swellings
ulcers; tongue
ulcers; tongue; syphilitic
Swelling; tongue
Tongue
flabby
jagged edge of tongue
trembling
Taste
Sweetish metallic taste
Fetid odor from mouth; can smell it all over room
Saliva; offensive smelling
Taste
bad
bitter
like rotten eggs
flavourless
metallic
salty
slimy
sweetish
bread tastes sweet
Palate
Growths, blisters, swellings; ulcers; palate (roof of mouth)
≡ more ...▲ THROAT
Throat
Bluish-red swelling
Constant desire to swallow
Putrid sore throat; worse right side
ULCERS and inflammation appearing at every change in weather
Stitches into ear on swallowing; fluids return through nose
Quinsy, with difficult swallowing; After pus has formed
Sore, raw, smarting, burning throat
Complete loss of voice
Burning in throat, as from hot vapor ascending.
Catarrh
Discoloration; copper-coloured
Dryness
Inflammation
night
tonsils
Pain
swallowing; on swallowing
sore
sudden, sharp; on swallowing
Tonsils suppurating (producing pus)
Swelling
Tension
Ulcers
throat at back of mouth
Voice
hoarseness
hoarseness; with running nose
trembling
External throat
abscess
pain; burning; cervical glands (on side of neck)
swelling; cervical glands (on side of neck)
generating pus
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Chest
Anxiety
Catarrh
Heart; palpitations
Inflammation; lungs
Lungs; empyema
Pain
while lying down; on side; right
breast
sides; during cough
stitching, sudden, sharp; coughing
stitching, sudden, sharp; sneezing
stitching, sudden, sharp; front part of chest
on coughing
stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; coughing
Skin
abscess; arm pit
abscess; breast
Swelling; arm pit glands
Respiration
Soreness from fauces to sternum
Cannot lie on right side ( Left side, Lycopodium Lycop.) Cough, with yellow muco-purulent expectoration
Paroxysms of two; worse, night and from warmth of bed
Catarrh, with chilliness; dread of air
Stitches from lower lobe of right lung to back
Whooping-cough with nosebleed ( Arnica Arnica.) Cough worse, tobacco smoke.
Difficult (dyspnea); ascending
≡ more ...▲ SKIN
Skin
Almost Constantly moist
Persistent dryness of the skin contraindicate Mercurius Vivus
Excessive odorous viscid perspiration; worse, night
General tendency to free perspiration, but patient is not relieved thereby
Vesicular and pustular eruptions
Ulcers, irregular in shape, edges undefined
Pimples around the main eruption
Itching; worse from warmth of bed
Crusta lactea; yellowish-brown crusts, considerable suppuration
Glands swell every time patient takes cold
Buboes
Orchitis ( Clemat.; haman.; Pulsatilla Puls.)
Discoloration
brown, liver spots
red
spots
spots; scarlet
yellow, jaundice, etc.
Abnormal growths
cauliflower-like fungus; syphilitic
ulcers
bleeding
burning
burning; in margins
crusty
deep
dirty
discharges; bloody
discharges; corrosive
discharges; greenish
discharges; scanty
discharges; thin
discharges; watery
flat (see superficial)
hardened; margins
inflamed
with jagged margins
lardy
phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)
pulsating
pulsating; night
sensitive; margins
spongy
stinging, sudden, sharp
stinging, sudden, sharp; margins
generating pus
swollen
swollen; margins
syphilitic
with white spots
Inflammation
skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)
after scratching
with swelling
Itching
on becoming warm
Out-breaks on skin
bleeding
boils
burning
crusty
moist
excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)
herpetic
burning
crusty
moist
patches
scaly
spreading
generating pus
zoster, zona
itching
night
itching; warmth
pimples
psoriasis (red patches with silvery scales); syphilitic
rash (see granular)
red
scabies; fatty
scarlet fever
small-pox
generating pus
with swelling
syphilitic
Pain; burning; after scratching
Sensitive
Swelling
of parts affected with symptoms
inflamed
≡ more ...▲ BACK AND NECK
Neck
Pain; burning; neck
Back
Bruised pain in small of back, especially when sitting
Tearing pain in coccyx; better, pressing on abdomen.
