Mercurius iodatus. Green Iodide of Mercury. Mercurius iodide. HgI. Trituration.
Clinical
Blepharitis ciliaris. Breast, tumour of. Catarrh. Chancre. Crusta lactea. Diphtheria. Eyes, syphilitic affections of. Goitre. Intraocular affections. Leucorrhoea, of children. Ozaena. Pregnancy, vomiting of. Scabies sicca. Syphilis. *Throat, *sore Tonsillitis. Toothache. Writer’s cramp.
Characteristics
*Merc-iod. has had a valuable proving, which has developed a distinct individuality based on the general *Mercurius characteristics. *Lycopodium (which is complementary to *Iodium) is strongly re-called by some symptoms of *Merc-iod., and *Lycopodium relieved some of the symptoms of the proving. The right-to-left direction was manifested in the throat and chest symptoms, but
unlike those of *Lycopodium, the throat symptoms were worse by warm drinks. Cervical and parotid glands enormously swollen. Much accumulation of tenacious mucus in throat. *Mercurius iod. was a strong characteristic in the tongue _ a thick yellow coat at the base, anterior part clean and red. There are many pains in the eyes and orbits. Farrington mentions “corneal ulcers looking as if they had been chipped out by finger-nail.” *Mercurius iod., is a medicine of concomitants: There is a head pain following immediately a heart pain, pain in right forearm and left hip simultaneously, pain in heart with pain in abdomen. The teeth feel too long, worse by closing the jaws. There is also irresistible desire to clench teeth, and the jaw is stiff and muscles tired from clenching teeth in sleep. Nausea at sight of food. Faint, stick feeling in hypogastrium. Black stools. A cough worse by laughing. *Mercurius iod. is suited to scrofulous and syphilitic patients, to mucous surfaces covered with squamous epithelium, to effects of drafts while perspiring. Kent mentions the cure of “an ulcerated, indurated lump in breast, as large as a goose’s egg, with knots in axilla, blueness of the part and no hope.” *Mercurius iod. 100, given as often as the pains were severe, cured (*J. of Hcs., iv. 319). Touch and pressure worse. Symptoms are worse night, before 1 a.m., on waking. worse Rest. worse Lying of left side (many symptoms). better Lying on right side (tired feeling in all limbs). Headache better when mind and body actively engaged. Writing worse (arm pain ). worse At church (faint feeling). worse Warm room, warmth of bed. worse In spring. Very sensitive to cold and damp weather.
Relations
*Antidoted by: Hepar, palpitation, Lycopodium *Follows well: Lachesis (scarlatina). *Compare: Right to left, Lycopodium (Mercurius bin. l. to right). Nausea in hypogastrium, Pulsatilla Black stools, Lept. Cough worse laughing, Arg-n. Pains all round orbit, Cinnab. (Farrington says the characteristic of Cinnab. is that “the pain shoots across the eye from canthus to canthus and seems to go around the eye.” Merc-i. somewhat approaches this.) worse Warm drinks and empty swallowing, Lachesis Thick yellow coating at base of tongue, Kali-bi. (Nat-p. golden yellow, Nat-s. dirty or greenish grey). worse Lying left side, Phosphorus, Arnica, Spigelia (opp. Mercurius, which has worse lying right side).
Causation
Cold draft when perspiring. Cold, damp weather. Spring.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind
When in bed, imagined a man was in his room intending to perforate his throat with a gimlet (the idea lasted twenty-four hours). Lively, merry, talkative. Destructiveness, moodiness, depression of spirits.
Head
Dull frontal headache on waking, with dull soreness of bones of face. Aching all over head with wave-like motion of blood. Dizzy headache, like a rush of blood to head, followed by a violent pain above right temple. Dizziness when reading, and when rising from a chair. Occasional shooting pains to temple, sharp stitches. Head feels dull and compressed, as if a heavy weight were pressing it down on pillow. Head feels full and heavy. Dull frontal headache, with pain in root of nose. Throbbing pain in (fore) head. Dull headache on awaking in morning. Sharp pain on vertex. Dull dizzy pains over vertex, with inclination to vomit, following immediately after a slight pain at heart. Headache on vertex, or on right side. Severe shooting pain in forehead, superior arch of right orbit, and root of nose. Sensation as if skull were cracking. Violent pain in right side of head (over right temple, extending to nape). Numbness of occiput and nape of neck with stiffness of neck. Sharp pain in occiput after rising. Persistent itching of vertex, on left side of vertex. Itching of scalp. Numbness and tingling of scalp.
