# Mercurius Dulcis

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Syphilitic Miasm
- **Temperament:** Chilly
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Merc-d. is responsible for a large amount of the mercury treatments of the past and for 
some of the present. As a comparatively mild and slow -aching form of mercurial, it has none of the corrosive 
effects Merc-c., but it has all the power of the metal in it, and it has had its own share of disasters.  
It was at one time almost the only recognized remedy for constipation and any affection that could be ascribed 
to the liver. Some homeopaths adopted a modification of this by prescribing Merc -d. lx in two -or three-grain 
doses as a direct purgative. As Merc -d. has caused both constipation and diarrhea, it is probable that the 
action is roughly homeopathic. 
Keynote pallor, “pale as a corpse.” A flabby, bloated appearance, ill nourished. Pale mucus membranes. 
Catarrhal inflam mation of the ear. Eustachian catarrh  and deafness (Kali -m.). Glue ear. Swimmer's ear 
 
 
infection. 
Diarrhea with soreness of anus. Prostatitis. Inflammation with peritonitis, meningitis, pleurisy. Flabby, 
bloated and turgid flac- cidity. Indicated in remittent bilious fevers in peritonitis and meningitis. Biliary stasis. 
For scrofulous children who are liable to remittent bilious attacks. Pale, scrofulous children who have swelling 
of cervical and other glands.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Better from cold drinks, worse from acids.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Bilious temperament.
- Moody, gloomy and irritable.
- Nervous, restlessness and agitated.
- Apprehensive.
- Anxiety about health.
- Hypochondriasis.
- Fear of impending 
disease.
- Whimpering.
- Desire to be silent, taciturn.
- Bilious temperament.
- Moody, gloomy and irritable.
- Nervous, restlessness and agitated.
- Apprehensive.
- Anxiety about health.
- Hypochondriasis.
- Fear of impending 
disease.
- Whimpering.
- Desire to be silent, taciturn.

### Head
- Painful scalp.
- Heaviness across forehead.
- Falling off of hair.
- Painful scalp.
- Heaviness across forehead.
- Falling off of hair.

### Eyes
- Irido-choroiditis.
- Scrofulous ophthalmia.
- Ciliary blepharitis.
- Eyes, red, dry.
- Gummy secretion on edges 
of lids, later, smarting and indistinct vision.
- Clo sure of lachrymal duct.
- Rapid winking.
- Symptoms worse after 
exercise and when heated from exercise.

### Ears
- Otitis media.
- Scrofulous otitis.
- Ear troubles of scrofulous children.
- Sudden fluttering.
- Itching in externa) 
meatus.
- Closore of eustachian tubes.
- Eustachian catarrh  (Kali-m.).
- Eardrum retracted, thickened and 
immovable.
- Glue ear.
- Swimmer's ear infection.
- Deafness, oc casioned by a swelling, which compresses 
eustachian tube.
- Deafness from every cold of old age.
- Deafness of old age.

### Face
- Face flushed, pale as a corpse.
- Swelling of cheeks.
- Exfoliation of lower jaw and death.

### Mouth
- Offensive breath, salivation, sore gums.
- Constant flow of dark, fetid, putrid saliva, very offensive.
- Ulceration of throat 
with dysphagia.
- Granular pharyngitis.
- Aphthae on tongue.
- Tongue indented indurated, black.
- Ulcers in mouth, 
bleeding throughout night.
- Difficult to open mouth.
- Nose - Blows lumps of mucus from nose.
- Dry, crusted nostrils.
- Sore right nostril.
- Violent nosebleed.

### Throat
- Excessive ulceration of throat.
- Difficulty of swallowing.
- COMMENTS - Blocked Eustachian tubes.
- Eustachian catarrh (Kali-m.) and deafness.
- Otitis media with closure 
of Eustachian tubes.
- Scrofulous inflammation in general, particularly of the eyes.
- Peritonitis.
- Sorenes s 
around the anus.
- Hale noted its use in dropsies due to combined kidney and cardiac diseases, es pecially with jaundice.
- Cirrhosisofthe liver, especially in the hypertrophic form.
- Calomel in old-school practice rapidly resolved and cured a violent meningitis with wild delirium in a girl of five.
- In this case there was probably plastic exudation on the membranes.
- Inflammation with plastic exudation.

### Chest
- Great oppression in chest and heart.
- Constitutions - Pale, scrofulous children, who have swelling of cervical and other glands.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- No appetite.
- Urgent thirst.
- Weight and pain at epigastrium.
- Nausea and vomiting.
- Cyclic vomiting 
of infants (Cupr-ar., Iris.).
- Violent pain in abdomen, griping, tenderness.
- Bloated, hot, painful abdomen.

### Urinary & Genital
- Acute inflammation of prostate after suppressed gonorrhea.
- Burning, pressing pains.
- Stinging and 
itching just back of corona glandis.
- Intense dysuria, urine scanty.
- Broad, moist and burning condylomata around external genitals, perineum and anus of exceedingly 
offensive smell.

### Extremities
- Rheumatic stiffness and catching pain in muscles of le gs and knee joints.
- Cramps in calves at night.
- Trembling of hands and feet.

### Neck & Back
- Swelling of cervical glands.

### Skin
- Flabby and ill nourished.
- Swollen glands.
- Desquamation of skin, especially of hands and feet.
- Copper-
colored eruptions.
- Phagedenic ulcers with white bases and painful and inflamed margins in mouth, palate, 
face, genital and other parts.