Pain
while perspiring
rising from sitting
sacrum (base of spine); when breathing
burning; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades
stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); coughing
stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; sacrum (base of spine); when breathing
≡ more ...▲ ABDOMEN
Abdomen
Intense thirst for cold drinks
Weak digestion, With continuous hunger
Stomach sensitive to touch
Hiccough and regurgitation
Feels replete and constricted.
Stabbing pain, with chilliness
Boring pain in right groin
Flatulent distention, with pain
Liver enlarged; sore to touch, indurated
Jaundice
Bile secreted deficiently.
Bloated; painful
Hard
Inflammation; neck of large intestine (right side, between hip and ribs. typhlitis)
Pain
night
groin region; right
groin region; while lying down
liver
when touched
sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; behind lower ribs
sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); liver
Skin; pus, groin glands
Swelling
groin region; glands
liver
Bladder
pain; on beginning to urinate
urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); constant
urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); while perspiring
urination; dribbling (by drops)
urination; feeble stream (slow)
urination; frequent; daytime; and night
urination; frequent; during chill
Stomach
desires, cravings; bread; and butter
desires, cravings; cold drinks
disordered
from pressure
sinking (see emptiness); from pressure
thirst; burning, intense
Eructation
Putrid eructations
Vomiting
Pain; with vomiting, blood and mucus in stool (intussusception); pain in region of liver
≡ more ...▲ RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL
Rectum
Diarrhoea
evening; in cold air
night
in cold air; evening
in children
Dysentery
Pain
after stool
burning; during diarrhoea
soreness
urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; during stool
urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; after stool
Prolapse
during diarrhoea
Urging, desire to stool (see pain
urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); constant
urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); frequent
urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); after stool
Stool
Greenish, Bloody and slimy, worse at night; with pain and tenesmus
never-get-done feeling
Discharge accompanied by chilliness, sick stomach, cutting colic, and tenesmus
Whitish-gray stools.
Strong and sharp (acrid), corrosive, wearing away skin
Like balls
like sheep dung
Bilious
Black
Bloody; in streaks
Brown
Chopped food; eggs
Crumbling
Frequent
Frothy
Grey
Green
Light-coloured
Mucous, slimy
bloody
green
Odour; sour
Pasty, mushy
Containing pus
Reddish (see bloody)
Scanty
Small (see long and narrow)
Soft
Watery
White; milk like
Yellow
≡ more ...▲ GENITALS ETC
Urine
Frequent urging
Greenish discharge from urethra; burning in urethra on beginning to urinate
Urine dark, scanty, bloody, albuminous.
Strong and sharp (acrid)
Burning (includes hot)
Cloudy
with perspiration
Colour; dark
Copious
Scanty
Sediment
Urethra
Urethra (urinary part of genitals); discharge; gonorrhoea
discharge
greenish
night
yellow
discharge; yellow
pain; burning
when not urinating
during urination; when beginning to urinate
pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; stinging, during sexual intercourse; with gonorrhoea
pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; when not urinating
Male
Prepuce irritated; itches
Male
out-breaks on skin; penis; blisters; becoming ulcers
excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); penis; head (glans)
excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); penis; foreskin
excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); between scrotum, and thighs
inflammation; penis; foreskin
pain; sore; penis; foreskin; while walking
tight foreskin; stuck behind head of penis (glans)
swelling; penis; foreskin
ulcers; penis
bleeding
at tip
hard
lard-like base
head (glans)
foreskin
Female
Female
vaginal discharge
vaginal discharge; night
vaginal discharge; strong and sharp (acrid), wearing away skin
vaginal discharge; girls, little
vaginal discharge; greenish
Genitals
Male; Vesicles and ulcers; soft chancre
Cold genitals
Nocturnal emissions, stained with blood.
Leucorrhoea excoriating, greenish and bloody; Sensation of rawness in parts
Stinging pain in ovaries ( Apis Mel Apis.) Itching and burning; worse, after urinating; better, washing with cold water
Morning sickness, with profuse salivation
Male; tight foreskin
Female
inflammation
inflammation; ovaries
irritation; itching
contact of urine
ulcers
Menses
Menses profuse, with abdominal pains
Mammae painful and full of milk at menses.
≡ more ...▲ EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
Extremities, limbs
Weakness of limbs
Bone-pains and in limbs; worse, night
Patient very sensitive to cold
Oily perspiration
Trembling extremities, especially hands; paralysis agitans
Lacerating pain in joints
Cold, clammy sweat on legs at night
Dropsical swelling of feet and legs.
