Mercurius Iodatus Ruber

▲   GENERAL

Dose

Third trituration. Mercuric iodide is far more active as a bactericide than the other mercurials, including the chloride.

▲   MIND

Mind

Desires, wants; to kill; on waking

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

cheerful, happy; evening

irritability

morning

morning; on waking

on waking

mirth, hilarity, liveliness, etc.

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

Intellectual faculties; impaired thinking; confusion; while walking; walking in open air

Insecure, uncertain, scared; fear

Restlessness, nervousness

night; after midnight

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Perception of objects distorted; seem to turn in a circle

▲   HEAD

Head

Coldness

warm room

Congestion (see pulsation); fullness

Constriction, tension (see also pulling, pressing)

as if by string

forehead; as from a band

forehead; as by string

Hot

morning

evening

top of head (vertex)

11 p.m.

Pulsating

afternoon

top of head (vertex)

Headache

Heaviness (see pain

pressing)

pressing); forehead

Pain, headache

daytime

morning; on rising

afternoon

evening

8 p.m.

11 p.m.

with running or blocked nose

from certain movements; from stooping

recurring headache; every day

sitting

in forehead

right side; evening

late morning

afternoon

evening

night

extending to other parts; back of head (occiput)

above eyes

above eyes; above left

above eyes; late morning; 11 a.m.

back of head (occiput)

sides; right then left

sides; right

sides; left

sides; morning; on rising

sides; morning; on waking

sides; afternoon

sides; evening

sides; walking; in open air

top of head (vertex)

afternoon

burning; evening

burning; forehead

gnawing; night

gnawing; forehead

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

as from weight

forehead; over eyes

top of head (vertex)

Scalp

Skin and scalp

out-break on skin; pimples

out-break on skin; pus-filled pimples

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids; granular lids

Conjunctiva (external lining of eye)

swelling

swelling; yellow

Inflammation

Pain

aching

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

pressing

stitching, sudden, sharp

Weak

▲   EARS

Ear

Discharges from ear; bloody

Itching

in ear

in ear; right

in ear; night

Noises in ear

evening

singing

evening

Pain

aching

morning

in bed

pressing

Skin

tumours; wen, behind ears

wen; behind ear

Ear wax; increased

Hearing

Impaired

morning

on becoming warm from walking

▲   FACE

Face

Expression; fierce

Pain

bones

jaw

lower jaw

upper jaw

parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)

evening, 8-30 p.m.

sore, bruised; parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)

Skin

discoloration; red

discoloration; red; forehead

out-breaks on skin; cheeks

out-breaks on skin; chin

out-breaks on skin; nose; on wings

out-breaks on skin; crusty, scabby

nose

nose; near the wing

out-breaks on skin; eczema

chin

out-breaks on skin; small swellings

Swelling

parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)

submaxillary gland (gland under jaw, by throat)

painful

Twitching; lower jaw

▲   NOSE

Nose

Hawks mucus from posterior nares

Turbinated bones swollen

Boggy mucous membrane of nose and throat; closure of Eustachian tube, opening with a pop.

Catarrh

post nasal (see discharge)

Decay (see discharge if applicable)

Discharge from nose

blood

crusts, scabs, inside

yellowish-white

behind nostrils (see catarrh)

Dryness; inside

In heat

right

Inflammation

right

Pain

burning, smarting; behind nostrils

rawness; behind nostrils

Skin or lining of nose

small swellings

polyp (growth up nose)

left

tumour; inside; left side

Swelling

right

bones

Discharge

Coryza and dull hearing; right side of nose hot

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

right

open air

running, wet

late morning

with inflammation larynx

walking

warm room

becoming warm, when walking

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Aphthae

Discoloration; redness

Growths, blisters, swellings

small swellings

ulcers; syphilitic

Lining; inflamed

Pain

burning, raw and smarting

sore

Syphilitic patches

Gums and teeth

Gums swollen; toothache; glands swollen

Discoloration; gums; redness

Swelling; gums

Teeth; sensitive, tender

Saliva

Profuse saliva

Saliva; offensive

Salivation

Tongue

Scalded feeling on tongue

Tongue feels stiff at base, and pains on moving.

Discoloration; tongue; yellow

Dryness; tongue

Growths, blisters, swellings

blisters; tongue; tip

ulcers; tongue

hardened

Saliva; sticky, thick and sticky; tongue

Sensitive; tongue

Taste

Taste

bad

bitter

metallic

slimy

morning

morning; on waking

▲   THROAT

Throat

Diphtheria; submaxillary glands painfully engorged, fauces dark red; Worse on left tonsil

Parenchymatous tonsillitis

Will often abort peritonsillitis if given frequently

Cough from elongated uvula, with sore throat

Laryngeal troubles with aphonia.

Fauces dark red; swallowing painful

Phlegm in nose and throat

Disposition to hawk, with sensation of a lump in throat

Stiffness of muscles of throat and neck.

