{"id":1051,"remedy_name":"Mercurius Sulphuricus","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Syphilitic Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"There is some confusion about the identity of this drug in books. Tur peth is correctly given \nby Allen. Hering, who proved and introduced it, calls it Turpethum and Turpeth mineral.  \nThe Pharmacopeia of the American Institute of Homeopathy describes the white sulphate, HgSO4, under the \nheading Mercurius sulphuricus, but says it is mentioned in Allen's Encyclopedia, v ol. 6., p. 325, whereas it is \nTurpeth, the yellow precipitate, which is there spoken. \nMerc-s. has intense dyspnea,  must sit up. Respiration rapid, short, burning in chest. Cardiac pain and \nweakness. Hydrothorax (Ars.). Debility with sleepiness. Rheumatic p ains. Most pains feel as if a dull stick \npressed on the parts and were moving in diverse curved lines, feels as if this pain were in the bones. Edema \nof legs. \nSneezing from direct rays of sun. Sore tip of tongue. Scanty, clear, scalding urine. Watery stool s, burning in \nanus. Diarrhea early in the morning, stool bursts out in a hot stream of yellow matter. Intense evacuations like \nrice-water.","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Morose. Low-spirited with chilliness and yawning. Di-humor after eating. Morose. Low-spirited with chilliness and yawning. Di-humor after eating.","Head":"Fullness in head with occasional stitches. Soreness and heaviness through head, after breakfast and \nwhen walking about. Sensation of giddiness while standing after headache. Violent itching of hairy scalp.  \nKidneys - Diminished secretion of urine, does not  urinate frequently, but has con stant pressure. Increased \nsecretion of urine without a sediment. Urine dark, becoming turbid with a scum on it. Urine scanty and scalding, \nbut clear. Fullness in head with occasional stitches. Soreness and heaviness through head, after breakfast and \nwhen walking about. Sensation of giddiness while standing after headache. Violent itching of hairy scalp.  \nKidneys - Diminished secretion of urine, does not  urinate frequently, but has con stant pressure. Increased \nsecretion of urine without a sediment. Urine dark, becoming turbid with a scum on it. Urine scanty and scalding, \nbut clear.","Eyes":"Oppression over eyes. Eyes worse from sunlight.","Ears":"Burning in ears and in face after a chill.","Face":"Pale, anxious countenance. Swelling of parotid gland.","Mouth":"Mouth clammy and full of mucus in morning. Salivation. Burning, smarting,  stinging pain on tip of \ntongue, left side in evening. Lips, gums, fauces, mouth and tongue swollen, look dry and black. Gums and \npalate dark bluish (black), ulcerated margins. \nNose - Sneezing in sunshine with fluent coryza. Swelling and soreness of tip of nose. Itching of nose.","Throat":"Heat and sensation of constriction in throat. Burning in mouth and throat. Dryness of tongue and \nthroat. Roughness in the throat and hoarseness. \nTongue - Tongue, greenish yellow down middle, heavily coated white. Tongue yellowish at root. Enlarged \npapilla stand up like red points with flat taste in mouth and a reduced pulse.  \nCOMMENTS - Lippe is the chief clinical authority for Merc-s. He considered it as important as Ars. in dropsies \nof the chest. The symptoms on which it has been prescribed are clinical and have been well confirmed. Among \nthem is \u201cPain in right chest extending to scapula, he can scarcely breathe, worse 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.\u201d \nWhen Merc-s. acts well, said Lippe, \u201cit produces a profuse watery diarrhea with great relief to the patient.\u201d It is \nparticularly suited to hydrothorax depending on liver or heart disorders. \nOther confirmed symptoms include sore ness of tip of tongue.  Edema of legs. Scanty and scalding urine, but \nclear. Worse in afternoon, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Better by profuse diarrhea (dyspnea). After diarrhea stools, there \nis numbness of legs.","Chest":"Pain in right side of chest, extending to scapula, can scarcely breathe, worse from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. \nPain in chest prevents him from breathing. Pressure on chest. Burning in chest. Hydrothorax from liver or heart \ndisorders. Dyspnea in children. Sensation of heat in larynx. Increased expectoration of mu cus from larynx and \ntrachea.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Pain, weight in stomach, tender ness. Stomach s o irritated nothing would stay on it an instant. \nViolent yellow vomiting, diarrhea. \nTemperature - Chilliness running up back with yawning and depression of spirit, followed by dull pain in \nforehead, burning in face and ears and slight fever. Chilliness, r estlessness and heaviness in upper part of \nabdomen, frequent yawning and diminished secretion of urine, in afternoon. Coldness or burning in abdomen. Wakes at 1 a.m. with severe pains along duodenum to umbilical \nregion. Soreness in inguinal glands.","Urinary & Genital":"Gonorrhea and syphilitic diseases with great congestions to the parts. Swelling of testicles. Involuntary \nemission and lascivious dreams.","Extremities":"Numbness in left forearm and hand, later numbness in right hand. Hands icy cold with blue nails. \nStiffness in arms. Pain in knees and lameness, especially when walking. Foot-sweat with soreness at ends of \nthe nails. Ulcers on ankles.","Skin":"Induration of the glands. Psoriasis, leprosy.","Sleep":"Frequent yawning and great sleepi ness in afternoon. Sleeplessness after midnight. Awakens with \nheadache in morning."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}