Bones; decay of bone
Coldness
upper limbs; hands
lower limbs; foot
Cramps
fingers
Hands and feet; clenching fingers (see extremities; convulsions, contraction); thumbs
Heaviness; tired limbs
Inflammation; bones
Movements and positions
flexed; finger (see extremities; hands and feet; clenching)
jerking
lameness
trembling
excitement
on movement
while walking
upper limbs
upper limbs; while writing
forearm; while writing
hand
hand; on holding objects
hand; on holding objects; in free hand
hand; on holding objects; on taking hold of objects
hand; on holding objects; on holding them out
hand; manual labour
hand; when carrying something to mouth
hand; paralytic
hand; when raising them high
hand; weakness
hand; while writing
foot
Pain
night
drives out of bed
rheumatic
acute
rheumatic; driven out of bed by pains
rheumatic; with perspiration
warmth; of bed
wet weather
in bones
joints; night
joints; gouty
upper limbs; rheumatic
lower limbs; night
in bed
lower limbs; warmth of bed
lower leg; night
lower leg; warmth of bed
aching; in bed
boring; leg; shin bone
night
burning; buttocks
stitching, sudden, sharp; joints
tearing
joints
hip; warmth of bed
knee; warmth of bed
leg; warmth of bed
Perspiration; foot
Shrivelled (shrunken); fingers; while perspiring
Skin
excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); between thighs
itching; lower limbs
out-break on skin
burning
upper limbs; herpes
forearm; herpes
lower limbs; herpes
thigh; herpes
knee; hollow of knee; moist
ulcers; lower limbs; bleeding easily
ulcers; lower limbs; burning
ulcers; lower limbs; deep
ulcers; lower limbs; offensive smelling
ulcers; leg
Swollen
elbow
elbow; hot and red
Weakness
joints
≡ more ...▲ FEVER AND CHILL
Fever and chill
Generally gastric or bilious, with profuse nightly perspiration; debility, slow and lingering
Heat and shuddering alternately
Yellow perspiration
Profuse perspiration without relief
creeping chilliness; worse in the evening and into night
Alternate flashes of heat in single parts.
Morning; in bed
Evening
Night
In the open air
In bed
rising from bed
Internal
Sensation of cold water; poured over him
Night
with perspiration
Alternating with chills
In bed (see night and warmth)
Catarrh with fever
Continued fever; night
Fever with skin out-break; scarlet fever
Inflammatory fever
Internal heat
Comes on suddenly; night
Remittent
night
≡ more ...▲ GENERALITIES
Sleep and dreams
Sleeplessness, insomnia
night; from before midnight
Perspiration
Daytime; with nausea and lack of energy
Morning
Evening; in bed
Night
lasting all night without relief
On parts affected with other conditions
Clammy
Cold; while eating
While eating
anxiety and cold sweat
On movement
Movement
Odour
offensive
offensive; night
sour
Oily
night
From pains
Profuse
night
On beginning to sleep
Staining the linen; yellow
Before stool
During stool
After stool; warm perspiration, becomes cold and sticky
Other symptoms worse while perspiring
Generalities
Evening
Night
Abscesses
glands
Open air
Anaemia
Blackness of external parts
Bones
decay of bone
softening of bones
Constriction
externally
of orifices
Contractions, closing, stenoses, after inflammation
Haemorrhage
Inflammation
internally
bones
glands
Lying down
lying in bed
lying on side; on right side
Movement
Mucous secretions increased
Numbness; internally; in single parts
Pain
bones
bones; night
glands
boring; bones
burning externally
internally
cutting; internally
pressing; glands
sudden, sharp; externally
sudden, sharp; internally
sudden, sharp; outward
sudden, sharp; bones
sudden, sharp; glands
sudden, sharp; muscles
tearing; internally
tearing; bones
tearing; glands
tearing; muscles
Paralysis; in chronic indigestion
Perspiration gives no relief
Pulsation; internally; glands
Pulse
frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid
intermittent
Sensitive; excessive physical irritability
Scurvy
Before sleep
During sleep
Swelling
in general
of affected parts
inflammatory
glands
hot
inflammatory
swollen sensation
Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); after becoming cold
tendency to catch cold
warmth
warm bed
warmth; warm air
Touch; slight touch
Trembling; externally
Warmth
warm bed
warm air
Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)
from perspiration
after stool
Weariness (see weakness)
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