Discoloration; redness; dark red

Elongated uvula (lobe at back of mouth)

Sensation of something in throat; lump

Hawks often

Inflammation

left

follicular

tonsils

larynx

syphilitic

Irritation; in air passages

Membrane, exudation, diphtheria, etc.

left

bluish

loose

patches

small (specks)

scanty

transparent

tonsils; left

Mucus

pulled from behind nostrils

clinging

white

Pain

after sleep

swallowing

on swallowing

swallowing; swallowing empty

burning

on swallowing empty

pressing

sore

left

on waking

sudden, sharp

Tonsils suppurating (producing pus)

Swallowing; difficult

Swelling

tonsils

tonsils; left

Ulcers

throat at back of mouth

tonsils

Voice

hoarseness

hoarseness; with running nose

hoarseness; after getting wet

husky

rough

Wasting; larynx

External throat; goitre

▲   CHEST

Chest

Constriction, tension

Pain

on waking

heart

aching

heart

cutting (sudden sharp pain)

sore, bruised; on waking

stitching, sudden, sharp; while walking

stitching, sudden, sharp; heart

Skin; abscess; arm pit

Swelling; arm pit glands

Weakness; morning on waking; lasting until 3 p.m.

▲   COUGH

Cough

Evening

Dry cough; evening

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); from irritation in air passages

Comes on suddenly

Rattling

Tickling; as if nipple at back of mouth elongated

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Greenish

White

Yellow

Copious

Thick

Tough

▲   SKIN

Skin

Small fissures and cracks; hard papules; Hunterian chancre; syphilitic ulcers

Bubo

Sarcocele.

Discoloration; brown, liver spots

Abnormal growths

ulcer like lesions, leaving scars, spread over body

ulcers; hardened

ulcers; phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)

ulcers; syphilitic

Out-breaks on skin

crusty

discharging, moist; corrosive

psoriasis (red patches with silvery scales)

diffuse

syphilitic

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Skin; itching; neck

Back

Coldness

Pain; spine; irritation

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Bloated; around navel

Enlarged

liver

spleen

Sensation of fullness; behind lower ribs

Hard

Heaviness; behind lower ribs

Inflammation

groin glands

lymph node; generating pus

As if something were in abdomen (movements, lumps, etc.); movements in abdomen; night

Pain

evening

night

before stool

during stool; during diarrhoea

spleen

pressing; before stool

cutting; behind lower ribs

cutting; liver

pulling; behind lower ribs

morning

Restlessness, uneasiness, etc.

Swelling; groin region; glands

Bladder

inflammation; cervix of bladder

pain; pressing, pressure

ulceration

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); constant

Stomach

desires, cravings; salt things

burping, belching; bitter

burping, belching; loud

sinking (see emptiness)

thirst; for small quantities

thirst; unquenchable

Eating

heartburn; after dinner

Nausea

nausea; evening

nausea; while eating

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Haemorrhoids; chronic

Pain

during stool

after stool

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; after stool

Skin and lining; splits in lining of rectum

Urging, desire to stool (see pain

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); night

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); night; 11 p.m.

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); after stool

Stool

Bloody

Copious

Watery

Yellow; brownish

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Albuminous (white, thick)

Colour

dark

red

dark-red

Copious

Thick

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); inflammation; chronic indurated (hard from inflammation)

Male

Male

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); penis; head (glans)

gangrene; penis; from tight foreskin stuck behind head of penis (glans)

inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation); penis; foreskin

inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation); testes

solid tumour on testicle

swelling; testes

ulcers; penis; at tip

ulcers; penis; hard

ulcers; penis; painless

ulcers; penis; foreskin

Female

Female

vaginal discharge

vaginal discharge; greenish

vaginal discharge; yellow

Womb

tumours; womb; fibroid

Genitals

Male

pain; sore; spermatic cords; on touch

tight foreskin; threatening gangrene

ulcers; from chicken pox

Female; ulcers

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Coldness; upper limbs; hands

Cramps; hand; right

Pain

alternately in arms and legs

rheumatic

wandering, shifting

flexor muscles

rheumatic

upper limbs; left

upper limbs; alternating with lower limbs

upper limbs; movement

hand

fingers; morning

lower limbs

movement

hip

right

evening

rheumatic

extending to other parts; downward

knee

late morning

rheumatic

on walking

lower leg; calf

foot; rheumatic

foot; sole

toes; first toe (large toe)

morning

aching; upper arm

aching; forearm

aching; fingers; morning

aching; lower limbs; hip; extending to ankle

aching; lower limbs; thigh; bone

aching; leg; on movement

sore, bruised; upper limbs

noon

evening

putting on coat

sore, bruised; forearm

sore, bruised; fingers; left, morning

sore, bruised; toes; between toes

as if sprained; hip

evening

tearing; foot

sole

Restlessness

evening

Sensitive; foot

Skin

skin cracks at bends of joints; hands (see chapping); palms of hands

itching; upper limbs

itching; hand; back of hand

itching; hand; fingers; back of

out-break on skin; between toes; soreness

Stiffness

upper limbs

Weakness; knee

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Late morning

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Deep; afternoon

Dreams

anger (see quarrels)

anxious

farming

frightful

hunting

journey

robbers; of cutting up robbers

water

swimming

wading

Semi-conscious

Sleepiness, tiredness

evening

during headache

Sleeplessness, insomnia

morning

Perspiration

Hot

Profuse; night

Generalities

Evening

8 p.m.

Open air

Constriction

externally

sensation of a band

Knotted sensation internally (see ball, sensation of)

Lying down; lying on side; on painless side

Pain

sore, bruised

sudden, sharp; internally

Symptoms not symmetrical; left

Stretching

Swelling; glands

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); from becoming cold

Walking; in open air

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

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