Eyes
Severe pain and soreness of right orbit (on rising in morning), of superior arch, of inferior arch, of left orbit ( worse by stooping). Black clouds float before his eyes, when lying on his left side. Excessive photophobia. (Corneal ulcers which look as if they had been chipped out by a finger-nail.
Ears
Sharp, throbbing, boring pain, from within outward, deep in left ear. Sudden sharp pain in (right) external meatus, in internal meatus, worse by touch.
Nose
Pain at root of nose (shooting pain). A great deal of mucus in nose, must constantly clear it. A great deal of mucus descends through posterior nares into throat. The right side of septum and right nostril are very sore and much swollen. Sharp pain in septum. Painful spot on left ala.
Face
Dull bruised pain in right malar bone, radiating into forehead and right side of head, a small spot pulsates and buns like fire, worse by touch. Sharp stitches through head and face. Soreness of all the face, especially the bones, with dull frontal headache. Stinging in left cheek. Sharp throbbing in right cheek.
Teeth
Teeth feel too long, cannot eat. Sensation of dryness in teeth. Pain in molars worse bringing them together, with feeling as if too long. Sensation: as if pressed tightly together, as if very tight in their sockets, fulness, grinding, and drawing in teeth with constant desire to press them together. Grinding at roots of teeth with occasional pain in abdomen, with soreness deep behind umbilicus at 12 midnight. Pressed teeth together so hard during sleep the muscles were lame and tired on waking. Jaws stiff. Toothache after filling.
Mouth
Mouth, teeth, and lips dry and sticky, back part of tongue is covered with a thick, dirty yellow coat. Fine, bright, and red eruption on roof of mouth. Tongue coated: yellowish white, dirty yellow, light brown. Small, red, raised elevations on tongue. Coating always on back of tongue (thick, dirty yellow, especially on rising in the morning). Coating bright yellow, tip and edges red.
Throat
Burning in throat, when swallowing saliva. Dryness of mouth and throat, with frequent empty swallowing. Pharynx, tonsils, and uvula red and congested. Fauces and pharynx red and inflamed, tonsils swollen, especially right, sensation of lumps as if swollen. (Cheesy white lumps on right tonsil, each pricking as if a bit of toothpick stuck in every time he swallowed.) _ Throat dry and burning with pain when swallowing. Excessive secretion of tenacious mucus in throat, difficult to dislodge, hawking causes gagging. Posterior wall of pharynx dotted with patches of mucus and small spots, which look ulcerated. The mucous patches on tonsils and walls of pharynx are easily detached. Accumulation of mucus in throat in morning.
Stomach
Thirst excessive, for acids or sour drinks. Nausea, with suffocation about heart and dizziness. Weak, empty feeling at stomach, with nausea. Nausea, with sensation of disgust at sight of food. Burning at stomach, with pain as from a blow. Sudden, sharp, momentary pain at stomach as if a knife were driven in.
Abdomen
Hardness of abdomen. Heat at umbilicus, as from a hot coal, worse when inspiring. Aching in region of liver, pain going from right to left and causing giddiness. Stitching pain in region of liver better by pressing hand upon it. Pain in left hypochondrium, with dizziness on awakening in morning. Faint, sick feeling in hypogastrium before stool. Indolent buboes.
Stool
Pressure high up on rectum with sensation of nausea and fainting. Small stool, of very touch faeces, almost of consistency of putty, requiring great straining for their evacuations. Stools: thin, light yellowish brown, frothy, soft, copious, dark, black. Nightly (10 p.m.) inclination to stool with small evacuation disappeared during the proving.
Urinary Organs
Urine copious and of a dark red colour.
Male Sexual Organs
Sharp shooting stitches in end of penis, through glans. Copious seminal emissions, preceded by lewd dreams. Dreams that he must urinate, this was followed by an emission. Seminal emission, of which he knew nothing till morning.
Female Sexual Organs
Menses slight at onset, with pain. Copious muco-purulent discharge from vagina the entire month. Yellow leucorrhoea, especially of young girls and children. Morning sickness of pregnancy, vomit, greenish yellow, bitter fluid, with burning and sinking at stomach. (Breast, tumour of.).
Respiratory Organs
Slight hacking cough when inspiring. Hoarseness and aphonia. Goitre with difficult breathing, suffocation at night, cough worse night, and arises from tickling in larynx and from laughing.
