COMMON NAME:
RED IODIDE OF MERCURY.
Symptoms
It is useful in chronic syphilitic lesions in scrofulous subjects (Bl.).
Early stages of cold, especially in children (Aconite, Bryonia, Rhus toxicodendron) (Br.).
Phlegm in the nose and throat (Br.).
Tubercular pharyngitis (Argentum nitricum, Bar-C., Calcarea, Hepar, Iodium, Kali bichromicum, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus, Silicea, Sulphur, Tuberculinum) (A.).
Disposition to hawk, with sensation of a lump in the throat (Br.).
Laryngeal troubles with aphonia (Am-Causticum, Argentum nitricum, Causticum, Phosphorus, Silicea) (Br.).
DIPHTHERITIC AND GLANDULAR AFFECTIONS OF THE LEFT SIDE; FAUCES DARK-RED; SOLIDS OR LIQUIDS PAINFUL WHEN SWALLOWING; EXUDATION SLIGHT, EASILY DETACHED; CASES ATTENDING EPIDEMIC SCARLET FEVER; ULCERS ON FAUCES OR TONSILS (A.).
Profuse saliva in the mouth (Kali bichromicum, Mercurius, Acid nitricum) (Br.).
HARD CHANCRES (Merc-P-I.).
Glands enlarged (Bad., Carb-An., Hepar, Silicea) (A.).
CHRONIC SUPPURATING BUBOES (Mercurius, Silicea) (Br.).
Profuse, acrid, green leucorrhoea (B.).
Greenish, tough lumps from the pharynx or posterior nares (Kali-I.) (A.).
Wandering pains (Belladonna, Ignatia, Kali-S., Lac-C., Pulsatilla) (B.).
Copious sweat at night (Calcarea, Hepar, Acid nitricum, Silicea) (C.).
Turbinated bones swollen (Aurum, Calcarea, Hepar, Acid nitricum, Silicea) (C.).
AGGRAVATION:
From swallowing; and at night.
AMELIORATION :
From warm application.
RELATIONSHIP:
Compare: Apis, Belladonna, Carb-An., Kali bichromicum, Kali-I., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Merc-P-I., Mezer., Acid nitricum, Phosphorus, Rhus toxicodendron, Silicea and Sulph.